Arcadia IPA - Arcadia Brewing Company

SportsandJorts

Michigan

3.16/5  rDev -10.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25

Appearance: a light orange color with nice clarity. a generous 2+ finger off white head that hangs around for a bit.

Smell: hops, hard to tell the kind, a grassy and graininess that seems out of place

Taste: strong hops, followed by an odd grassiness that tastes a bit grainy. Thats the only way to describe it; it is an odd slightly off taste

Mouthfeel: overly bitter, could use more carbonation

Overall: Arcadia falls a bit short for me most of the time. I wish i knew if the beer i was drinking from them was fresh but of course no freshness date to be found

Serving type: bottle

04-23-2013 20:21:30 | More by SportsandJorts

Omnium

Pennsylvania

3.61/5  rDev +2.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75

Bottle > Pint Glass
A - Pours a decent gold color, shy of a finger head, nice lacing.
S - Pine, grassy and earthy scents up front, some toasted grain and malt, little traces of citrus fruits.
T - Taste follow the aroma almost exactly, pine and grassy hop flavors, with a lighter malt base.
M - Medium thin, and bitter hops hang on, clean and dry finish.
O - A drier English IPA, but its very clean and crisp. Nothing too exciting, but decent.

Serving type: bottle

04-03-2013 22:56:07 | More by Omnium

mvanaskie13

Pennsylvania

3.71/5  rDev +5.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

Poured into a standard pint glass, color is copper, head presented nicely, dense and about 1/2" thick.

Smell is crisp, clean malt, light toast and caramel, hop is a mostly pine, hints of grapefruit.

Taste is pale malt sweetness upfront, clean flavors, light caramel note but not over sweet; hop bitterness is pretty strong, hop flavor is grassy, piney.

Mouthfeel is solid in the EIPA style, crisp, solid malt flavor, solid lingering bitterness.

Overall, a quite solid EIPA, good clean malt flavors and subdue hop presence with strong bitterness.

Serving type: bottle

03-17-2013 22:01:27 | More by mvanaskie13

Alextricity

Michigan

3.59/5  rDev +2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5

Appearance: I took it out of the fridge, cracked it open, and foam nearly poured all over me... I managed to get a glass just in time. I hadn't even stood it up or anything, it just did it without any bottle shaking or anything. A bit ridiculous. Huge head that went 50/50 with the beer in my glass ... four or five fingers. The beer's a pretty hazy burnt orange color, and the head's off-white with some little particles in it to make it look like vanilla bean ice cream, and it's super bubbly. The lacing lasts all glass long as well. I'd go higher on the appearance, but the head lasts so long it's hard to get the whole bottle of beer into the glass.

Smell: Honestly, a bit of a dish soap-like smell, with some very shy hop aromas. The malts aren't there too much in the smell either. I figured this was a bit unique, and I'm guessing it's because it's an English IPA -- I haven't had one of these before.

Taste: Much like the smell... for an IPA, really subdued and dubbed down. As I said, I haven't had an EIPA before, so this could well be how it's supposed to be. Really a rather light tasting IPA, with a pretty light bitterness ... super refreshing. Some slight floral hoppiness and then spiciness on the finish, and then a nice bit of malt for the balance. An extremely inoffensive IPA that would be awesome on a hot day. Quite frankly, this tastes like a pale ale with a just a bit more hops thrown in.

I like this one quite a lot... a rather unique take on an IPA (yet again, could be because it's of the English variety), and it's very easy drinking. Would be pretty much the perfect IPA to drink after a long summer day, as it's not cloying, isn't too bitter, and is insanely drinkable. Very tasty IPA.

Serving type: bottle

01-21-2013 01:41:07 | More by Alextricity

facundoCNB

New Jersey

3.13/5  rDev -11.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

a clean amber/copper pour with copious amounts of frothy off white head, leaving behind insane amounts of lacing. a beautiful looking beer. the smell is lacking, unfortunately.. a mild soapy/pine scent with a metallic overtone. a slight sweet malt profile up front, then comes a nice hoppy bitterness. very earthy, very subtle.
medium body with a very creamy feel on the lips, moderately carbonated.

a very standard ipa, very easy drinking. nothing too special, but not bad by any means.

Serving type: bottle

12-22-2012 21:02:06 | More by facundoCNB

kylehay2004

Florida

3.55/5  rDev +0.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Nice three finger head with scattered lacing and decent retention on a cloudy copper body. Lots of pear in the aroma, more so than any other IPA I have had. Also with some orange peel and little on the malt side. More pear heavy in the flavor with a lot of green apple again light on the malts. Some caramel and floral notes as well with hint of metallic flavors in the finish. Medium body and fairly highly carbonated. Not a bad IPA, certainly unique with nice flavors. Not a malt forward beer but enough malts are there to provide some flavors.

Serving type: on-tap

11-25-2012 02:46:29 | More by kylehay2004

Bitter_Echo

Michigan

3.33/5  rDev -5.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Pours a darker, almost brownish rusty copper, cloudy, and unfiltered. Head is modest, and lacing is punctuated as fine foamy dots. Nose isn't recognizably floral IPA like, actually showing more malt and sweet than anticipated for an IPA. Mouthfeel has lower carbonation for this bottle, but is fine in character, like champagne. Bitter notes are late, a sweet, not too dry note early, the echo of bitter notes not well extended. This won't last long for an IPA, which for an IPA is usually not the case, in its echo, I mean. Perhaps this is better considered a mild session ale, to my tongue the hop notes giving is a lower IBU if I were to guess. I wouldn't pass this up on tap, or at a party, but given other IPA's out there, I wouldn't take six.

Serving type: bottle

10-26-2012 21:10:07 | More by Bitter_Echo

HarrySTruman

Michigan

2.68/5  rDev -23.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Poured a darker amber with a big fluffy head. Lots of lacing and big bubbles that stuck around for the entire beverage.

Smelled like a mix of Belgian yeast and malts, with a hint of citrus and grass.

Taste wasn't pleasing. Good balance of bitter and sweet, but it reminded me of salt water. Orange peels, malts and grassy flavors were what really stood out to me.

Medium to high carbonation, really easy to drink. Finishes dry and bitter but with the sweet start its a good balance on the tongue.

I'd drink it again, but I wouldn't go out of my way to buy it again. I've had a few English IPA's that were hard to drink, this one is no problem. Can't really taste the alcohol either. I'm certainly not an English IPA expert.

Serving type: bottle

08-13-2012 20:14:13 | More by HarrySTruman

Beer_Runner

3.78/5  rDev +7.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4

No enjoy by date on the label.
Slowy poured into a standard pint glass.

A: It poured to about one finger of khaki colored head that lasted a reasonably amount of time. The brew is a medium copper color with a bit of a golden hue; and, it is just a little cloudy.

S: The aroma is a piney hops with just a hint of citrus, too.

T: The taste consists of a bitter and piney hops. There is very little malt in the flavor, only enough to take the harsh edge off the hops bitternes.

M: The brew has a light body and plenty of tingly carbonation. It is also smooth and finishes very clean.

O: This is a good IPA, but not an outstanding IPA. It has a good, strong hop forward flavor, but nothing to standout in a crowded field of IPA's.

Serving type: bottle

06-30-2012 00:45:56 | More by Beer_Runner

Tucquan

Pennsylvania

3.48/5  rDev -1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Had this on 2012-05-31 in Columbia, PA

A - Clear copper-amber with a 2.5-finger pillowy-white head and decent, ringed lacing.

S - Sweet peach and orange flesh, pale and caramel malt and some hop floral. Very pleasant.

T - Initially tarter and more bitter than I expected from the smell, like an somewhat-fermented peach with a dash or orange zest and mildly roasted malt. The finish is fairly dry with a herbal-metallic, tart and quite bitter aftertaste.

M - Light body and highly carbonated (a bit too much). It's pretty crisp.

O - Enjoyable with some uniqueness to the flavor with the fermented-peach flavor. Not overly complex.

Serving type: bottle

05-31-2012 22:49:23 | More by Tucquan

CMUbrew

Michigan

3.68/5  rDev +4.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

12oz bottle poured into a pint glass
No freshness date

A: Poured with a thin white head that didn't have to fade much to become a ring of foam. The beer is a dark copper color that can't be seen through.

S: A little bit of floral smell with some pine.

T: Initially biscuity malts followed by a growing bitterness that reaches moderate levels that exceeded what I was expecting out of the 41 IBUs. A fair amount of pine flavor tags along with the bitterness. Very straight forward flavor profile.

M: This has a good feel to it. A medium-ish body with good carbonation. Not watery at all.

O: This was quite good, and gave me more than I was expecting out of an English style IPA. It stood up well to some habenero-jack cheese.

Serving type: bottle

04-16-2012 02:18:31 | More by CMUbrew

elNopalero

Texas

4.03/5  rDev +14.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A la! This is very, very foamy! Fizzy! I cracked it open and poured while it overflowed. Fortunately my quick acting saved most of it.

Once it settled own I saw it was a tan-amber color. There’s a faded but still noticeable hop presence with a citrusy aroma. The flavor has a nice hop bitterness. I pick up a subdued citrus hop flavor with a mellow bittering and a pleasing malt finish. It’s a testament to the malt profile that it has held up even as the hops have faded. I shared this with my pops!

Serving type: bottle

04-03-2012 22:59:35 | More by elNopalero

Forb

Nebraska

3.8/5  rDev +8%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.5

Poured from a 12oz bottle...

Appearance: Amber/copper body with a moderate off white head. Minor lacing is visible.

Smell/Taste: Biscuity bread malt backbone stands strong on the nose with lemony citrus and grassy/pine hop notes lingering into the scent but prevailing mostly on the palate.

Mouthfeel: Light, refreshing, slightly carbonated, and crisp.

Overall: Great session IPA.

Serving type: bottle

03-28-2012 00:28:04 | More by Forb

spartanfan

Pennsylvania

2.48/5  rDev -29.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.5

Poured from a 12oz with no date.

A: pours a nice amber color with a good amount of suspended sediment. Head is a light beige color and leaves good lacing behind.

S: aroma is not very pleasing to me. Smells of Belgian yeast, and a little like hand cream. It's not good...

T: taste at first reminds me of a pbr. Up front sweetness with a faint trailing hint of bitterness. The hops really are hard to find in this one.

M: carbonation is spot on in this one. Medium light body. Certainly very drinkable.

O: I was hoping for more from this one. I have a sneaking suspicion that this may be old, but without a bottle date I have no way of telling.

Serving type: bottle

02-22-2012 01:02:53 | More by spartanfan

micromaniac129

Pennsylvania

3.78/5  rDev +7.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Pours a good amber color with a hazy complexion, maybe chill haze. The foamy tan head is a fair size and with lacing dotting the glass. Carbonation is light. Aroma has a quite aromatic hop bouquet smelling like floral and herbal hops.Malts have a good caramel base. there is low levels of diaceytl in the aroma I must point out. Taste is hop forward with a pretty densent hop bill. Hops have a floral taste. Malts have a caramel taste and do a good job of boosting up the hops. Has a medium weight on the palette with a slick, smooth feel. Dry and bitter at th end.
I feel this is a pretty good interpretation of the English style IPA.

Serving type: bottle

01-28-2012 14:31:05 | More by micromaniac129

MTNboy

Germany

3.58/5  rDev +1.7%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Appearance: Even after a hard pour I had a hard time getting a head on this beer. All I was able to get was a thin line of off white head. The body was an orange amber color.

Smell: Very hoppy strong tones of citrus and pine.

Taste: Some melon and citrus surrounded by herbal bitterness.

Mouthfeel: Medium bodied a bit warm with a great deal of bite.

Overall: I was not overly fond of this beer. The flavor was the best part but it was mainly just above average.

Serving type: bottle

01-15-2012 16:19:17 | More by MTNboy

mrfrancis

Kentucky

3.45/5  rDev -2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

A: Pours a hazy amber with an enormous, rocky white head.

S: Aromas of pine, cedar, biscuits, chalk, and citrus make it known that this IPA is more in the English style.

T: Notes of pine, cedar, lemon rind, bitter orange, herbs, and chalk wash across the palate. The finish is clipped with an odd combination of herb and biscuit notes.

M: Medium-bodied, but a little fuller than most. This ale is very dry with spritzy, cleansing carbonation. Really, it's pretty drinkable and refreshing.

O: As is, this is a solid English-style IPA. If the flavor profile weren't so odd and off-putting, it would potentially be a wonderful take on the style. I feel that this one needs a bit more work to reach its full potential.

Serving type: bottle

01-12-2012 14:41:42 | More by mrfrancis

TTAmod

Michigan

3.4/5  rDev -3.4%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

12 oz bottle into 16.9 oz glass.

A: Slightly cloudy light amber with a really thick khaki head. Head retains fairly well and there is good lacing.

S: Smelling mostly hops, especially those of the pine variety.

T: Pine hops up front, malty caramel base. Bit of leather, flower and phenolic tastes merge themselves with the dominating pine. Finishes dry and bitter.

M: Lighter side of medium.

O: Good English-style IPA. Pretty much exactly as you would expect: balanced, no off-flavors, and good drinkibility.

There are better examples of the style out there. I personally recommend the Brooklyn East India Pale Ale and the Sam Smith IPA if you're looking for a good English IPA.

Serving type: bottle

01-04-2012 08:51:56 | More by TTAmod

SickGnar

Pennsylvania

3.68/5  rDev +4.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A: Warm golden copper with a ghost hint of haze & quite a few random bubbles rising to the off-white head of moderate size. Okay retention & very fine lace.

S: Hops are herbal, citrus rind, and light pine. Background caramel and cookie malts with some sweetness. Fruity esters increase as the brew warms.

T: Hops are even more forward in the palate. Quite bitter. Running more to resin with herbal, earthy, and spice notes. Some citrus rind and pine at the margins. Lingering earthy resin in the finish. Malts take a backseat, just providing a platform for the hops. Faint caramel with minimal sweetness. Mostly toasty pale base malt that is fairly dry too. Hints of esters at the edges. Ghost hint of diacetyl. Overall it is tasty and pleasant.

M: Slightly over medium body with carbonation balanced to match and with a finely sized bubbles & a moderate softness that gives a cushiony feel. Hop tannins & oils, some dextrins, and a few residual sugars all provide some texture. A fine feel that is light overall and refreshing. The finish is drying from hops.

D: A blend of English and US styles. The malts are a bit dry and it lacks the caramelly richness often associated with British interpretations. But though it might lean toward being clean it does have hints of esters and diacetyl. The hopping is done to a bold US level. However it is not a cascade clone or super dank. It does have some citrus, but mixed right in with an herbal, earthy, resiny profile that is more UK. Nicely drinkable.

Serving type: bottle

01-01-2012 06:56:39 | More by SickGnar

sidetracked

Illinois

3.05/5  rDev -13.4%
look: 2 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3

Pours a cloudy light amber with a good light cream head that lingers nicely. Little lacing.

Aroma is biscuity malt with light bitter floral and citrus hops.

Upfront taste is slightly bitter floral and lemony hops with a light malt presence. Biscuity malt middle. Kind of odd finish of lemon, floral hops, a little orange peel ... somewhat tropical fruit-ish? Finish is hard to describe.

Light to medium body with medium carbonation. Slightly creamy. Clean finish.

Kind of a lightly flavored IPA--good for a hot day but underwhelming for the most part, especially compared to it's "American IPA" counterparts. More similar to an ESB.

7/21/2011

Serving type: bottle

12-29-2011 23:03:03 | More by sidetracked

climax

Missouri

3.15/5  rDev -10.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

This one comes out a bright copper, clarity is pretty good. The head is an even two fingers, retention isn't fantastic, but it doesn't look flat.

The nose is English in character for sure. Noble hop varieties expel grassy flavors from the aroma above slightly sweet toffee-like malt sweetness. Some fruity esters from deep within start to emerge as I dwell in further. Not a whole lot of intensity in there, but the flavors mingle together nicely.

Tartness overwhelms the mouth upon entry. Sour and bitter tones seem kind of messy as the beer struggles to achieve any sort of order. Only fleeting dashes of sweetness and toasty flavors come in to try and straighten things up. The finish is loooong and bitter, definitely aiding to drinkability.

It's very smooth and slick, there's enough body and carbonation to keep things positive. Not the best beer to come out of the woodwork.

Serving type: bottle

12-11-2011 21:03:23 | More by climax

JizackFH

New York

3.73/5  rDev +6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Found this review in one of my old beer notebooks that I was going through.

This beer pours a slightly hazy orangish amber color. There is about 2-fingers of off-white head resting on top. The head has decent retention, and it leaves some scattered lace behind on the glass. The nose has a nice citrusy piney hop aroma to it, and there is a good amount of malty sweetness here as well. There are also some scents of caramel, fruit, and some toffee. The taste follows the nose pretty well. It is hop forward and there is a sweet malty backbone. There are some other flavors of caramel, toffee, citrus, and some fruity esters. The finish leaves some lingering hop bitterness, citrus, and a bit of sweetness behind on the palate. This has a medium body and good carbonation. It goes down easy, and it has a nice smooth quality to it. There is a good amount of piney hop bitterness here. Some sweetness is in the background, and it balances out the bitterness pretty well. The hop bitterness lingers on the palate for a bit. This has pretty good drinkability. It goes down good and the flavor is nice. I could drink a few of these in an evening. Overall, I think this is a good beer and a nice example of the style. I think it is worth checking out, I would drink this one again.

Serving type: bottle

12-07-2011 10:08:38 | More by JizackFH

NuggetNectar22

New York

3.83/5  rDev +8.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

A: Amber color. A little light. Nice head retention and lace around the glass.

S: Delicious. Piney-Hoppy nose.

T: I enjoyed this beer a lot. I'm an IPA guy and I'll be buying this one again.

M: Slightly carbonated, but generally nice.

O: I really like this beer. They don't distribute this in upstate NY, so it's a treat I will buy again when I visit my brother in Cleveland.

Serving type: bottle

11-29-2011 02:30:57 | More by NuggetNectar22

Dope

Massachusetts

3.5/5  rDev -0.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

A: A hazy amber pour. Okay head and retention.

S: Caramel malt along with a little citrus/pine hop.

T: Opposite of the smell. Citrus and especially pine hop are surprisingly strong. Nice caramel malt throughout.

M: Mid-range, prickly carbonation.

O: Interesting style. It's basically halfway between a milder english pale and a hoppy india pale ale. Not bad but not spectacular.

Serving type: bottle

11-26-2011 22:40:15 | More by Dope

WoodBrew

Illinois

3.73/5  rDev +6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Trying the Arcadia IPA...which is an English Style IPA...so there is not much scent or taste outside of what you would call normal. The beer poured a tan clear with very thin white head that is not lacing. The scent and taste are a fresh hop with a slight malt balance. The mouthfeel is medium to light beer with good carbonation. Overall, a tasty beer that is worth a try if you like English style IPAs.

Serving type: bottle

11-24-2011 04:04:21 | More by WoodBrew