Crank Yanker IPA
Eddyline Brewery

 

 

 

On tap at Katie O'Rourke's - Ski Cooper. Poured out a clear, golden orange color with a small, white head of fluffy foam. It left sudsy trails of lace on the glass. It smelled of caramel, toffee, orange peel and pine. Sweet fruity taste with orange, caramel and a piney bitterness.

It's a good pour that emptied the contents of a pint can into a clear glass liter mug. Mainly, there was a proper IPA head, instead of massive foam. The color of the beer is lightly copper-amber and it's relatively translucent. The head is off-white and seems to endure. It isn't particularly aromatic. Maybe it's lacking some hops and/or a higher grade of malt. The taste is adequate, if not spectacular. There is some malty backbone and the hop combination provides a citrus bitterness that becomes piney during the finish. For someone who appreciates bitterness in an IPA, this is a pleasant taste transition. Its mouthfeel is fine and there's even some scant glass lacing. The alcohol inclusion is tasteful. Again, there's nothing spectacular, or unique here. It's just a very drinkable AIPA and it's easy to see how a few pints might be had at one sitting.

 

 

L- Beer is light amber colored and about 90% transparent with a low creamy white head that has good lacing.

N-Light barley notes and a bit of yeast

T-Nice lightly tangy malty creaminess with a pine hop note for this IPA. The bitterness is moderate and is only a bit sharp on the finish. I tastes a bit like Two Hearted or Odell IPA. A bit of sweetness on the finish and balanced overall.

M-Creamy, slick, super fine low carbonation. Finish is lightly dry and sweet with just a touch of thickness on the back of the throat.

O- I am impressed. A rather delicate IPA that does not go too strong on hop bitterness.

This is good and definitely not bad or anything i just dont think it's necessarily the best thing to my taste buds, the feel is good and sticky but the specific hop flavor isn't as tasty to me as some things

From recent notes on a trip to Boulder, Colorado. Poured into a medium sized, shaker style kitchen glass. Pours a slightly hazy, medium golden amber with a one finger white head with good retention and lacing. Aroma of biscuit and lightly caramel malt, citrus and mild pine hops, grapefruit and light pine. Flavor is caramel and biscuit malt, citrus hops, grapefruit, lemon, mild pine and a bit of dankness. Finishes with light to moderate citrus bitterness. Medium bodied with light creaminess. A citrusy IPA with a little dankness and pine to make it interesting. Somewhat subdued bitterness; nice and easy going, but not memorable.

 

 

 

 

 

 

C / AVERAGE

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12/28/20 16 fl oz can courtesy of Max n Steve - thanks!

"India Pale Ale." 70 IBU 7% ABV. Eldorado, Mosaic, Cascade.

A: Pours a nontransparent copper body an an off-white frothy head. ~6 minute head retention. Looks decent, though it lacks vibrance and brightness for an ostensibly filtered IPA.

Sm: Mango/tropical fruit, pineapple, floral hop aromatics, fresh orange, pale malt/2-row.

Suggests a shallow simple IPA with a decent hop profile.

Aromatic intensity is average.

T: Matches the aroma. Appallingly mediocre...

Mf: Smooth, wet, medium-bodied, well-carbonated. Unrefreshing.

O: A forgettable IPA with a mediocre hop profile. It's affordable, I guess, but really - why brew this?

C- / BELOW AVERAGE