Chinookie IPA - Full Pint Brewing Company

mikesgroove

South Carolina

4.6/5  rDev +21.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5

another new one for me i decided to try this one out late night style and cracked it while enjoying some fine tunes.

great pour with a hazy, light amber color and a smooth and even creamy head of white that capped the top nearly perfectly. aroma is deep citrus, grapefruit with touches of bright lemon and a hint of an earthy grain that pops up mid palate. smooth, dry finish with a crisp and clean lingering hop flavor on tongue/

overall really a very solid beer with a great profile and a smooth and easy drinking feel. i could throw this down all night

Serving type: bottle

01-09-2011 15:06:51 | More by mikesgroove

brentk56

North Carolina

4.38/5  rDev +15.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Appearance: Pours a cloudy amber color with a modest head; plenty of lace left behind, however

Smell: Pithy orange and biscuity malt

Taste: Biscuity malt, up front, but it doesn't take long for the bitter, pithy and orangey hops to make the presence felt; after the swallow, the hops settle down and a stone fruit and graham cracker character arrives out of the blue to provide a complex finish

Mouthfeel: Medium to full body with prickly carbonation

Drinkability: Had this on cask the other night and now in the bottle; Pittsburgh can be proud of its newest brewery - they are making some very nice beers

Serving type: bottle

08-12-2010 00:51:33 | More by brentk56

Knapp85

Pennsylvania

3.98/5  rDev +4.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

This beer poured out as a nice looking copper color with a head light cream colored head on top. The retention and lacing are decent. The smell of this beer was earthy and piney. Lots of big hop aromas. The taste is loaded with resin-like flavors, very piney and just a touch of sweet malt in there too. The mouthfeel of the beer is smooth, very dry in the finish but still very drinkable in my opinion. Overall it's a pretty good IPA. I would drink it again.

Serving type: bottle

10-22-2012 00:17:08 | More by Knapp85

akorsak

Pennsylvania

3.58/5  rDev -5.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

A 1L swingtop growler filled at Al's of Hampden today.

A: The IPA has autumnal orange and brown hues, a golden color that is fairly hazy. The pour generated three fingers of white head that left thick lace all around my glass.

S: Lots of citrusy chinook to go around here. The aroma has grass and grapefruit in abundant supply. Plenty of caramel malts emerge as the ale warms.

T: Plenty of malts run around the IPA, adding a full caramel flavor. Other than that, the brief blast of hops are about it. As the ale warms, more hoppiness, citrusy, emerges and generally matches the malts. I was ready to write this IPA off after the first glass, but my last glass has me appreciating the balance and hoppiness more.

M: The mouthfeel is more malty than hoppy, although a strong citrusy presence does linger around.

D: I'm torn. The hop-malt balance is nice but I love a strong hoppy IPA. This one offers the balance with occasional flourishes of hoppy brilliance.

Serving type: growler

09-06-2010 02:22:10 | More by akorsak

tempest

Pennsylvania

3.95/5  rDev +3.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Picked up a single at Abe's Cold Beer, but I wouldn't mind having a few more bottles around. I'm impressed by the depth of this IPA. The aroma is more of pugent, resiny pint, with a hint of biscuit malt, then the flavor dives off into sharp citrus rind and an spicy grapefruit finish. There seems to be a little bit of everything in there.

The finish is dry and biting, just how I like an IPA. And the body isn't too heavy. It's not session-weight beer, but I'd be happy split a 6-pack with a good friend. Check this out. While the flavors aren't the same, the development reminds me of fresh Two-Hearted Ale.

Serving type: bottle

04-05-2012 02:32:26 | More by tempest

WVbeergeek

Ohio

4.1/5  rDev +7.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Pours a hazy apricort like clouded orange with a nice thicket of white head, speckled scattered lacing. Aroma has a nice deep tropical/citrus fruit note with hints of earthy pine. Flavor nice assertive bitterness with citrus/pine vying for attention. Strong full frontal onslaught of bitterness, sticks around between sips. No cloying booze or sweetness, a bit unbalanced toward the hops (I'm pretty sure that's the intent here with the label stating they "nookied" the beer four times during the boil and "dry nookied" it as well. Tropical fruit/apricot fruitiness is found in here as well, tha works with the big hop additions. Mouthfeel is a bit resinous, medium bodied easy going carbonation. The last bottle I tried to review had some definite carbonation issues so I chose not to pen a review. Since then it looks like they worked out the kinks with their bottling line. Drinkability overall is for the true hop head, but this will make most newbies turn and run. Pittsburgh has a couple solid IPAs including East End's Big Hop, Fathead's Headhunter, and Rivertowne's Old Wylie.

Serving type: bottle

02-25-2011 18:23:37 | More by WVbeergeek

RblWthACoz

Pennsylvania

3.89/5  rDev +2.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

This is a pretty straightforward IPA that utilizes the Chinook hops fairly well but doesn't show much more than a one dimensional show. Earthy and dirty with tones of citrus and pine. Got more earth as time went on. Not too bad really. Could use a bit more vibrance for my personal taste.

Serving type: bottle

01-22-2013 00:45:01 | More by RblWthACoz

mdfb79

New York

3.58/5  rDev -5.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

From 12/18/11 notes. Thanks to nmnann08 for sharing this one. Poured from a 12 oz. bottle into my Bell's tulip.

a - Pours a dark orange-amber color with two inches of white head and moderate carbonation evident. Light spotty lacing on the glass.

s - Smells of citrus hops, caramel malts, grapefruit, and light fruity malts.

t - Tastes of citrus hops and caramel malts, light grapefruit.

m - Medium body and moderate carbonation.

o - Overall a decent IPA. A nice mix of citrus hops and caramel malts. Not overally hoppy or malty, but a nice beer. Would try again.

Serving type: bottle

12-20-2011 20:36:11 | More by mdfb79

Rifugium

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +5.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

First had: on tap at Capone's, Norristown, PA

Served in a tulip glass, cloudy amber color with a thin white head that left a bit of soapy lacing on the glass. Citrus hops in the aroma with a solid biscuity malt background. Good balance for the style in the taste: citrusy hops dominant, orange and grapefruit pith, underlying that, nice biscuity caramel malts, and a small sensation of juniper. Finished dry and grassy. Medium body, and quite drinkable overall.

Serving type: on-tap

01-29-2012 13:45:49 | More by Rifugium

beerthulhu

New Jersey

3.88/5  rDev +2.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

-Best by july 2013. Lot#288. Consumed 5/2/13.

A: Dirty orange , creamy, milky, buff toned head is slight, shortly holding. Thin broken stratified ring lacing of modest coverage.

S: Leafy celery aroma, some spiciness of floral lemon-citrus. Woodsy, fresh shrubbery with sweet toasted grains.

T: The marris otter provides a deep creamy malt base while the dry chinook hops leave a flowery, pollen like coating on the tongue. Some dry flowery pine and celery, leafy hop cones, with a strong level of dry hops linger quite a bit. A dry malt powdery leave with flashes of toasted grain sweetness peeking out every once in awhile.

M: Milky, creamy mouthful, dry hops with a soft residual malt coating.

O: Overall flashes of malt sweetness mingles with the dry chinook hops and a creamy malt base and residual coating all points to a solid entry and worthy try. I find the malt base quite unique here from the marris otter and worth it just for that.

Serving type: bottle

05-10-2013 00:05:23 | More by beerthulhu

Stinkypuss

Pennsylvania

3.93/5  rDev +3.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

A morderately dark IPA, dark orange in color with lots of lacing and soapy bubbles.

Aroma is very hop forward, pine, resin and a bit of caramel malt greet the nose.

Tastes pretty balanced, with a slight lean towards the hoppy side. Hops are spicy, lending a peppery bite to the beer.

Mouthfeel/Drinkability: Easy drinking, good hop flavor and enough malt background to keep it from being one dimensional. My favorite beer from the Full Pint line.

Serving type: on-tap

08-04-2010 18:25:17 | More by Stinkypuss

OWSLEY069

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +5.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Pours a hazy orange-ish color with an off white head. In the aroma, piney hops and a citrus hop undertone. In the taste, a bit spicy and pine like hops. A small bitterness and medium bodied mouthfeel, with a spicy, almost peppery, and pine like aftertaste. I like the name and the inventiveness of this IPA. Great new local!

Serving type: on-tap

07-28-2010 13:12:10 | More by OWSLEY069

Slatetank

Pennsylvania

4.15/5  rDev +9.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

I picked up a 1L growler of this to share whilst watching the Penn State game outside at shertz's house. Poured chilled from the growler into a tumbler

A - A dark amber the color of peach nectar w/ thick bone white cap, lace clings adequetly

S -The smell is moderate bitterness a little under bitter actually with a more herbal and slightly lemony hop odor, slight floral aspect with a light pine tinge

M - The feel has moderate asrtingency and bitterness, however the resinous hop oils are present and carbonation is medium with a semi-dry finish, and medium body overall

T - The flavor is very good with a citrus hop note that has some pine aspsects, but generally comes off as A c-hopped IPA without an overly aggressive bitter taste, more focused on citrus and herbal flavor hops which is nice and the malt seems to anchor the flavor well

D - Theis is very tasty and well brewed I hope to enjoy more from this brewery based on this beer -a nice amount of hop flavor and it doesn't overextend and give a lot of astringency which to me makes for a highly drinkable IPA

Serving type: growler

09-15-2010 16:30:59 | More by Slatetank

DrDemento456

Pennsylvania

4.47/5  rDev +17.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Wow another PA brewery that looks promising. Picked up a bottle at D's for 2.50 with the takeout discount.

A - Wow amazingly hazy for an IPA and sort of dark brown too. Nice fluffy white head that sicks with moderate lacing. mmm...

S - Slight grassy yet mild mango or citrus hops, grapefruit? Not sure but it smells dry hopped yet malty with a balance.

T - With four great hops it have a very fine citrus/grapefruit type flavors. It really is interesting to see such a dry hopped beer taste smooth. I can suspect that it must be one of the three types of malt that balances the bitter and retains the sweet. Complex...

M - very succession able at 6.2% Bitter and tasty

D - Overall I picked up a case this afternoon since I loved it. A great staple beer for my fridge. yummy!

Serving type: bottle

08-24-2010 04:04:34 | More by DrDemento456

Deuane

Pennsylvania

3.78/5  rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A-Lightly hazed orange kissed copper with a medium white head that reduced to a thin cap and left thick lace.

S-Called Chinookie for a reason....lots of citrus Chinook hop aroma to go around here. Light touches of fresh cut hay and grapefruit rind in the background. Sweet caramel malt base adds nice support to the hop bill.

T-Surprised with the forward caramel malt sweetness. After this initial wave passes by a pleasant zip of fresh squeezed citrus and rind bitterness emerges.

M-Medium bodied with a full flavour profile and nice lingering hop bitterness.

D-Good certainly but not my style of IPA to fall in love with. A touch too malt forward for me. I do appreciate the balance and can see why this is an enjoyable brew, but not an earth shaking one.

Serving type: on-tap

09-26-2010 21:15:27 | More by Deuane

tone77

Pennsylvania

3.44/5  rDev -9.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25

Poured from a brown 12 oz. bottle. Has a cloudy dark golden color with a 1/2 inch head. A bit of floaties in it. Smell is of hops, some tropical fruits. Taste is bitter, hoppy, a bit of tropical fruits, somewhat unbalanced for my liking. Feels medium bodied and bitter in the mouth and overall is a decent beer.

Serving type: bottle

01-19-2013 01:57:43 | More by tone77

oline73

Maryland

3.93/5  rDev +3.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Poured from the bottle into a standard pint glass.

Appearance: The beer pours a cloudy reddish amber color with a half finger of off white head. The head fades to a ring around the pour.

Smell: Citrus peel hops with an assertive malt sweetness in the background. I'm getting some juicy citrus notes along with the straight up bitterness.

Taste: More citrus hops. The bitterness builds to the end of each sip, but at the very end I'm getting a bready malt note along with the hops. Definitely getting some juicy citrus notes here too.

Mouthfeel: Medium body with tingly carbonation and a finish that's not quite as dry as it should be.

Overall: I enjoyed the balance in this beer. Plenty of malt but still lets the hops do their thing.

Serving type: bottle

08-30-2012 02:29:41 | More by oline73

DavoleBomb

Ohio

3.48/5  rDev -8.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Poured into a pint glass.

4.0 A: Deeply hazed orange brownish color. One and a half fingers of off-white, creamy/frothy head. Retention is a touch above average and plenty of lacing is left.

3.5 S: Pine and grapefruit hoppiness is the strongest aroma. A touch of earthy and herbalness as well. Bready malts and yeast with a slight caramel undertone. Clean overall, especially given the yeastiness.

3.5 T: Mild bitterness. Lots of pine hop flavor. Grapefruit, earth, and herbs to follow. Orange citrus after that. Bready yeastiness. Caramel to round things off.

3.0 M: Lighter medium body. Carbonation is moderate in amount and slightly biting. Lacking creaminess for the most part.

3.5 D: Decent beer, but as far as IPAs go, this isn't too special.

Serving type: bottle

03-22-2012 04:43:39 | More by DavoleBomb

Boto

Connecticut

3.93/5  rDev +3.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

12oz. bottle: This one pours a cloudy, somewhat orangish color. there was about a 1/2 finger of off white head. It didn’t linger long or leave much lacing. Nice blast of pine hops to the nose. A touch of grapefruit also with maybe some caramel malts lurking in there. Decent enough taste. Fairly bitter, but not overly so. Piney taste, with a decent caramel malt body behind it. Somewhat dry finish. A good IPA.

Serving type: bottle

03-30-2012 20:38:12 | More by Boto

TheSevenDuffs

Ontario (Canada)

3.5/5  rDev -7.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

On tap @ The Deli in State College, PA

A - Light to medium orange with a yellow glow and a small amount of white head.

S - Grapefruit, pine, some orange zest. Slight sweetness.

T - Follows the nose. A good bitterness up front. Citrus, pine, some herbal notes and a slight caramel sweetness.

M - Light body. Moderate carbonation.

Serving type: on-tap

10-03-2011 22:32:06 | More by TheSevenDuffs

WoodBrew

Illinois

3.6/5  rDev -5.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Batting third on my evening out at Tulune's Southside Saloon in Johnstown, PA!!! is the Full Pint Chinookie IPA. This beer poured a cloudy golden with simple white head that wasn't real thick. The scent gave birth to pine and citrus....quite nice. The taste was powered by grapefruit to start....with a subtle pine to follow. The grapsfruit hung on the pallet. The mouthfeel was hinder by the over powering grapefruit, ehich left an acidic type feel. At the end of the day I could hang in on a session of this beer.

Serving type: bottle

04-27-2011 02:48:26 | More by WoodBrew

RonfromJersey

New Jersey

3.88/5  rDev +2.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A very cloudy dark orange body, topped by four fingers of white bubbles of all sizes and shapes. Head decays rapidly. Good lacing.

Aroma is subdued pine up front backed by citrus. Good but I'd prefer a little more agressive.

Strong caramel foundation. Then pine mixed with citrus. Finally a bitter abrasive finish and afterglow, which is not a bad thing.

Semi-smooth mouthfeel with a bit of pricklyness.

A solid drinkable ipa and a good first impression from Full Pint.

Serving type: bottle

11-12-2011 00:32:46 | More by RonfromJersey

Florida9

Illinois

3.58/5  rDev -5.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

A: Poured from the growler into a Middle Ages nonic pint glass. Forms about a finger's worth of creamy off-white head. Decent retention and some light lacing. Beer itself is a slightly hazy darker amber in color.

S: What I can smell, smells pretty good, but the aroma is quite faint. Mostly grapefruit, some pine and a little caramel malts.

T: This one comes off quite different than most IPAs and I'm not sure I care for it. Starts with an intense, but fleeting, caramel malt sweetness. It quickly dissipates to mild citrus hops, but they fade rather quickly as well. Then the beer goes watery before a piney bitterness comes around on the finish.

M: Medium bodied with lighter carbonation. Mild bitterness.

O: Having brewed with Chinook in the past, this beer is surprisingly unfamiliar to me. Would've expected something a little bit more intense and with a lot more pine. A bit on the sweet side for my taste as well. But, overall, this is still a good, quite drinkable beer.

Serving type: growler

10-28-2011 01:29:19 | More by Florida9

Ryan011235

Ohio

2.1/5  rDev -44.7%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2

Poured into a Founders snifter on 3/11/13

Best by Aug 2013
Lot 304

Dark honey and copper hues with some mild haziness. It didn't pour much of a head; only about a 1/8th inch. Thin, soapy retention with some drip of tightly speckled lace.

The hop aroma is fairly different; usual suspects with a bit of uniqueness. Pine and oily grapefruit with candied notions and a hints of lemon soap and herbs. Sugar beet sweetness and biscuit.

Tasting the beer for the first time makes the aroma become displeasing thereafter.

Speaking of first tastes, how about a weird mash up of pine/herbal hops, bready malt and something akin to grapefruit cough syrup (if there is such a thing; if there isn't, it needs to stay that way because this beverage is all the world needs of such a peculiarly bad flavor). It's harsh, almost fusel-like.

The body is medium with a rolling, highly granular and gritty feel underneath the oily slickness. Moderate carbonation. The finish is dry and littered with bitter aspirin.

The bitterness is so bad the finish exhibits characteristics of oxidation and burnt charcoal although neither are an actual concern with this beer.

The saddest thing about this is that is seemly like a well-constructed bad beer. Get rid of the damn aspirin bitterness. What a waste of good hops.

Serving type: bottle

03-12-2013 04:14:32 | More by Ryan011235

kwjd

Ontario (Canada)

3.58/5  rDev -5.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Had this on tap at Piper's Pub in Pittsburgh on vacation. If I knew that this hadn't been entered before, I would have written down the abv. Poured a light copper colour that started with thick white head. Not too much lacing or head retention. Smells very sweet with floral and citrus hops. Taste has subdued bitterness, but pleasant. Quite a nice IPA, but nothing outstanding.

Serving type: on-tap

06-01-2010 05:42:47 | More by kwjd