India Pale Ale - Yards Brewing Co.

Jason

Massachusetts

3.88/5  rDev +1.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Presentation: 12 oz brown longneck bottle, layer of sediment is noticeable and seems tightly packed. On the label it states that this beer is bottle conditioned.

Appearance: Cloudy sunset orange with a semi aggressive carbonation to bring forth a multi-bubbled off white lace.

Smell: Rounded toasted malt, quite estery with a softening fruitiness of mango an pears. Faint solvent with a sweet and spicy alcohol to boot. Yeast is in the aroma also.

Taste: Full bodied with a complex and creamy lightly chewy malt mouth feel. Level carbonation is just enough to hold the malt together. Fruity and estery blushing flavours of peaches and mango. Hop bitterness flushes middle to end with a earthy, citric and subdued floral flavour. Fumes from the alcohol escapes from the nose and mouth and the alcohol leaves a warming feeling throughout. Touch of yeast towards the end, a relatively sweet brew with some drying in the finish.

Notes: A really really good replica of the lost style, alcohol is quite noticeable from both warmth and ester. An IPA in the raw.

Serving type: bottle

03-03-2002 22:18:02 | More by Jason

andholio

West Virginia

3/5  rDev -21.5%

06-18-2013 22:36:08 | More by andholio

dougbassett

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +4.7%

06-17-2013 22:01:22 | More by dougbassett

MrBoh

Maryland

3.25/5  rDev -14.9%

06-16-2013 04:51:30 | More by MrBoh

zekeman17

Pennsylvania

4.5/5  rDev +17.8%

06-16-2013 02:05:39 | More by zekeman17

wayngrove

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +4.7%

06-15-2013 04:16:17 | More by wayngrove

PhillyStyle

Georgia

3.43/5  rDev -10.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5

The beer appeared an orange-ish color, slightly hazy, with a nice thick, white head that was decently retained. Citrus hops and slight bready aroma. The beer, for an English IPA is too hoppy, in my opinion. I expected it to be more balanced with the hops more muted. Nonetheless, citrus and earthy hops with some pale malts. The beer had a moderate feel and was easy to drink. Overall, a decent beer.

Serving type: on-tap

06-13-2013 01:28:37 | More by PhillyStyle

DJB2231

Delaware

3.75/5  rDev -1.8%

06-08-2013 11:43:47 | More by DJB2231

cincybranr

Ohio

3.75/5  rDev -1.8%

06-06-2013 21:10:03 | More by cincybranr

DIM

Pennsylvania

3.89/5  rDev +1.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

a: Slight haze, light copper color. Served to me with two fingers of long lasting, sticky, latte froth.

s: Biscuity malts, herbal noble hops, and a hint of medicinal alcohol.

t: A little bit of sugar cookie sweetness to go along with the biscuit note. Floral hops with lingering aspirin bitterness.

m: Creamy with spot-on gentle cask carbonation.

o: A very nice beer with definite English character. Very glad to find this on the hand pump.

Serving type: cask

06-06-2013 17:33:31 | More by DIM

Corey17

New York

3.75/5  rDev -1.8%

06-06-2013 00:01:14 | More by Corey17

dokupe

Maryland

3.5/5  rDev -8.4%

06-05-2013 05:34:14 | More by dokupe

twenty5

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev -1.8%

06-03-2013 13:02:29 | More by twenty5

domnalbrecc

Pennsylvania

4.25/5  rDev +11.3%

05-29-2013 10:03:13 | More by domnalbrecc

rkcrozier

New Jersey

4/5  rDev +4.7%

05-28-2013 19:59:37 | More by rkcrozier

brutalist

Pennsylvania

4.25/5  rDev +11.3%

05-27-2013 19:14:51 | More by brutalist

allentownpaguy

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +4.7%

05-25-2013 04:17:42 | More by allentownpaguy

Zimm

New Jersey

4/5  rDev +4.7%

05-22-2013 23:01:45 | More by Zimm

megamass

New Jersey

3.75/5  rDev -1.8%

05-22-2013 22:58:32 | More by megamass

NJBeer265

New Jersey

4/5  rDev +4.7%

05-22-2013 16:47:30 | More by NJBeer265

AL89BR

New Jersey

4/5  rDev +4.7%

05-16-2013 23:07:40 | More by AL89BR

PattyMelt

Michigan

3.25/5  rDev -14.9%

05-16-2013 13:17:12 | More by PattyMelt

ColdWaffles

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +4.7%

05-15-2013 18:00:52 | More by ColdWaffles

slim2043

Connecticut

3/5  rDev -21.5%

05-10-2013 14:11:35 | More by slim2043

pcsnyder

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +4.7%

05-09-2013 02:23:36 | More by pcsnyder