Backcountry Telemark IPA

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

It pours a reddish amber/burnt-orange with inch-thick white head(with faint orange) and copious lacing. An aroma of caramel malts, hops, pine, grapefruit, bread and yeast, and some light spice. The mouthfeel is smooth, although thins out too much. Flavors of caramel malts, hops, grapefruit, bread and yeast, bitterness, and mild spices. Good, although no better than average for IPAs.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

This one pours a clear amber body. Leafy hops, especially in the aftertaste. This must be dryhopped. Not overly aggressive for the style, but still a good beer.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Orange gold color. Medium sized white foamy head. Aroma is grapefruity and floral hops. A medium bodied IPA. Malts are fruity and sweet. Hops are grapefruity and piney. A medium bitter IPA. More in the English style, smooth mellow flavors. Nicely balanced. Lively carbonation. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly bitter and a touch floral.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5

The Telemark pours a light amber color with a smallish, frothy white head that quickly dissipated to a collar that left some lacing.

The aroma is some bitter hops with some grapefruit notes.

The taste is some sweetness up front with a pretty big bitter finish. It had some citrus as well. The flavor was a little off...kind of skunky. Not what I remembered from drinking it on tap at the brewpub.

It's a little watery and thin. Overall, I didn't care for this too much. I think I may have had a bad bottle though. Either that, or it was a lot better on tap.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 4 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8

Nice amber color with a nice hoppy nose. Nice lacing throughout. Sweet finish. Very good.