St. George India Pale Ale
St. George India Pale Ale is a traditional English style ale with a distinct hop spiciness from imported 100% UK Fuggles hops. Deep copper in color, our IPA has a full malt base and a pronounced hop aroma. It was awarded the GOLD medal in the international category as the best India Pale Ale at the 2000 Beauty of Hops English Ale Awards.
3.3
224 reviews
Hampton, United States
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Pours a nice amber with huge white fluffy head that has massive retention. Aromas are very faint and mostly light apricot/peach and some caramel. The flavor is the nicest part of this beer featuring strong caramel, soap, honey and bitterness that I can only describe as Fuggle-y. Palate is nice, not too heavy but with a denseness that fits this beer. Overall, the style is more reminiscent of a hoppy ESB than a straight up English IPA; this is much more in line with a hoppy pub ale and as such it tastes quite nice, but this can’t compare to a really good English IPA.
Clear amber pour with ample offwhite head. Defenitely a little old. Smells and tastes of old faded english hops (not noble). Has a lingering bitterness after the caramel malt sweetness fades. A little fusel alcohol burn/spiciness which could be coming from the hops i suppose. A decent english ipa, but nothing amazing.
Pours from the 12 oz bottle an impressive copper color with a foamy 2 finger head. There seems to be almost no carbonation going on inside the glass, I had to look really hard to find a small handful of tiny bubbles. Aroma is surprisingly faint with almost no hop presence...I get mostly the aroma of toasted malt. 1st sip brings a sharp note of spicy, piney hops, but it’s not the overwhelming in-your-face hoppiness that comes with most American IPAs. Mouthfeel is right down the middle, neither watery of heavy. Overall, this is a decent, very drinkable IPA, a refreshing change from all the overdone hop bombs out there.
Sampled one bottle at the Williamsburg Inn Restoration Bar, in Colonial Williamsburg. One of my least favorites among the several locals sampled on this trip. This IPA is British in style, not an American hop-styled IPA.
Bottle pour into pint. Copper color. Not hoppy like American IPAs, but a mellow balance of hops and malts. Full bodied. Went well with my meal of pork loin and home made mac and cheese.
Bottle pours a clear copper with a tiny off white top. Scent is tea, caramel and fruit. Taste is much the same.
12 ounce bottle. Served in a pint glass, the beer pours a copper/orange color with a couple inch off-white head that sticked around for a while. There’s also a good amount of lacing. Aroma is herbal and citrusy (orange, lemon peel) hops, and some bready malt. The brew tastes like herbal and citrusy (grapefruit, oranges) hops, and some bready and caramel malt. Mouthfeel/body is medium, it’s a bit creamy but also has a little too much carbonation for me. I still think it’s a decent enough brew overall, it’s certainly worth trying. I’d like to have this one again in the future.
Bottled. Pours clear amber with a thin and quickly dissipating off-white head. The aroma is malty, bready and slightly sweet. The first thing to note in the taste are the malts, with a sweet, bready almost nutty flavor, followed by bitterness from the hops. Lingering aftertaste.
I’m no expert, but I have read that there is a difference between an American IPA and an English IPA. That being said this may be a good example of an English. Poured from a 12 once bottle -- clear copper color with a slight white head. I thought a good balance of hops and malt, but not as hoppy as the American IPAs that I prefer.
Bottle from Total Wine Sterling. Pours orange with a finger of white foam. Pours light orange without much going on with the aroma. Has a slight hint of hop flavor. The finish fades pretty quickly as does the flavor. Pretty boring for the style.
Pours a cloudy amber color with medium head that dissipates almost to nothing. Pine and grassy hops with hint of toasted malt. Medium bitterness throughout with a medium and acidic finish. Thin to medium palate. small to moderate carbonation and thin, slightly slick palate. I would call this a very average IPA.
Sweet malt and hop aroma. Hazy dark orange color with a medium white head. Light sweet beginning with a strong bitter finish.
12 ounce bottle. Pours a clear copper with a nice off-white head. Aroma of citrus and hops. Taste is malt, hops, and citrus. Low bitterness. On the mild side. Enjoyable.
Cask-conditioned at the Capital Alehouse (downtown), Richmond VA 9/11/2011. Slightly hazy, Deep amber with a moderate, off-white head. Aroma of sweetish malts, citrus fruit and leafy hops. Flavour of cereal malts and hedgerow fruit leading to a decent, bitter finish. Pretty good beer.
On tap @ 11th Street Taphouse, Virginia Beach Va-Clear Copper/Amber pour w/a white head. Hop aroma. Very heavy hop bite on the front end, a lot of citrus, pine tar, pitch, pretty one dementional. I didn’t fine any malt
lt base in this brew, it was just a one dementional hop bomb to me. Nothing special.
12oz bottle from the brewery with the new "English IPA" label; same beer confirmed with the brewery. Nice clear copper color with a small white head and a little lacing. Strange aroma that honestly reminded me of fresh pumpkin? Flavor was fairly balanced with slight bitterness up front and then some sweeter malt in the finish. Okay.
bottle in virginia. not a good one. palate and taste odd, no head, weird smell. maybe bad bottle...
Poured a very clear deep copper color with a small off-white head that quickly dissipated. Aromas of honey and spices. The flavor was a nice mix of caramel malts and hoppy spices. Medium body with a lasting bitterness.
pours a rich amber, topped with firm white head. The nose is thick sweet oranges, like marmelade, a hefty dose of spice. Lots of caramel malt sweetness, balancing out the hop bite in the background. Actually quite drinkable.
Had on draft at Moto Salon in Charlottesville, wonderfully smooth and moreish pint of IPA, laden with the delights of Fuggles. Quite possibly my favourite IPA in Virginia.
Pours a light amber. Very nice aroma of earthy hops. Smooth taste with some yeast and a good amount of hops. It is nice for the $, especially if you like a more earthy tasting IPA.
Cask gravity @ GBBF 2010. Pours a clear orange color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma with some weak hoppy hints. Fruity malty caramel flavor with hoppy citrus hints. Has a fruity malty finish with some hoppy hints in the aftertaste.
Bottle. Kind of low abv. for an IPA, but here we go. Pours a very nice copper color, white head, great lace. The aroma is pale malt, amber malt, and a hind of herbal malt. The flavor has a fruity quality to the malt profile, and not much of a hop character at all. Overall: not bad, but not an IPA in the least.
Cask (gravity) @ GBBF 10, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.
Clear medium orange color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted - caramel, fruity, honey ? light to moderate hoppy, apricot notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20100803]
Aroma: Very little aroma. There is a slight hint of malt, enough that I know I’m drinking beer and not water, but beyond that, very little else.
Appearance: Hazy orange with a frothy white head.
Taste: Medium sweetness with a slightly sour aftertaste. Very surprising for an IPA. There are very slight traces of hoppy bitterness, almost a spice flavor, but the sweetness of the malt certainly takes center stage here.
Palate: Medium body, crisp on the tongue with soft carbonation and a slight, but pleasantly astringent finish.
Overall: I keep wanting more of something in this beer. The tastes are all there, and it’s certainly drinkable, but I just am not getting anything standout enough to recommend this as a solid beer worth pursuing.
The most unique IPA I have ever tasted. There is no bitter, but very strong UK Fruggle Hops. There is no other beer out there with this flavor. If you don’t like an IPA you may like this. If you like IPA you may not like this... its not like any other IPA.
Tap. Pours clear orange with an average, fizzy cream colored head, medium retention with good lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (bread, cookie, caramel, toasted), heavy hops (floral, pine, citrus), and average esters (apple/pear) with notes of peach and pineapple. Flavor is heavy malt (bread, toasted), heavy hops (floral, pine, citrus), and average esters (apple/pear) with notes of peach and pineapple. Medium body and carbonation, low warmth and creaminess, with a dry finish.
This was a nice and bold english pale ale. The taste was almost all fruggle hops which left a good clean taste. Slay the Dragon!
Golden orange color with a small, off white head. Nose with some over ripe orange. Some wet hop flavors over a mushy bread. Bitter finish that really doesn’t go anywhere. Boring beer.
From a tap poured an amber color with a fair amount of head. Nice hoppy flavor with a quick finish.
3rd August 2010. GBBF.
Clear gold beer. Light dry palate. Tangy orange - slightly burned. A whisper of vanilla. Finishes dry. Not bad at all.