Head Butt IPA
Iron Goat Brewing Co.

Head Butt IPAHead Butt IPA
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From:
Iron Goat Brewing Co.
 
Washington, United States
Style:
American IPA
Ranked #2,497
ABV:
6.7%
Score:
86
Ranked #19,083
Avg:
3.8 | pDev: 10%
Reviews:
10
Ratings:
31
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jan 04, 2024
Added:
Aug 22, 2012
Wants:
  1
Gots:
  4
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Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho

3.25/5  rDev -14.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Bottle from Rosauers. Dark golden pour capped with a nice creamy head. Aroma is malty, kind of sweet, some fruity notes too. Taste is also focused on the sweet malts, minor residual hoppiness. Full of flavor, but seems like something is missing.
Jan 04, 2024
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Reviewed by Pivopijak from Washington

4.27/5  rDev +12.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
draught
Medium light, thick, white head. Golden orange amber color, in the medium range. Sweet spiced malt aroma, with a touch of pine. Medium light bodied for an I.P.A.

IBU:90
Sep 05, 2021
 
Rated: 4 by rfreed from Washington

Jul 26, 2019
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Rated by RJLarse from Washington

4.04/5  rDev +6.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
A really good IPA with a dry bitter finish. One of the better IPAs in tow.
Apr 13, 2018
 
Rated: 3.75 by NickThePyro from Washington

Apr 10, 2018
 
Rated: 3.03 by rab53 from Washington

Dec 18, 2017
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Reviewed by gopens44 from Virginia

3.84/5  rDev +1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pours a hazy orange under a magnificent foamy head. Nose has orange up front, followed by some sweetness, and a "clean" sort of sensation in the back of the nose. I don't mean soapy, as I don't think it's a flaw thing, just a very nasal passage opening quality. Like what menthol does, just without the menthol smell.

Taste immediately brings that orange that the nose mentioned, which pretty quickly takes a bit more of a grapefruit direction. The sweetness plays in a little towards the middle but moves out of the way in time to allow for the lingering lemony and bitter finish that sets up an enduring lemony essence for a while after this light to medium bodied beer is long gone.

Maybe not the most heralded beer on earth, but that doesn't matter because I'm pretty smitten with it. Great no nonsense, straight up IPA.
Oct 31, 2016
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Reviewed by beerjerk666 from Florida

3.67/5  rDev -3.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Poured from a 22 oz. bottle into a Snorkel glass. No date that I can find.

Appearance: Deep golden orange body, finger's worth of head full of tiny white bubbles. Large islands of lacing all over the the glass.

Aroma: Getting plenty of citrus, mainly orange with a little earthiness. Definitely getting some malt presence as well.

Taste: Oh, yeah plenty of orange in this! Pine and some grass makes itself known as well.

Mouthfeel: Kind of light which is surprising. But very easy to drink with a light amount of carbonation and a juicy finish.

Overall: This is a good beer to drink on a hot day in my opinion. Not overly bitter and decently balanced. A minimal amount of lingering bitterness is there, but not bad. Very tasty.

Thanks to beertunes for this one!
Oct 23, 2016
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Reviewed by BBThunderbolt from Kiribati

3.61/5  rDev -5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Courtesy woemad. Hated 22oz format bottle. Poured into 10oz goblet. Poured a lightly hazy hazy orange-gold color with about 3/4 inch of white head that had typical retention and very good lacing.

Bright pine and citrus hops on the nose, very light grain. Similar on the tongue. Drinkability is very good. Overall, a good, solid, enjoyable example of a "Classic NW" IPA. worth having.
Sep 05, 2016
 
Rated: 4.11 by jms50 from Washington

Jul 19, 2016
 
Rated: 4.12 by LXIXME from New Mexico

Jun 27, 2016
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Reviewed by LiquidAmber from Washington

3.93/5  rDev +3.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Poured into a Seattle Beer Week pint glass. Pours a medium coppery amber with a nice two finger white head with good retention and lots of lacing; looks good. Aroma of caramel malt, citrus and lightly grassy hops, lemon citrus. Flavor is caramel malt, piney and citrus hops, orange and lemon citrus; finishes with resinous piney and citrus hops, high in alpha oils. Medium bodied with light creaminess. A classic Northwest style IPA with a good, flavorful malt body and hefty hopping that really comes through in the finish. The finish is a little unbalanced towards alpha bitterness than herbal hop flavors, but the flavor that is present is quite nice. Glad I found a bottle of this on my recent trip through Spokane and it invites me to try some more ales from this brewery.
May 30, 2016
 
Rated: 3.77 by rarigney from Washington

Dec 31, 2015
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Rated by Mikenike from Washington

4.54/5  rDev +19.5%
look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Great IPA and local for me !
Oct 21, 2015
 
Rated: 3.65 by LADaveBN from California

Sep 10, 2015
 
Rated: 4.25 by Bearshawks85 from Illinois

Aug 25, 2015
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Reviewed by snaotheus from Washington

3.62/5  rDev -4.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
2015-07-14
22oz bottle brought back to me by a co-worker. No date that I see on the bottle. Served in a large mug.

Pours slightly hazy yellow-amber with a pretty big white head that leaves lots of lacing with lots of big holes. Plenty of carbonation. Smell is fairly standard -- grapefruit and pine bitterness, a little orange blossom.

Taste is moderately floral, slightly strawy, with a nice solid piney bitter backbone.

Mouthfeel is medium, a little bit of what I would call "fluffy". Overall, this is a good solid beer. Don't turn it down if you run into it.
Jul 15, 2015
 
Rated: 3.44 by Donkster46 from Washington

Jun 20, 2015
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Reviewed by biboergosum from Canada (AB)

3.82/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
22oz bottle, thanks be to IronDjinn for bringing this to our most recent backyard BBQ catch-up.

This beer pours a hazy, medium copper amber hue, with two fingers of puffy, tightly foamy, and somewhat creamy bone-white head, which leaves some stringy dissipating lace around the glass as slowly dissolves.

It smells of bready, grainy caramel malt, watery orange and lemon rind, a hint of earthy yeast, and further leafy, herbal, and flinty hops. The taste is gritty, grainy caramel malt, overripe orange and red grapefruit, bitter floral, herbal, and grassy hops, all with a bit of Pine-Sol cleaner alcohol astringency.

The carbonation is adequate in its plain-Jane frothiness, the body a decent middleweight, and smooth enough. It finishes off-dry, just, as the gritty malt persists, and the mixed and matched Pacific Rim hops keep on keepin' on.

A good IPA, sure, but a bit unbalanced in the malty background to be deemed a stellar example of the style. Still tasty, though, and easy enough to put back as thoughts turn to my fryin' up some cheeseburgers duties.
Jun 12, 2015
 
Rated: 3.59 by MjBrewhouse from Idaho

May 12, 2015
Head Butt IPA from Iron Goat Brewing Co.
Beer rating: 86 out of 100 with 31 ratings