Samuel Smith's India Ale
This is one of those wonderful rare ales that catches you a bit off guard. Pours into your glass a unique, orange tinted hue. Nice color, nice smell, take a sip and the taste just knocks you over. It has its own flavor, something quite complicated and unique to just this Ale. Sort of a sharp, tangy bitterness is the only way I can think of to describe it. I know that sounds bad, but trust me, it's good. This one seemes destined to become one of my favorite pale ales. Would probably make a fairly good baseline against which to compare all other IPAs.