Inclined Plane Ale - Jones Brewing Company

OWSLEY069

Pennsylvania

1.88/5  rDev -31.9%
look: 4 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

Pours a hazy orange-ish color with an off white head. In the aroma, a small sweeter malt. In the taste, sweet to dry skunky like malt and quite watery. A small bite, and a lighter bodied mouthfeel, with a note of citrus in the aftertaste. Nothing exciting, and kind of funky and icky.

Serving type: can

11-23-2012 17:01:18 | More by OWSLEY069

GPHarris

Alabama

2.3/5  rDev -16.7%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

a - poured a one finger thick, bubbly and light tan head into a snifter that settled into a thing ring. the body was a bright yet slightly hazy amber color.
s - syrupy sweet with some graininess. some light earthy hops.
t - bready and caramel malts with some hop bitterness but it doesn't taste fresh and it's a little dead.
m - kind of thin and slick.
o - meh. they try to convince you it's an IPA with their name but i'm not fooled.

Serving type: can

03-18-2012 22:46:17 | More by GPHarris

soulfly1492

Pennsylvania

2.63/5  rDev -4.7%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3

Aroma: Upon opening the can, fresh grassy hops are present. Some lighter malts. Mild aroma overall compared to most pale ales. Hard to detect much once poured into a tulip glass.

Appearance: Pale gold in color. Lots of tiny particles in suspension. Pours a large off-white head. Moderate lacing.

Taste: Hops, more piney than citrus. Some bready notes. Mild orange citrus. A bit of diacetyl. Looking for something bold, complex, or savory, but not coming up with much.

Mouthfeel: Light to medium body. Dry overall. Mild carbonation which is a bit odd for a pale ale.

Overall: Goes down easy except for the diacetyl present in the aftertaste. In need of some bold hop and/or malt flavor.

Serving type: can

12-31-2011 21:57:08 | More by soulfly1492

DrDemento456

Pennsylvania

2.93/5  rDev +6.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

A - Not sure if it's a good thing but this can is aggressively carbonated since I got well over 2 inch's of head in my glass. Color is a nice clear amber brown.

S - Well I get little hops in the nose mostly sweet corn and pale malts. Smells more like a crafted lager to me.

T - Taste is very light maybe a mild touch of hops but no way close to even pale ale status. Again vegital sweet corn and a tint of hops.

M - Light to medium but way too carbonated.

Overall I can't really bash this one since I got the can for a dollar so I assume it was a hard sell next to the Leinenkugel beers but really not a great example of a pale ale. More of a lager to me.

Serving type: bottle

04-05-2012 04:05:51 | More by DrDemento456

wvsabbath

West Virginia

3.15/5  rDev +14.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Serving Type - Can

Appearance - Light tan/golden brown, creamy thick 2+ inch head and lots of lacing.

Smell - Pale malts, has that american lager yeasty, skunky armoa. Some hops, a bit grassy/bready. Some sugars and a little pine and grapefruit.

Taste - Straight forward pine heavy hop kick up front. Not saying its a bitter strong, or even citric, just a bland, flat pine flavor. Malts are masked, weak and dont add alot other then a light nutty flavor. Some orange and added sugars comes at the end.

Mouthfeel - Its pretty light and easy on mouth. Tounge and palette are left rather untounch until the aftertaste, the tounge gets a little bittered pine resin left.

Overall - After drinking this beer, i have come to conclusion that this beer is a light ipa. The flavor, aromoa, mouthfeel, everything is light. If it had more hop flavors, and not so much straight up pine this could be better. Its just to weak and bland to be anything more then a step up from your typical bud and miller beers. Not worth your time unless your are just getting into ipa's, or cause its a local brew.

Serving type: can

02-07-2012 06:47:38 | More by wvsabbath

AdamBear

Pennsylvania

3.45/5  rDev +25%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

A-cloudy dark gold with a thick white head.

S-aged creamy grains and honey. Strong scent

T-tastes much like it smells though there is a better taste of grains. It's a light taste with a crisp matching after-taste. Much better quality than the nose suggests

M-low carbonation with a semi-dry finish

O-a very drinkable APA. Always going to be able to find something better, but for an alternative, in a can, this is a decent substitute if you're looking for something new to try.

Serving type: can

11-12-2012 05:16:37 | More by AdamBear

woodychandler

Pennsylvania

3.53/5  rDev +27.9%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

The CANQuest (TM) rolls along this afternoon, thanks to the generous Beer Representative whom I met at the recent Pints for Pets Fest in Altoona. I promised that I would give the beers a fair shake (as I always do) and that the CANs would become immortalized as a result.

From the CAN: "Up High or Down Low [,] Inclined Plane Ale Is the Way to Go".

For the non-knowing, an inclined plane is also a funicular and we have a couple in Pittsburgh and one in Johnstown.

The Crack & Glug went nicely and produced just over two fingers of dense, tawny head with good retention. Color was a slightly hazy orangish-amber. Nose was very minty with hops, kind of spearmint or evergreen, but definitely hoppy. Mouthfeel was medium and it had a definite hops bite on the tongue. Finish was semi-dry and I got a caramel sweetness on the extreme finish to accompany the hops. The site has it as an APA, although some have speculated in their reviews that the name is a nod to the IPA style. I think that I would review it more highly as an APA, given that the hops are not overly dominant. Let me research this a bit further. All in all, not bad, but not a standout, either.

Serving type: can

06-21-2012 04:24:32 | More by woodychandler