• The Magazine
    • Current Issue
    • Back Issues
    • Features
      • Brewing
      • People
      • Culture
      • History
      • Food
      • Travel
      • Styles
      • Homebrewing
    • Departments
      • Columns
        • Visiting the Pub
        • Behind the Bar
        • It’s My Round
        • The Beer Enthusiast
        • The Beer Curmudgeon
        • In The Brewhouse
        • Michael Jackson
        • The Taster
        • Beyond Beer
        • Your Next Beer
        • Industry Insights
      • What’s Brewing
      • Pull Up A Stool
      • Travel
        • Beer Travelers
        • A Closer Look
        • Beer Weekend
      • Stylistically Speaking
      • Home Brewing
      • Beer Talk
      • Beer Books
  • Events
    • World Beer Festival Durham
    • World Beer Festival Raleigh
    • World Beer Festival Columbia
    • World Beer Festival Cleveland
    • North Carolina Brewers Celebration
    • Event Calendar
    • Brewery Tastings & Events
    • Beer Explorer
    • The State of Craft Beer
  • Reviews
    • Beer Talk
    • Book Reviews
    • Staff Reviews
    • Buyer’s Guide for Beer Lovers
  • Learn
    • What is Beer?
      • Water
      • Malt
      • Hops
      • Yeast
    • Styles
      • Lagers
      • British and North American Ales
      • Belgian and Continental Ales
      • Wheat Ales
      • Stouts and Porters
      • Seasonal and Specialty
    • Glossary
  • News
    • New on the Shelves
  • Web Only
    • Blogs
      • Daniel Bradford
      • John Holl
      • Acitelli on History
      • The Beer Bible Blog
    • Video
    • Photos
Menu
logo
  • Advertise with Us
  • Subscriber Services
  • Retailer Services
Give a Gift Subscribe

Cogway IPA

January 1, 2014
Reviewers:John Holl - Stephen Beaumont

603 Brewery

Campton, NH

Cogway IPA is brewed with Vienna and a blend of crystal malts for color, body and flavor. These malts are combined with multiple hop styles during the boil and then dry-hopped.

ABV: 6.6

ABW: 5.3

COLOR: 14.5

BITTERNESS: 50

ORIGINAL GRAVITY: 1060

AVAILABLE: NH


Where there should be citrus or pine, there is a rounded red fruitiness that comes with the first mouthful along with some sugar. The hop smack arrives quickly after, but this is a juicy beer, with a healthy amount of subtle complexities, a welcome entry into a world where IPAs do their best to bash hops over your head. The grain bill has some fresh cereal undertones, making this an easy sipper. A little variety in the category, and it suits me just fine.
- John Holl
One of the effects of the recent IPA explosion is that it takes a lot for an IPA to get noticed these days. This dark copper ale with its berry-ish, sweet floral aroma comes close, especially given the robustly fruity body, holding all manner of ruby red grapefruit, lemon drop and tropical fruit notes. But where it falls short is in the oddly disjointed finish, with a bitterness that arrives sharp and a bit chalky after all the sweet malt of the body. Perhaps a nice Thai red curry would smooth out the rough bits.
- Stephen Beaumont

John Holl
John is the editor of All About Beer Magazine, the host of The Beer Briefing on iHeart Radio, and the author of three books, including The American Craft Beer Cookbook. Find him on Twitter @John_Holl.

Stephen Beaumont
Co-author of both The World Atlas of Beer and The Pocket Beer Guide (with Tim Webb), Stephen travels the world sampling beer, hosting dinners and tastings, and eating too much airport food.

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

You may use these HTML tags and attributes: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>

Beer in your inbox

More Like This

  • Hopslam
  • Racer 5 IPA
  • Presidential IPA

Most Popular

  • Speakeasy Expands Production, Releases First Canned Beer
  • AleSmith Honors Tony Gwynn with Specialty Beer Release

The Magazine

  • Advertise with Us
  • Subscribe
  • Give a Gift
  • Staff
  • Subscriber Services
  • Retailer Services

Learn Beer

  • Reviews
  • Back Issues
  • Articles
  • Full Pints
  • Writer Guidelines
  • Internship Program

Events

  • World Beer Festival
  • Craft Beer Events
  • News

All About Beer

  • 501 Washington Street
  • Durham, NC 27701
  • CONTACT
Craft Beer Marketing by Digital Relativity