Kelso Industrial Pale Ale - Greenpoint Beerworks / Kelso of Brooklyn

dar482

New York

4.55/5  rDev +6.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

It comes in a slightly hazy beautiful ruby amber color. There's a light head and looks like a beautiful double IPA. Much like Lagunitas Sucks.

The aroma is wonderful. Big fresh mango, resin, grapefruit, tropical fruits, dank dank hops.

The flavor is similar with sweet tropical fruits and then a piney and resinous finish. Then a smooth sweet bitterness comes along. I wish the beer was slightly more dry than sweet with the finish, but it really is a well balanced beer. It has a good malt flavor.

Next to Singlecut's double IPA, New York local breweries have put out some crazy amazing beers that you should try on tap. This one is a winner.

Serving type: on-tap

04-08-2013 03:16:55 | More by dar482

EkimGram

New York

3.5/5  rDev -17.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Appearance: 64oz growler filled from Beer City in Deer Park, NY poured into a Duvel tulip. Colour is a hazy orange-brown. Thick finger-height head fades very slowly leaving a thick lacing. No visible carbonation.

Smell: Citric, hoppy, and bitter, also with a hint of sweetness.

Taste: Strong bitter hops are showcased with an alcoholic sweetness backed by a faint malt presence.

Mouthfeel: Medium-light body has a soft, silky texture with a sharp carbonated bite. Finishes crisp and clean.

Overall: A very hop-heavy, bitter, strong brew. Not as sweet or in your face as other DIPA's but it is still strong and offers some complexity.

Serving type: growler

12-12-2012 03:07:44 | More by EkimGram

jimilayne

New York

5/5  rDev +17.4%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

I'm lucky to have a friend at KelSo who brought over a growler for me from batch that was only a few weeks old.

Easily one of the best IPAs I've ever had and the one that comes closest to Heady.

Large citrus bursts in the nose and the taste.

Never would think that this is 11% ABV. It's incredibly balanced and drinkable. Dangerous, even.

Serving type: growler

11-19-2012 01:18:38 | More by jimilayne

dbrauneis

New Jersey

4.33/5  rDev +1.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A: Pours a clear deep copper to amber in color with some moderate amounts of visible carbonation. The beer has a half finger tall off-white head that reduces to a small patch of thin film in the center and a thin ring at the edges of the glass. Very light amounts of lacing are observed.

S: Strong aromas of tropical fruit hops (pineapple, mango, and peach) with a moderate amount of grapefruit/citrus hops behind it. The beer has a wonderful aroma, even for people that are not hop heads - very inviting.

T: Like the smell, the taste of this beer is dominated by the flavors of the hops - tropical fruit (pineapple, mango, and peach) as well as grapefruit/citrus. There is a light presence of caramel malt sweetness in the background but the hops are king. Light amounts of bitterness.

M: Medium bodied with moderate amounts of carbonation. Crisp.

O: The alcohol is extremely well hidden which makes this a dangerous beer as it drinks much more easy than the 11.5% ABV that it has. Very enjoyable with great flavor and aroma - definitely one that I would get again and a really good deal at $14 a growler fill.

Serving type: growler

09-16-2012 01:55:01 | More by dbrauneis

PicoPapa

Connecticut

4.25/5  rDev -0.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

32oz mini growler from Whole Foods in Manhattan. Pours a brownish dark orange color with an inch of head. Lots of lacing. Great aroma of tropical fruits and citrus hops. Pineapple and orange. The taste is bitter citrus and boozey up front followed by some pine. Bitter reisnous finish. Not as much tropical fruit flavor as I thought there would be juding from the aroma but it's still tasty and there is some pineapple. You can definitely taste the 11.5%. Medium bodied and carbonated. This is a well made bitter, high ABV tasty Imperial Ipa. Glad I took a chance and grabbed a growler. Overall, I will be buying this again.

Serving type: growler

09-06-2012 02:11:30 | More by PicoPapa

ehammond1

California

3.35/5  rDev -21.4%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Growler

Acquired via trade
Thanks, cosmicevan!

A darker pour than expected: dark amber with dark orange (think scorched, fiery earth) edges along with a thin off-white head. There's not a lot of visible carbonation present. Eventually, the beer leaves the glass oily and spotted with stick. This looks potent and somewhat heavy in the glass.

Big aroma of pine and earth, along with a tinge of grapefruit rind, and sticky, caramel malts, and a warming alcohol presence.

The flavor follows the aroma, with notes of pine, earth, and some grapefruit leading the way. A somewhat sweet, malty DIPA, at least compared to the ones I most often drink, with some alcohol presence as well. Maltier than I'm accustomed to, with large amounts of hop bitterness. A very big, but balanced, DIPA.

Medium to full bodied for the style with low carbonation--somewhat oily.

Good enough, and I'm glad I got the chance to try it, but not one of my favorites.

Serving type: growler

08-21-2012 16:01:50 | More by ehammond1

JoeyBeerBelly

New York

4.48/5  rDev +5.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Fresh filled growler served in a tulip glass.

L - mostly clear orange/copper color with a nice sized beige head on the pour that thinned to a ring leaving a few thin trails of lacing.

S - pine and tropical fruit when it starts to warm you get a hint of alcohol.

T - heavy dose of piney and tropical fruit flavors with just enough malt to save your tongue.

F - medium bodied with mild carbonation for a smooth, easy drinking feel.

O - very good example of the style.

Serving type: growler

07-22-2012 21:40:10 | More by JoeyBeerBelly

UCLABrewN84

California

3.98/5  rDev -6.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Thanks to Wowcoolman for sharing this one at jmgrub’s tasting.

Pours a murky honey orange with a foamy tan head that settles to a film on top of the beer. Small streaks of lace form around the glass on the drink down. Smell is of citrus zest, herbal hops, and malt. Taste is much the same and slightly sweet. There is a mild bitterness on the palate with each sip. This beer has a good level of carbonation with a crisp mouthfeel. Overall, this is a good beer with a nice hop presence in the smell and taste.

Serving type: growler

05-14-2012 05:47:48 | More by UCLABrewN84

cosmicevan

New York

4.5/5  rDev +5.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

picked up a 32oz fill locally about 30 minutes ago. billed as Kelso Industrial IPA. poured into a brooklyn snifter.

a - brew poured a murky hazy orange with a huge frothy classic creamy off white ipa head that clung to the glass like a milkshake. really beautiful.

s - smells like sticky sweaty pine cones with a burst of sweaty sweetness. Nelson Sauvin is all over it. tingle of grapefruit. kicks ass.

t - a burst of bitter crisp cooling hops. very full flavored. thick and rich. quite tasty, one of the better tasting IIPAs i've had.

m - great carbonation, great feel. well done.

o - overall, this ipa kicks ass. one of the best i've had in a long time. really pumped that this is around right now. cheers to kelso! hell of a beer. always love it when the locals knock it out of the park.

Serving type: growler

03-24-2012 00:37:03 | More by cosmicevan

DoubleSimcoe

New York

4.3/5  rDev +0.9%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Kelso Industrial IPA, on tap at Pony Bar in Hell's Kitchen, NYC.

Appearance: Served in the Pony 8-oz glass, Industrial comes with barely a rim of foam for a head, but great lacing and retention. Amber looks, slightly transparent.

Smell: Bouquet of flowers, super aromatic- soap, laundry detergent, pine, resin. Verbena eau de toilette. Newlyweds Amish teenagers frolicking in fields of lavender. Pungent hop bite at the end. Exceptional indeed.

Taste: Intense maltiness and hop bite (following nose). And the booze! The floral aroma remains. Spice and dry at the end, pine sap. Moderate sweetness.

Mouthfeel: Full body and flavor, medium-but-perfect carbonation. Sticky, lingers. Again, the hop bite leaves a pronounced bitterness in the mouth.

Overall: Super delicious, best Kelso ever (up there with their barrel-aged dopplebock). Strong but drinkable, although booze does creep up eventually.

Serving type: on-tap

02-03-2012 00:35:14 | More by DoubleSimcoe

scootny

New York

4.5/5  rDev +5.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Hazy burnt orange with a creme colored head that leaves sheeting and lace. Nice retention and consistency. Fades to a light covering. Smell has tropical fruits, lots of pineapple and guava. Pine forrest with hop oily accents. Taste is superb. Caramel sweet malt front is quickly covered by a pine cone bomb that leaves a firm but restrained grapefruit presence. Tropical fruits from the nose flesh out the flavor. Dry finish has resinous pine and oil with faint mint. A lingering hop oil and breadcrust. Feel is medium weight with a crisp carbonation that has a light creaminess. Each swallow brings forth a cascade of superfine bubble that refreshes the covering that stays on the beer throughout consumption. So easy to drink this one It goes down like a standard IPA. No trace of alcohol anywhere. Crisp and refreshing this may be that alltime great session DIPA if one existed. Wow!

Serving type: growler

01-01-2012 22:56:35 | More by scootny

metter98

New York

4.43/5  rDev +4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

A: The beer is hazy light amber in color. It poured with a half-finger high off white head that died down but left a thin layer of bubbles covering the surface.
S: There are strong aromas of grapefruit in the nose.
T: Like the smell, the taste is very citrusy with strong flavors of grapefruit.
M: It feels medium-bodied and crisp on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: Considering its strength, this beer is very easy to drink because the alcohol is remarkably well hidden from the taste.

Serving type: growler

01-01-2012 15:44:54 | More by metter98

Billolick

New York

4.43/5  rDev +4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Called "Industrial IPA" at DeCicco's in Ardsley...same ABV/same style listed so I'll go with it...

$8.99 for a 32 ounce growler fill.

Pours a typical shade of amber, slight haze, light tan head, creamy and luxorious, slowly going to a thick film, collar and nice webs and bands of fine lace.

Pungent hopped up nose, fortified with pinapple, mango and more resiny hop notes.

Full throtle DIPA, they are not kidding! "Industrial" sums it up. On the palate it's crunching hops, waves of tropical and citric fruit...Lots and lots of ripe pineapple dominates. Lime soaked alcohol notes trying to peak through, but the hops/malt/fruit thingy keeps their tendrils mostly at bay.

Big bold and quite heady stuff, not for the faint of heart...bring on the stinky cheese and smoked meats, I love it...please make more of it...keg it, bottle it, distribute it...

Serving type: growler

10-18-2011 01:48:38 | More by Billolick

plaid75

New York

4.47/5  rDev +4.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

On draft at The Lark, East Northport, New York.

Poured a murky dark copper hue with a half finger foamy white head. There was decent retention and lacing.

The smell featured a balmy resinous tropical fruit aroma with waves of pine and citrus.

The flavor consisted of mouth coating hop resins - mango, pineapple and apricot. Full piney spice detected as well. A well masked alcohol crept in toward the finish along with a smooth and soft sweetness.

The mouthfeel was full and all encompassing.

Overall a major league DIPA. One of the best beers to come out of NYC in recent memory. Incredibly user friendly.

Serving type: on-tap

05-28-2011 21:28:33 | More by plaid75

SkiBum22

New York

4.5/5  rDev +5.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

A - Yellowish-Orange with a little haziness

S - Smells very piney, and I got a very citrusy lemon note too

T - You can definitely tell this is a very strong beer right off the bat but it does a good job of not overpowering the beer. This is a piney, lemony DIPA that is very smooth for it being 11.5% abv. It's also very sweet.

O - This is a very good beer from Kelso that I hope they keep making. They nailed this one for sure and I definitely want more!

Serving type: on-tap

05-15-2011 18:58:25 | More by SkiBum22

dragonWhale

New York

4.47/5  rDev +4.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Have had the opportunity to try this beer at a couple of events now. First had on tap at the Stag's Head. It was devastatingly effective. Orange almost red, a little hazy. Big and beautiful citrus aroma with some pine. Heavily resinous, some aromas of sweet malt, a little caramel, and definitely some alcohol phenols. Big and bold aroma that you could get lost in.
While it's a little on the sweet side, the bold bitterness and massive wave of citrus go a long way towards making this an excellent beer. Definitely can taste the alcohol creeping, but it's oddly unobtrusive, just noticeable. Thick and resinous all up in my mouth.
Yes, more of this please. Brew much more.

Serving type: on-tap

04-24-2011 04:22:41 | More by dragonWhale