ImPaled Ale - Middle Ages Brewing Co., Ltd.

indiapaleale

Massachusetts

4/5  rDev +4.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Pours an almost glowing orange color! Wow. Nice color with a very well defined, fluffy white head. Great looking stuff.

Initial aroma is a lot of citrus followed by a buttery sort of smell that usually means the yeast strain used is Ringwood. Its got a nice sweetness to it as well, sort of like honey or caramel.

Taste is a nice combination of malt sweetness, the buttery yeastines and citrus. Definitely more of the English-style than the West Coast style IPA. Its nicely balanced and slightly astringent from the hops. The finish is crisp and dry with a good amount of hop flavor coming out.

Serving type: bottle

07-04-2009 02:56:32 | More by indiapaleale

ClockworkOrange

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev -1.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Thanks to brothercannon for tossing me a bottle of this from his variety pack. Poured from a 12 ounce bottle into my nonic pint glass. The ale appears a clear pale straw color with about an inch of bone white foam. Nose and flavor are of citrus fruits such as oranges, lemons, fruity, grassy hops, lightly toasted grains, and sweet malt. Medium in both body and carbonation. Worth a try if you see it around.

Serving type: bottle

05-22-2009 04:08:35 | More by ClockworkOrange

Wasatch

Utah

3.53/5  rDev -7.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Thanks goes out to orcasteve for this brew.

Pours a very nice golden yellow/orange color, nice carbonation, nice two-finger off-white head, with some nice sticky lacing left behind. The nose is malty, very slight hop note, slight citrus, fruity. The taste is slightly sweet, malty, some hop notes, but not much, slight citrus, with some fruit notes. Medium body. Drinkable, a nice little brew.

Serving type: bottle

05-17-2009 20:01:49 | More by Wasatch

wiseguy142

New York

4.05/5  rDev +6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.5

English IPA... always looking for good/affordable examples of these. Hope this one's good.

Pours a light tea color.. surprisingly light actually. Tons of carbonation during the pour even though it was fairly gentle. Outstanding foamy head. Even though the color is a bit of a turn off.. sort of an excessively light brown if that makes sense.. the head looks amazing.

Aroma is a little homebrewy... a little chlorine (even though they're not using that) light pine and grassy hops. Pretty light on the nose and very airy.

Taste also comes off as sort of average homebrew... anyone who's tried to brew a hoppy beer where the hops just don't come out right knows what I mean. Light pine balanced by a nice heaping of thick crystal malt. Either a little more straightforward bitterness or some amped up hop flavor would do this beer. As it stands now, it lies sort of awkwardly in between. Slight watery aftertaste too.

Edit: After I drank this beer at room temperature I fell in love with the taste. So much character. Not sure what I was thinking before.

Mouthfeel is very rich and is very pleasing with the foamy head. A lot like something you'd find on cask or really fresh.

I enjoy drinking this since the mouthfeel makes it feel like a fresh, authentic brew. But it's not without its flaws.

Serving type: bottle

04-20-2009 07:03:01 | More by wiseguy142

pandashaver

New York

4.53/5  rDev +18.6%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Beautiful pour from the cask, nice foamy head with some fine lacing that lasts. Aroma was the best quality, perfect for an IPA - floral, spice, fruit, hoppy. I could just stand there and smell this all day. Taste was just like the nose, with plenty of hop bitterness coming through in the finish. Lingers on the palate, very good med-thick body. Most notable of this IPA (other than the pleasant flowery aroma) is the smoothness, meaning it doesn't overwhelm the palate with hops and is very drinkable.

Serving type: cask

04-07-2009 18:45:15 | More by pandashaver

bbothen

California

3.33/5  rDev -12.8%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Poured from a 12 oz bottle into a snifter style glass. Ric Flair defending the NWA title against Terry Gordy from 1985 in Dallas, Tx in the background. Beer and the Nature Boy. Whooo.

Pours a nice light orange/amber color with a big, fluffy, and bubbly white head. Head has nice retention and leaves plenty of sticky webbing and lacing on glass as it goes down.

Smells of subdued piney/tropical hoppiness and even fainter maltiness.. Not much to be had here.

Firm bready maltiness followed by a piney, grassy, flowery hoppiness. Much better than the nose indicated.

Medium bodied, crisp, dry, moderate carbonation, lingering bitterness.

Fairly drinkable. Would look for other options before coming back to this. But an enjoyable brew.

Flair gets a rare pinfall win in Dallas.

Serving type: bottle

03-04-2009 01:20:16 | More by bbothen

jwc215

New Jersey

4.33/5  rDev +13.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Thanks to armock for this one!

Pours hazed golden with a foamy, slightly off-white head. Trailing lace sticks.

The smell is citric and herbal with an orange marmalade-ish malty tone in the back.

The taste is of herbal, citric and floral with an orange marmalade backing. Ringwood yeast character is there, but not dominant. Sweetness turns to a bitter, citric finish.

The carbonation could be a bit softer, but fine as it is. It has a slightly buttery, smooth medium body.

Well-balanced but style hoppy enough to fit an English-style IPA. Nice English character with an American (Cascade) hop touch in the finish. Very easy to drink!

Serving type: bottle

01-31-2009 19:37:25 | More by jwc215

thain709

Pennsylvania

4.22/5  rDev +10.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

A - A light copper body...a one finger, white head that slowly fades into a cap...great lacing

S - Hops...sweet, piney, fruity hops

T - Hops are present right off the bat...the bitterness is offset by sweet (caramel) malts...perfectly balanced

M - Pretty good carbonation...crisp

D - This is a great IPA...I was hooked after the first sip...that's all I can say

Serving type: bottle

01-24-2009 02:04:19 | More by thain709

younger35

Minnesota

2.75/5  rDev -28%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

Received this brew from BeerTruth in the Fight Club BIF. This will be my first brew from Middle Ages. Drank from my Stone India Pale Ale flute.

Appearance- Pours a light orange yellowish with a decent one finger creamy head that never really recedes. A nice cap and collar remains leaving a fair amount of lacing.
Smell- A bit of citrus upfront with some grapefruit and strong candied orange peel. A bit buttery for my liking along with a lot of caramel and toffee. A slight bit of alcohol is present and more diacetyl.
Taste- Kind of sneakily bitter toward the start once the fruity sweetness wears off. Lots of toffee and more of that butter that was in the nose. A bit of grapefruit and cherry finish with bit more sweetness.
Mouthfeel- Fairly thin and watery with a light silkiness and almost no carbonation.
Drinkability- Not the greatest beer I've ever had. Too much diacetyl makes for not such a good brew. You suck Adam.

Serving type: bottle

01-10-2009 00:00:34 | More by younger35

MMAJYK

Georgia

3.63/5  rDev -5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

A- Deep honey color with a touch of copper. Head is minimal but lingering and sticky. The beer is a little hazy from dry hopping, I suppose.

S- Light aromas of grassy hops, evidently European, a light caramel malt with some honey thrown in, and a touch of biscuit.

T- Grainy and malty sweet up front. The bittering hop does not present it's self to offer a better balance. I know English Styles are typically not as hoppy as American IPA's, but I still think this one is out of balance a little. After further drinking, I can definitely pick up the earthiness of these hops; however, they dont offer up a very sharp 'bite'. Not bad, though.

M- A little bit light in the mouth with just right carbonation.

D- I could definitely session this beer. A good representation of style for sure, I just think a little more bitterness would go a long way with this one.

Special thanks to littlebreeze for this one!

Serving type: bottle

12-30-2008 01:14:54 | More by MMAJYK

albern

Massachusetts

4/5  rDev +4.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

This is a nice IPA, but slightly less traditional in approach than I would have expected from an EIPA. The beer pours a nice clear orangey amber color with a creamy white head that laces very well and retains a nice creamy and foamy head. The nose on the beer gets more pronounced as the beer settles. There are definite sweet malts, and lots of them, a huge floral bouquet, and sweet oily and grapefruit like hop aromas. There is a definite citrusy hop nose on the beer, but not much of the bready malts underneath.

The beer is quite medium bodied, decently carbonated, with a grapefruit like tangy hop presence and some tart and acerbic tastes lingering throughout. The beer is quite sweet, with florals, oily and estery hops quite noticeable, and a slightly bittering hop presence in the finish. This is a good EIPA, but it is missing the bisquity malts, the more traditional leafy and bittering hops. The citrus and grapefruity tartness just predominates too much for this to be a traditional interpretation of the style. This is more of a nouvelle IPA in all of its citrusy hop zest. The 6.5 ABV is somewhat noticeable with a slightly syrupy and oily mouthfeel and a touch of a throaty burn in the aftertaste. This is an enjoyable beer worth seeking out.

Serving type: bottle

12-20-2008 21:03:24 | More by albern

Redrover

Illinois

3.85/5  rDev +0.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

I had this one on tap at the Dinosaur BBQ in Rochester. Served in a standard pint glass, the beer is a dark bronze with a thick head and awesome lacing.

This one has a nice nose of pine and caramel with grains.

Bracing with nice bitterness. There are pine & grapefruit tastes with grains in the background. It turns slightly sour late.

The mouth is smooth with pleasant oiliness but thins in the end. Easy enough drinker but the sourness limits me to 2 or 3.

Serving type: on-tap

11-20-2008 19:56:16 | More by Redrover

Proteus93

Virginia

4.1/5  rDev +7.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A: Golden, slightly murky, with a great head of frothy cream... sticks all over the place like mad.

S: Herbal and fruity... nice, soft, sweet hops and a great malty backbone for balance. A very nice American take on the English style.

T: Citrus, fruit peel, spiciness, some toasted maltiness.

M: A little thickness, kinda foamy, carbonation is a bit low, otherwise fabulous

D: A nicely balanced IPA, and one that I will certainly look forward to picking up again when in the area. Not out the roof with alcohol, and nice and smooth drinking.

Serving type: bottle

11-19-2008 06:15:55 | More by Proteus93

dfolmste

New York

3.63/5  rDev -5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Appearance: Head is about an inch high that stays level as it diminishes. Carbonation is medium. Color is a hazy tan leaning towards amber. Head is gone by now but lacing is still strong. Good looking beer.

Smell: Smells of hops right off the bat; good start. A little sweetness so hopefuly there will be some other flavors hiding in the taste.

Taste: Great taste. Hop flavor is strong but the sweetness noted in the smell does not come into play. I wish there was more complexity here, but good enough. I feel like 3.5 may be a little low, but there are a lot of good IPA's. A little creamy towards the end.

Mouthfeel: Carbonation is a little biting, but feels refreshing. Medium body. As with the flavor, nothing much outside the hops. Aftertaste is pretty good though.

Drinkability: Would definatly have a few more of these. Taste is good, looks great and even though the flavor doesn't go above and beyond, I would definately seek this out again.

Serving type: bottle

11-12-2008 19:16:48 | More by dfolmste

AltBock

Ohio

3.58/5  rDev -6.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Undated 12 oz. bottle with a beige oval that has red "IPA" letters getting impaled by 3 swords. This oval is front of a grey stone wall. The only other stuff on the label is the mandatory US information. No back label.

I poured this IPA into a Stoudt's pint glass. Out of the bottle comes a beer that was a hazy cream colored tangerine orange with a little ruby red grapefruit mixed in with it. I have to give it to them. It was a very interesting color. On top of this beer was a fizzy 3/4 of an inch head of white foam. Even though the head of foam was fizzy, it actaully had decent retention that left behind a spotty white film and a few spots of white lace.

This IPA aroma was all about the citrus fruits. This aroma was citrusy with ruby red grapefruit, a splash of lemon zest, and a hint of tangerines. Behind the citrus fruits was a small touch of bitter citrus hops, a dab of yeast, and a small speck of malt. Not enough malt to balance out the citrus aromas.

The was alot like the aroma, very citrusy and bitter. The taste bitter, citrusy, and slightly dry and crispy with citrus hops, a hint of ruby red grapefruit, a splash of dry yeast, a small touch of lemon peel, and then ends with a small taste of coriander. I couldn't taste any malts in here. The crispy slightly bitter citrus flavors must have covered them up. That is to say if there was any malt in the taste. I doubt it though.

This IPA was lingering on being a medium bodied beer. It wasn't light and it wasn't quite over the medium bodied line. The aftertaste to this beer was similar to the taste, citrusy and bitter with ruby red grapefruit, a splash of coriander, and crispy citrus hops. This aftetaste will stick around for a few minutes.

It was a pretty good IPA. Sometimes it got a little too citrusy for me, but I did like the level of bitterness this IPA contained. Since it's an affordable beer, I could see this as a session IPA.

Serving type: bottle

10-28-2008 16:14:42 | More by AltBock

barefootbrewer

Mississippi

3.9/5  rDev +2.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

This beer poured a golden/orange color with a thick, retentive head - tight bubbles. The hop aroma is present initially but then it fades quickly to a sweet malty smell. The taste is bitter in the beginning, yielding to a sweet malt flavor. This finish is bitter. It is kind of an interesting roller coaster effect with the flavors. The mouthfeel is thin to medium bodied and quite carbonated. This is a well rounded beer that definitely deserves a try.

Serving type: bottle

09-10-2008 21:56:27 | More by barefootbrewer

Reagan1984

Massachusetts

3.25/5  rDev -14.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Poured the beer from the bottle and it formed a 2 to 3 finger creamy head that showed excellent retention. Lots of lacing remained. The beer was bright amber in color and very clear. Orange tones.

Aroma smelled a little of butter and this was the first hint if diacetyl. Also a bit perfume like with some fruit tones.

Taste definitely had some diacetyl included. Hop bitterness was pretty assertive from front to back. There was some spice like white pepper and I got a sense of macerated or very ripe strawberries. I'm not sure you can taste perfume. But I guess the perfume smell was so prevalent that I got the same sense in the taste as well. Not among the best IPA's I've had.

Mouth feel was medium in body and a bit slippery. Creamy but not in a good way like other styles.

I think of butter beer as I drink this and that affects drinkability. Not really up to "good" IPA standards.

Don't think I need to have another.

Serving type: bottle

08-29-2008 01:36:14 | More by Reagan1984

sleazo

New York

3.5/5  rDev -8.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Purchased at New Beer Distributors

A_Pours a cloudy yellow/orange hue with a not so dense off white head. Decent lacing.

S_Mild grassy/piney hop aroma. Not much malt to speak of.

T_The taste is stronger than indicated by the aroma. A nice ammount of biscuit flavoured malt in the front works well with a nice decent ammount of grassy hops.

M_Medium body, lower carbonation. Works well for the beer and style.

D_Pretty good EIPA, fairly drinkable but nothing spectacular. It doesnt help that I had a Belhaven Twisted thistle beforehand. Still this is a well made brew.

Serving type: bottle

08-25-2008 01:52:55 | More by sleazo

Donnie2112

Alaska

3.08/5  rDev -19.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3

looks like a typical pale ale, golden amber in color slightly cloudy thin layer of head

smells like piney hops, lots of grainey but dry malt

very dry across the board, rather sweet malts that end just sort of full and grainy but the real shocker is the extremely dry hop finish.

Very astringent, medium full body and light carbonation

I could take this or leave it, it's just so dry and so bitter on the finish. The hop flavor isn't all that interesting

Serving type: bottle

08-03-2008 23:19:35 | More by Donnie2112

HopDerek

Pennsylvania

3.05/5  rDev -20.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

Pours a clear amber color with 2 fingers of frothy off-white head and good retention and lacing. Smells of floral hops, a touch of pine and citrus, honey, bread, and butter. Tastes of lemon, apricot, and tangerine up front are quickly overpowered by a caramel and bread backbone. The backbone lasts a good while before any signs of IPA resurface with a hint of peppery and floral hops and notes of butter to finish out the flavors. Medium in body with great carbonation. Some hop presence but mainly malty with most of the bitterness seeming to not come from the hops. Not really my kind of IPA.

Serving type: bottle

07-29-2008 22:03:41 | More by HopDerek

Jmamay22

New York

3.88/5  rDev +1.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

This English IPA pours a clear honey colored gold. Atop the beer sits a hay colored head that refuses to die down and remains a full inch in height. Plenty of sticky lacing down the walls of my glass.

Nose features a slightly citrus and herbal edge. Beneath that initial hop smell is a dry grass and biscuit quality. Very balanced with only a slight favoring of hops.

Taste is similar to the nose although the hops take a more serious grip and the citrus comes forward. The herbal qualities have receded as has some of the malt depth. Emphasis is clearly more on the hops and entirely to style, but their is a honey biscuit aspect that glows wonderfully. When considering an IPA hops come to mind initially, but the strong suit here is the brief flash of sweetened bread. Slight alcohol presence on the finish.

The carbonation seems to be at the perfect level and offers some saving grace for the mouthfeel, but there is a somewhat thin finish. Fair drinkability aided by the fact that it isn't a hop bomb attempting to overwhelm, but offers a firm hop presence.

Serving type: bottle

07-26-2008 00:09:33 | More by Jmamay22

TheManiacalOne

Rhode Island

3.88/5  rDev +1.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Poured from a 12oz bottle into a US tumbler pint glass.

A: The beer is a deep gold color, with a large white head that fades very slowly and leaves a thick lace on the glass.

S: The aroma is kind of faint but contains light caramelized malts, pale hops and some citrus.

T: The taste starts out hoppy with a burst of citrus & caramel sweetness up front. There's a hearty malt character that comes in quickly and balances things out a bit. The after-taste is slightly bitter.

M: Crisp and smooth, medium body, medium carbonation, finish is clean and dry.

D: Tasty, goes down easily, not too filling, decent kick, good representation of style, this is the type of beer that blurs the boundary between the English and American IPA styles, it's a good flavorful beer with some substance that is worth drinking a few of.

Serving type: bottle

07-16-2008 03:22:40 | More by TheManiacalOne

jwinship83

Illinois

3.73/5  rDev -2.4%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A- Golden with a small, 1cm head. champagne sized bubbles

S- Floral and piny hops, very pleasant

T- Sweet start with a bittering piny hop finish

M- Medium body with just the right amount of carbonation.

D- Very drinkable with a great aftertaste. this one is definitely something i could have a couple or more of in a sitting. too bad it isnt available in my area.

Serving type: bottle

07-15-2008 23:47:10 | More by jwinship83

dsa7783

New Jersey

4.4/5  rDev +15.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Single, twelve-ounce bottle copped from New Beer Distributors on Chrystie Street in Manhattan...
Teriffic appearance - pours a hazy, dark-orange hue with rising carbonation and a giant foamy head that exhibited enormous staying power...
Hop-filled aroma bursting with wet, fresh hops, bittersweet citrus and lemons...
Taste was exceptional, loaded with wet hops, grapefruit, spices, lemons, thick, rich, bittersweet flavors...
Creamy, rich mouthfeel and a top-notch level of drinkability to match with a nice 6.5% ABV...
Excellent depiction of the style...
Definitely recommended...

Serving type: bottle

06-26-2008 23:32:57 | More by dsa7783

allergictomacros

Ontario (Canada)

3.25/5  rDev -14.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

A - Pours a clear orange with a good, thick, sticky head.

S - Some toffee and roasted grain, and a fresh lemony hop.

T - Some solid hoppiness in this, some butter, fruitiness and a lingering bitter aftertaste. IMO the hops lean a little to far towards a coarse bitterness though.

M - A little light maybe, could use some more body.

D - Not bad, but the balance seems a bit off for me. Could use more hop flavour and less bitterness.

Serving type: bottle

05-11-2008 04:15:43 | More by allergictomacros