Lot No3 India Pale Ale - Evolution Craft Brewing Company

mikesgroove

South Carolina

4.22/5  rDev +3.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

cracked this one open with alex tonight and shot some baskets. good with pizza and in a pint glass.

nice and clean amber color with a smooth even head of white and a nice and smooth lacing around the edges.

aroma of nice citrus blend with a great light grain base that is well balanced with pineapple and orange notes and a well balanced and light profile. clean dry finish and light hoppy presence really makes it all come together quite nicely.

overall as solid as could be. really very well done.

Serving type: bottle

05-21-2011 01:04:59 | More by mikesgroove

womencantsail

California

3.2/5  rDev -21.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Thanks for sharing this one, Bobby.

A: The pour is orange-amber in color with a little bit more than a finger of off-white head.

S: Smells very green with a lot of pine, floral, and herbaceous, rosemary-like hop notes. There's still quite a lot of bread and malt on the nose and maybe a bit of a raw dough type thing as well.

T: The pine is quite strong on the tongue and provides a big bitterness. The same herbaceous and mildly woody character which is reminiscent of rosemary. A slight grapefruit note underneath it all along with the bread which underlies it all.

M: The body and carbonation are both medium.

D: Too herbal and woodsy without much of the citrus character that I find pleasing about an IPA.

Serving type: bottle

02-16-2011 05:09:33 | More by womencantsail

Thorpe429

Illinois

3.9/5  rDev -4.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Picked up a sixer of this at Rick's in Alexandria. Served in a tulip.

Pours a crimson-amber color with a large, foamy white head. Really nice retention and as it falls, leaves behind quite a bit of spotty lacing. Nose is pretty dank with quite a bit of citrus, floral, and herbal hops. Not real backing malt to speak of. The floral hops begin to dominate. The flavor really pulls back from all of this. There's a nice, dry bitterness in the finish, but not much hop taste. Also, not terribly resinous on the palate. Mouthfeel is fairly oily on a medium body. Pretty good brew and glad I picked this up. Thanks to the Chicago guys for giving me the occasion to finally pick this up.

Serving type: bottle

02-09-2011 02:24:19 | More by Thorpe429

brentk56

North Carolina

4.03/5  rDev -1.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Appearance: Pours a clear amber color with a magnificently frothy head that leaves quite a bit of lace

Smell: Caramel malts with some resinous, piney hops

Taste: The beer lays down a caramel backbone against which the resinous, piney hops emerge at mid-palate; nicely balanced after the swallow, though the finish has quite a bit of residual sugar

Mouthfeel: Medium to full body with moderate carbonation

Overall: A nicely balanced IPA; just a bit too sweet for my palate

Serving type: bottle

01-13-2012 01:44:12 | More by brentk56

NeroFiddled

Pennsylvania

4.2/5  rDev +2.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Evolution's Lot #3 IPA pours a clear deep gold body beneath a short head of off-white foam. The head retention could be better, but it maintains a solid surface covering which is more than can be said of a lot of other beers. Wide, oddly shaped 'islands' and 'peninsulas' of lace are left behind but eventually erode and disappear.

In the aroma, bright, citrusy (grapefruit, pineapple), resinous, floral, earthy and mildly herbal hops leap out of the glass at you. Quite nice! What a welcoming aroma.

The hops carry through in the flavor, but they're not quite as juicy as the nose suggests. The resinous, earthy, leafy, and herbal notes become more apparent. The biscuity malt acts as a solid, wide base for the hops to appear, lending just a dollop of sweetness to liven them. It's balanced by a dense bitterness, and it finishes quite drying. It lingers for quite some time, but the flavors are softened and it gently ebbs into simple residual bitterness. Nicely balanced!

It starts big with a burst of hops, softens a bit and introduces the malt, and then delivers a dry bitter finish, leaving it quite nicely rounded and drinkable. Absolutely worth trying!

Serving type: bottle

02-08-2011 14:22:21 | More by NeroFiddled

TMoney2591

Illinois

4/5  rDev -2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Served in a Dogfish Head shaped pint glass.

Thanks to Crabbiucss for this bottle!

Any chance of the other "lots" showing up later on, a Delaware version of the Garden State's own Exit Series? I hope so. Anyway, this one pours a clear bronze topped by a finger of dirty white foam. The nose comprises pine, caramel, orange peel, light grapefruit peel, mandarin orange, and a tiny prickle of green apple. The taste goes heavily toward a mixture of pine and grapefruit peel, with a decently healthy caramel backbone beneath. The hoppy bitterness comes in strongly, but not too much so. The body is a light medium, with a light moderate carbonation and a fairly dry finish. Overall, a very nice IPA, straightforward, simple, and easy to enjoy.

Serving type: bottle

05-22-2011 03:44:59 | More by TMoney2591

drabmuh

Maryland

3.95/5  rDev -3.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.5

Beer served on draft at a local beer bar. Now I don't BELIEVE in evolution but I can't turn down a new IPA. BTW I do BELIEVE in evolution.

Beer is served in a shaker pint. Beer is amber and clear. Forms a white thin head that leaves some lacing on the glass and is propped up by moderate to low carbonation. Looks fine. Its a little dark but still looks good.

The aroma is mostly piny with a little malt. Smells OK.

Beer is medium body with moderate carbonation in the mouth. Beer is sweet and moderately bitter but the bitterness does grow with time. Its mildly dry in the back and has no aftertaste. Mouthfeel is OK and drinkability is good.

Serving type: on-tap

07-12-2010 19:39:17 | More by drabmuh

MasterSki

Illinois

4/5  rDev -2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Thanks for thorpe429 for hooking me up with this Delaware brew after my DE state tick was unceremoniously stolen away by the Dogfish Head master listing. Served in a Pisgah pint glass. Best before March (guessing 2011 - a year wasn't cut).

A - Two fingers of off-white foam that settle to a thick cap and a few splotches of lace. Lightly hazed bronze body with some streams of bubbles visible.

S - Pine and herbaceous hops, some light grapefruit. Not much malt character, with only some nebulous crystalline sugar.

T - Taste has more caramel malt mixed with lemon zest, pine, herbs, and grass. Mid-level bitterness in the aftertaste.

M - Dry finish, with some nice residual hop oils. Carbonation is a tad higher than I prefer, but avoids being overly harsh. The medium-thin body is a touch watery.

D - It's a solid session IPA, but not super interesting. I'd have it again in a pinch, but I'd rather have Sierra Nevada or something of that ilk.

Serving type: bottle

02-22-2011 04:30:17 | More by MasterSki

Gavage

New Jersey

3.78/5  rDev -7.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Appearance: orange in color with a 1" head that slowly falls to spotty surface covering. Mild lace develops.

Smell: light caramel, floral bitterness, and some orange tones are easy to detect.

Taste: caramel, orange, and a nice floral bitterness create a well balanced IPA. Alcohol is a bit noticable.

Mouthfeel: medium bodied. Lightly crisp throughout. Aftertaste focuses on floral bitterness.

Overall: a very easy to drink beer with a nice balanced flavor. Worthy of a try.

Serving type: on-tap

05-19-2011 11:44:12 | More by Gavage

akorsak

Pennsylvania

3.95/5  rDev -3.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

A growler filled on 25-Aug-11.

A: The IPA is a bright coppery color, radiant orange mixing with earthy burnt umber. The ale is clear, obscured only by condensation on the outside of the glass. A thick white head, over two fingers on three successive pours, leaves plenty of lacing behind.

S: Very aromatic, the hops are oily with a bold dose of citrus. Sweet caramel malts linger just below the hops, a formidable balancing act. The citrus burst is short but intense, quickly passing to the maltiness.

T: The oily hoppiness is an immediate force, coating my mouth with a thick citrusy bitterness. The hops disappear rather quickly though, turning the ale over the malty caramel and biscuit flavors. Their sweetness is noticeable. As a plus though, the hops return late in the sip and leave more resiny bitterness, citrus as the powerful aspect. The ale is clearly fresh, dripping with bite. The balance is a pleasant factor, as the initial dose of hoppiness could easily get out of hand. That balance makes the ale work - good IPA.

M: A hoppy aftertaste, robust, seals the deal for me. The IPA is balanced but allows both aspects to shine at different points.

Serving type: growler

08-28-2011 20:22:47 | More by akorsak

RblWthACoz

Pennsylvania

4.15/5  rDev +1.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4

Pours looking nicely. Nose was a very strong pine at first which toned down soon thereafter, but still retained some punch. Flavor is heavy on pine resin. Quite thick. Enough to make it fairly sweet. Feel is good. This is an IPA lover's dream. A nice east coast produced IPA that's bringing muscle.

Serving type: bottle

02-27-2013 03:45:47 | More by RblWthACoz

Jason

Massachusetts

4.03/5  rDev -1.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

12oz brown bottle.

Clear dark amber hue, not a peep from the head so the head stays a head and does not crackle to lacing until several sips are taken. Smells of grapefruit, tangerines, pipe tobacco and peppermint from the hops ... hint of toasted bread in the back. Super smooth with an oily hop slickness on the tongue. Perhaps not a huge bitterness, it does have a sting to it, the flavor is quite vast with floral, citric, minty and leafy flavors. Hint of grapefruit rind? The maltiness at least puts its foot in the door with a well rounded toasted bread flavor. Alcohol is noticeable with fruity esters and warmth but not hot at all.

Delicious comes to mind, a bit of a slow sipper as there is a lot going on here ... a well put together ale.

Serving type: bottle

09-22-2010 23:24:43 | More by Jason

Billolick

New York

4.23/5  rDev +3.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Poured from a 12 oz brown bottle. Best by Mar 2013 notched onto the side of the label. Picked up by a friend at Stateline on the MD/DE border

A: Hazed medium amber, loose medium khaki head, that leaves ample scattered bits of lace.

S: Grapefruit dominates.

T: Hoppy brew, more grapefruit. Smooth and tasty IPA.

M: Pleasant on the tongue and coating the mouth. The body is medium and the carbonation is on point for the style.

O: Highly enjoyable AIPA. Another well crafted beer from Evolution. This is my first time trying the Evolution beers and so far, I'm impressed

Serving type: bottle

01-01-2013 19:34:44 | More by Billolick

jlindros

Massachusetts

4/5  rDev -2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Thanks a ton to THECPJ for all the Evo beers, this being the last.

Pours a light creamy almost 1 finger head over clear tan reddish brown colored beer.

Nose fruity hops, touch of citrus and tropical, light sweet reddish crystal malts, slightest hint of hop resin.

Taste starts with some sweet toasty reddish malts, little caramel, then some hops but not heavy, some bitterness, fruity hops, light apricot and tangerine, mint, a bit chewy. Finishes drier with a bit sticky, semi bitter, some fruity, chewy and light spicy hops, but of syrupy malts.

Mouth is med bodied, decent carb.

Overall not bad, decent hops, nose was better than taste, nice malts underneath, not as special as many seem to make it out to be.

Serving type: bottle

06-16-2011 03:11:07 | More by jlindros

johnmichaelsen

Oregon

4/5  rDev -2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

On tap at Mahaffey's today.

The beer pours an amber orange color with good head retention and lacing. The nose on this IPA is very perfumy, with an orange and grapefruit citrus aroma, but with hints of jelly beans (this is not a bad thing). This is a very nice smelling IPA. Flavors replicate the nose, but I like the bitter and dry finish. There's just enough malt to counter and balance the bitterness, which personally is all I require. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with plenty of flavor, but I'm impressed by how light on its feet this IPA is. The alcohol is very well disguised, and so drinkability is very, very good.

This is a very solid, easy to appreciate IPA from this (relatively) new brewpub.

Serving type: on-tap

01-29-2010 23:14:19 | More by johnmichaelsen

beerthulhu

New Jersey

3.66/5  rDev -10.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

A: Dark orange full of vibrant effervesce. Peanut shell toned head is average in heigth and retention. Lacing is spotty with spongy dabs on the vessel.

S: Fresh hops, piney-orange-citrus of moderate awarenss. Okay but a little played out and hardly the attention getter in a tough field.

T: Malty flavor, orange citrus, nice depth upon the first taking. Piney-citrus hops are bitter, flowery with a big malting of toasted bread that is warming. Spicy pine bite on the back end with just the slightest of malt sweetness upfront that is soon swallowed by a flowery citrus bitterness. A touch more complexity adn a solid 4.0 rating may be in order.

M: Vibrant carbonation, a big malt lush helping, sharp and tingly, bready and full. Sharp bitterness after the swallow.

O: An ordinary nose turns to a malt forward experience for flavor. Good level of bitterness, strong carbonation factor that is bitter, but not exactly sharply defining. Good malt support, good drinkability and good ibus to boot.

Serving type: bottle

04-23-2013 01:04:34 | More by beerthulhu

plaid75

New York

4.47/5  rDev +9.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Poured a medium copper hue with a one finger frothy white head. There was good retention and lacing.

The smell featured a vibrant fresh citric hop with a moderate caramel.

The taste was clean and clearly hop driven with a clean citrus and light pine. The grain bill was sharp and crisp with clean malts.

The mouthfeel was clean with a pleasant carbonation.

Overall a very good and extremely quaffable IPA.

Serving type: bottle

01-11-2011 02:04:09 | More by plaid75

jrallen34

Illinois

3.98/5  rDev -2.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.5

12oz bottle provided by Thorpe, HUGE props to him as usual... Pours a dark orange, a little cloudy but looks good. A pretty foamy off white head rises a couple fingers, a nice cap of a half centimeter, good lacing... The aroma is musky and floral, light pine, a little sweetness on the front. Too musky for me... The taste is decent, light floral pine resin from start to finish, dry, bitter and piney, works for me. Wish there is a little citrus balance, gets to be a bit much for me. Very dry bitter finish that I'm not fan of.

Good overall, nice Delaware tick but I wouldn't go to far out of the way for this.

Thanks Mike!

Serving type: bottle

02-15-2011 01:21:25 | More by jrallen34

Slatetank

Pennsylvania

4.13/5  rDev +1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

I had this on tap at Specific Gravity in Salisbury MD. Served chilled in a pint.

A deep golden w/ amber hues and thick creamy cap w/ tiny beading. The lace sticks well and the clarity/retention is good. The smell has a lot of hop aroma w/ plenty of citrus notes and mild tropical tinges, a mellow malt sweet note is there too. The feel is medium more towrad the heavy side of medium, but plenty of carbonation and acidity balance the sweetness of the beer, bitterness is moderate.

The taste is very hoppy with a resinous citrus and mild pine quality a light lemony zest tinge in there with a nice flavor of caramel malt underneath, but the IPA is pretty dry as it finishes and has a light alcohol and spice element to compliement the highly herbal and grapefruit aspects. The IPA drinks like a much smaller beer and I caught myself having 2 pints very quickly so I will say for my taste this is really drinkable - cheers!

Serving type: on-tap

09-27-2010 16:48:14 | More by Slatetank

smakawhat

Maryland

4/5  rDev -2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Poured from the bottle into a nonic pint glass.

A good solid off white foamy head, solid and somewhat uniform. Sits on a hazy amber orange to brown body. Body has lots of color profiles depending on where in the light it seems you view it.

Bouquet seems to be hop and a bit toasty malt. Bready brown toast and mild citrus hop. Very nice and good.

Taste is, mild malt noticeable, with a tea like herbal hop presence. Some sweet like cinnamon comes out a little on the finish, with a sugar toast like feeling. Texture is fairly solid with a little bit of wetness but not too much.

Overall I like this malt side which is hidden and sugary toast feeling. Good solid brew.

Serving type: bottle

08-14-2011 03:13:51 | More by smakawhat

blackie

Virginia

4.13/5  rDev +1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

draft at Specific Gravity, Salisbury

a: served in a standard shaker pint, this ipa is a caramel amber in color, capped with a thick, frothy layer of carbonation that retains a full layer and leaves heavy lace on the glass

s: juicy, bright hops smell of grapefruit, passionfruit, and mango; supported by a solid caramel malt backbone, malt sweetness and juicy fruit flavors in the middle, with a big bitterness taking up the finish

m: carbonated to somewhere on the lower end of moderate - smooth but with enough air to carry the flavors, body moderate with some sweet weight

t: passion fruit is the dominant hop flavor on the palate, with a full body of sweet caramel malts constructing a nice balance, big flavors all around, finishing long with a strong bitterness

o: a high-quality ipa that hits on all the right notes, this one tends towards the sweeter side with more caramel than some - which I tend to dig

Serving type: on-tap

04-11-2013 03:22:05 | More by blackie

Durge

Connecticut

4.2/5  rDev +2.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A deep coppery amber color with a fairly scant off-white head and fair lacing. The aroma brings pleasant bubblegum pine that kicks in the hop salivation factor. There’s a healthy dose of cat piss as well. The flavor brings big hop bite, citrus pine together with a sweet bready idea that comes in a medium-light bodied brew with mild carbonation. The feel is sort of a bit watery but not horribly. Hops really dominate, it even has a sharp herbal side going on. Very much a palate pleaser for the hops lovers, along with a decent feel this is a pleaser. A nice surprise from Delaware!

Serving type: bottle

08-18-2011 03:57:32 | More by Durge

oline73

Maryland

3.9/5  rDev -4.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Poured from the bottle into a standard pint glass.

Appearance: The beer pours a slightly cloudy reddish amber with just under half a finger of fluffy off white head. The head sticks around pretty well through the glass.

Smell: There is an herbal hop characteristic with a strong malt presence. The malt reminds me a little bit of a rye beer with some spice. More malt here than I would expect for the style.

Taste: More hops here than in the nose, but there is still a strong malt component. I stand by saying that this reminds me a bit of a rye IPA. Lots of bready malt behind some herbal, citrus peel hops. The finish is bitter. The malt has a strong presence, but the beer isn't sweet.

Mouthfeel: The body is medium with tons of smooth, fluffy carbonation. The finish is rather dry.

Overall: While this is a bit more malt forward than I would expect for an IPA, I enjoyed it. Easy to drink, I'd have more in the future.

Serving type: bottle

11-12-2012 03:22:18 | More by oline73

billab914

Virginia

4.1/5  rDev +0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

12oz bottle into my Mad Fox glass. Copper in color with a thin, sticky, off-white head to it. Pretty nice head retention to it as well.

The aroma has a very juicy and citrusy flavor to it with pineapple, grapefruit and orange all coming through. I get some sweeter, malty and caramel like flavors to it as well that compliment the hoppiness nicely.

The taste shows more of a bitter, grapefruit and citrus rind like quality to it. I get some of that juicy, tropical fruit like hoppiness to it as well. Some of the sweeter malty flavors help offset the bitter, citrus rind flavors. Very nice and flavorful beer overall.

The mouthfeel is medium bodied with carbonation being moderate. Overall it's a very nice IPA and definitely one I'll be buying again. I really liked the juicy and fruity flavors in the aroma and the bitter, citrusy, grapefruit flavors in the taste were pretty nice as well. Very solid IPA overall.

Serving type: bottle

06-24-2011 20:09:44 | More by billab914

emmasdad

Colorado

3.28/5  rDev -19.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Shared this one with a few friend's at Ratman's house. Poured a clear golden amber with a bit of amber foam on top. Aromas of biscuit, orange, light peach and a little pine. On the palate, this one was light to medium bodied with flavors of biscuit, light pine and light citrus.

Serving type: bottle

06-10-2011 22:21:10 | More by emmasdad