Back Yard India Pale Ale - Cooperstown Brewing Company

Todd

Massachusetts

3.43/5  rDev +0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Presentation: 12oz brown bottle. No freshness date.

Appearance: Somewhat cloudy golden / amber colored beer topped with a smooth, thick and creamy head. Retention is excellent as is the stick to the glass.

Smell: Ever so light diacetyl / caramel, soft apples, grass (phenolic) and notes of a broken green tree in the nose.

Taste: Rough mouthfeel, with apple-skin and a prickly carbonation. Palate creams up from the carbonation, smoothing things out a bit. Dusty malts, with a slightly fruity sweetness and underlying maltiness and some diacetyl way back in the end. Sharp-ish citric twang, light oils on the edges of the palate and a leafy roughness. Dry finish with more apple-skin in the feel, to the point of being a bit annoying.

Notes: Not a bad beer for a Ringwood brewed IPA. Oddly tasty with and old-world feel about it -- don't ask me why.

Serving type: bottle

09-01-2004 22:31:06 | More by Todd

Jason

Massachusetts

3.63/5  rDev +6.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.5

Presentation: 12 oz brown bottle with no freshness date.

Appearance: Very fine bubbly lace sticks all over the place. Clear and pale tawny color.

Smell: Faint citrus and grassy hop with hints of tobacco. Dusty diacetyl with some honey like sweetness from the malt.

Taste & Mouth Feel: Expressively smooth with a layered medium body. Pungent hops within the pale malt base, which gets lost though the diacetyl does as well. Hop bitterness lingers for a good while with mild citric and earthy tones.

Drinkability & Notes: An above par English style IPA. Middle of the pack from what I have experienced but good none the less.

Serving type: bottle

07-01-2004 21:17:35 | More by Jason

Bustafluff

Colorado

2.5/5  rDev -26.9%

04-13-2013 23:02:08 | More by Bustafluff

LJWalker

Alabama

3.75/5  rDev +9.6%

03-05-2013 03:26:24 | More by LJWalker

DmanGTR

New York

3.5/5  rDev +2.3%

01-29-2013 02:58:08 | More by DmanGTR

RblWthACoz

Pennsylvania

3.5/5  rDev +2.3%

10-21-2012 17:11:45 | More by RblWthACoz

DrunkinYogi

Connecticut

3.25/5  rDev -5%

10-13-2012 00:55:06 | More by DrunkinYogi

halo913

Connecticut

3.25/5  rDev -5%

09-29-2012 14:26:23 | More by halo913

leansean88

New York

3.5/5  rDev +2.3%

09-03-2012 03:15:07 | More by leansean88

OriolesFan1008

Maryland

3.5/5  rDev +2.3%

05-31-2012 17:31:55 | More by OriolesFan1008

rlee1390

Indiana

3.2/5  rDev -6.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

A-Cloudy orange, two finger head, some carbonation.

S-Dirt, pine but not in a good way.

T-Same dirt, pine and grass notes but there is something off putting in there. A tad bit of bitterness. Malt is there, some caramel, not balanced. Possibly metallic?

M-Medium bodied, some carbonation

O-The balance ins't there, the dirt and pine are off as well. An IPA not worth seeking out.

Serving type: bottle

05-26-2012 01:43:13 | More by rlee1390

Larrydoherty

Massachusetts

2.75/5  rDev -19.6%

04-25-2012 18:20:20 | More by Larrydoherty

PorterBoy14

New York

4/5  rDev +17%

04-21-2012 23:02:18 | More by PorterBoy14

yergermeister

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +17%

04-18-2012 13:41:02 | More by yergermeister

durwood64

Ohio

4/5  rDev +17%

03-20-2012 14:33:30 | More by durwood64

MattPS

Ontario (Canada)

3.5/5  rDev +2.3%

03-03-2012 23:19:52 | More by MattPS

kvltmetalhead

New York

3.5/5  rDev +2.3%

02-28-2012 16:15:42 | More by kvltmetalhead

jfcaa193

Connecticut

3/5  rDev -12.3%

02-19-2012 02:13:07 | More by jfcaa193

DrDemento456

Pennsylvania

3.4/5  rDev -0.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Pretty dry hopped to be an English IPA.

A - Hazy light amber in color with a half inch of sticky white head that laces pretty well along the glass.

S - Smells of moderate floral and piney hops with a very mid sweet malts.

T - Well it's kind of unbalanced in the hop department, not that's it's not enjoyable it's just lacing in the balance of the finishing leaving a gritty pine taste on the palate.

M - Medium bodied and hoppy with slightly acidic tones.

Overall it's a nice bitter IPA but nothing I would want to seek out again.

Serving type: bottle

01-30-2012 04:15:08 | More by DrDemento456

micromaniac129

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +17%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Pours a hazy golden amber. Pours with a tall head but fast fading. The head is white and soapy looking. Carbonation is pretty aggressive.
Aroma is pretty good for an EIPA; light hops and caramel malts. There are low levels of diaceyl in the taste, not an issue here.Light fruitiness just before the finish. Finish is tart and dry. Medium in weight smooth drinking with a clean finish.
Overall its a good beer. I think its a bit too tart for an EIPA.

Serving type: bottle

01-21-2012 14:20:06 | More by micromaniac129

bonbini26

New Jersey

4/5  rDev +17%

01-12-2012 17:52:50 | More by bonbini26

jpd7374

Pennsylvania

3/5  rDev -12.3%

12-26-2011 13:17:19 | More by jpd7374

BodiesLexus

New York

2.5/5  rDev -26.9%

12-18-2011 01:22:42 | More by BodiesLexus

Rhen19

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +17%

12-01-2011 20:22:57 | More by Rhen19

kelvarnsen

Ontario (Canada)

4/5  rDev +17%

11-30-2011 18:15:39 | More by kelvarnsen