IPA - Rock Art Brewery

FickleBeast

New Jersey

3.03/5  rDev -9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

12 oz bottle poured into a pint glass

Bottle conditioned. Attempted to leave yeast in bottle but still got several floaties. Pours hazy amber with a huge fizzy head. Aroma is not great. Kind of effervescent, with a stale bready aroma.

First sip is malty, but finishes super dry. Hop flavor is not present like it should be in an IPA. Almost an asprin like bitter finish. Other than a faint malty sweetness, I'm not getting a lot of flavor from this beer.

I really don't enjoy this beer. It is a poor representation of an IPA, and really isn't a good Pale Ale, or any other beer style either.

Serving type: bottle

11-10-2012 02:46:15 | More by FickleBeast

hphilip456

Massachusetts

3.25/5  rDev -2.4%

05-16-2013 03:34:55 | More by hphilip456

twenty5

Pennsylvania

3/5  rDev -9.9%

05-15-2013 17:42:44 | More by twenty5

tnbeatty

Vermont

3/5  rDev -9.9%

05-15-2013 13:35:56 | More by tnbeatty

Kelp

New Hampshire

3.25/5  rDev -2.4%

05-15-2013 04:38:38 | More by Kelp

johnnnniee

New Hampshire

3.66/5  rDev +9.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75

Pours a slightly chill hazed medium peach color with a decent sized white head that recedes slowly leaving lots of sticky lace in its wake. Smells of light bready and toffee malt sweetness with grapefruit and lemons hop aromas. The flavor is bready malt with a solid shot of old school ipa citrus. Lots of citric hop bitterness and flavor. Medium body with a moderate level of carbonation and a slick almost tart mouthfeel. Nice citrus forward IPA that reminds me a lot of Harpoon. I could drink this regularly

Serving type: bottle

05-12-2013 02:32:41 | More by johnnnniee

Ivanhoes_Backpack

New Brunswick (Canada)

3/5  rDev -9.9%

04-30-2013 20:36:47 | More by Ivanhoes_Backpack

chippo33

Vermont

1.5/5  rDev -55%

03-13-2013 22:49:43 | More by chippo33

spycow

Illinois

3.25/5  rDev -2.4%

03-10-2013 20:40:11 | More by spycow

Mack

Quebec (Canada)

3.5/5  rDev +5.1%

03-06-2013 23:58:48 | More by Mack

acurtis

New Jersey

2.75/5  rDev -17.4%

03-03-2013 00:11:17 | More by acurtis

tjdrewry

Connecticut

1.25/5  rDev -62.5%

02-17-2013 03:03:09 | More by tjdrewry

greenengineer

Massachusetts

3.93/5  rDev +18%
look: 2.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4

12 oz bottle into a stemless wine glass. Served liquor store refrigerator temperature.

A- cloudy orange, a little off putting. Big natural foamy bubbles, turn in to nice lacings. + for the head, - for the color.
S - clean hoppy aroma hits you right away
T - hoppy bitterness is nice without being overpowering. Hint of clove.
M - a little on the thin side
O - decent drinkable IPA, + for Vermont

Serving type: bottle

01-11-2013 21:29:46 | More by greenengineer

BeerCosmonaut

Vermont

3.5/5  rDev +5.1%

01-05-2013 03:59:16 | More by BeerCosmonaut

TheRuss9585

Vermont

3/5  rDev -9.9%

12-30-2012 20:05:49 | More by TheRuss9585

NiceTaps

New Jersey

4/5  rDev +20.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

12oz bottle poured into a room-temp Imperial pint glass.

A- Pours a hazy golden-orange color with a billowy 2-finger head that fades to a thin film, hangs in there. Bubbles slowly rise through the sediment, culloid-like. If not for its minimal lacing at most, I'd rate it higher here.

S-Truly smells like a good English beer, musky malt funk, bitter hops, a touch of honey perhaps.
A mellow blend.

T- Slightly sweet and bready malt with mild floral hop flavor.

M- Well carbonated, medium body. The slightly sweet start is taken over by the mildy bitter hop finish. The hops don't overpower but they have staying power.

O- Americanized English pale ale done right. Drinkable and understated.

Serving type: bottle

12-29-2012 21:50:33 | More by NiceTaps

CB_Crowe

Vermont

4.5/5  rDev +35.1%

11-07-2012 20:43:35 | More by CB_Crowe

Larrydoherty

Massachusetts

3/5  rDev -9.9%

10-31-2012 21:10:25 | More by Larrydoherty

claytong

Vermont

3.25/5  rDev -2.4%

09-22-2012 01:55:40 | More by claytong

SpectralAbyss

Pennsylvania

3.25/5  rDev -2.4%

09-18-2012 03:08:23 | More by SpectralAbyss

DarthTremens

Pennsylvania

2.75/5  rDev -17.4%

09-16-2012 02:56:56 | More by DarthTremens

MarkSmithVT

4.5/5  rDev +35.1%

09-07-2012 20:47:05 | More by MarkSmithVT

prisdefer

New York

2.5/5  rDev -24.9%

08-29-2012 21:58:10 | More by prisdefer

GreenMountainBoy

Vermont

2/5  rDev -39.9%

08-28-2012 00:24:18 | More by GreenMountainBoy

smakawhat

Maryland

3.48/5  rDev +4.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Poured on tap into a shaker pint at Rock Art Brewery Morrisville.

Pale golden amber body, fairly clear. Thin head presented off white. Very slow rising carbonation coming from the bottom. Pretty decent.

Bouquet has a mild malty sweetness. Faint toasty brown bread, and airy. Light. Hop angle not very present it seems.

Taste brings a mild hop presence more so than on the nose in the mid palate. Fairly wet body though, with toasty malts. Extremely light palate, more like a hammered pale ale, and tone of crispness in the feel interestingly.

It's ok but not too memorable.

Serving type: on-tap

08-25-2012 01:36:02 | More by smakawhat