IPA
Peak Organic Brewing Company

 

 

 

Clear, golden color. Medium-sized, white head. Citrus , pine, and malt in aroma. Hoppy, bitter taste with a malty background and almost dry finish.

 

Better than founders (which many compare it to) whether in a can or on tap. Bit of a oak pine and light caramel aftertaste. Goes down easy nonetheless and not as hazy as West coast or sweet as easy. More like the 2010 type NEIPAs. Reliable choice.

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Savagely underrated beer. Very West Coast in its presentation, nose, taste, and feel. Hits all the right notes of an excellent IPA. Grassy, herbal, citrusy, piney. Decently bitter, good malt balance. Drought pour at Food and Fire Grill, Moosic PA. If this were from a WC brewery, I guarantee the rating would be over 4 easily

Poured into a Seattle Beer Week pint glass. Pours a lightly hazy, light to medium golden amber with a one finger white head with good retention and nice lacing. Aroma of lightly caramel pale malt, citrus and floral hops, orange, grapefruit and dried flowers; nice. Flavor follows, with citrus and floral hops, grapefruit, tangerine, faint light stone fruit, a hint of pine and light flower potpourri. Moderately bitter finish with citrus rind and a bit of pine. Medium bodied with light to moderate creaminess. One of the more floral IPAs I've had and I liked this element of the hop bill more than I expected, as it's usually subdued and more pleasant than I anticipated. Although some haziness, the profile leans to West Coast and there are hints of caramel malt, which is always a plus to my taste. I'd like a little more assertive bitterness, but its more than satisfactory. I was surprised to see I had reviewed a "Farm Island Brewing" IPA about 5 years ago that was apparently associated with this this brewery, which I also liked. I have a feeling it was something I found at Trader Joe's, so probably a contract brew from them. Oddly the brewery name has disappeared from here and I can find no trace of that IPA anywhere on the web anymore. Glad to see that they are still brewing nice IPAs.

12 oz can poured into a pint glass.

This reminds of a session IPA for some reason, despite a 7.1 ABV. Really reminds me of a Founders All Day IPA somehow. This has a bit of juiciness to it though. Nice color on the pour and nice lacing on the glass. Smooth, easy drinking.

Very bitter but smooth with more sweet bready malt that I'd expect--or, at least some configuration of hops giving that impression. Just like Peak's double IPA, this one's got these dankish, herbal, borderline chocolatey notes overpowering the citrus. One of those east coast / west coast fusions where you can't really pinpoint one single flavor. I'll agree with other reviews that it feels kinda thin, but I don't care, I drink beer to taste it, not to smell it or "feel" it. Pretty good.

 

 

12oz can purchased from the fridge as a single for $1.99. Best by 2/21/23. Fortuitous because that is today's date! I would guess that this is 4 to 6 months old.

Look: Pale straw color with a significant haziness. A pinky finger of compact, fluffy, white head.

Smell: Very nice grapefruit, orange zest, and pine aromas. Mild green notes. It has both a brightness and an earthiness to it.

Taste: It's tasty. It also seems to me that this beer tastes a bit watery and is under-delivering for a 7.1% IPA. Up front, I get juicy grapefruit and some orange zest flavor. The finish has a moderate bitterness with nice grapefruit rind and pith flavor as well as some pine resin. Crackery malt after the hops and bitterness fade away. The beer also tastes very one-dimensional and I was hoping for more complexity.

Feel: It's very fizzy and it has a medium minus bodied mouthfeel. A bit watery on the palate. I wonder if this beer may have too much carbonation.

Overall: This is good, however I don't enjoy it nearly as much as the other Peak Organic beers I have had (The Juice, Fresh Cut, Slim Hazy, and Summer Session). For a 7.1%ABV IPA, Peak Organic is capable of bringing a lot more flavor than this.

Pours an opaque straw color with a finger of head. The nose has piney and mildly dank notes. The flavor has light citrus notes. This offering is thin for the style.

Pours the typical copper color. Head was very bright white that left a nice ring of lacing. Nose is very fragrant. Taste was piney and gave off superb bitterness. I like this a lot.

 

 

Standard IPA leaning towards the west coast style. Easy drinking.