Brewery: Deschutes Brewery Country: USA ABV: 6.5% Style: American IPA Other Notes: 70 IBUs
Brewer Description: (from bottle) Hints of pine and spruce. Clean malt and a crisp finish.
My rating: 2 My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.15 My ratebeer.com rating: 3
Intro: A 12 fl oz bottle with a best by date of 14th July 2016 and poured into a Spiegelau IPA glass. Appearance: It poured a clear golden colour with a slightly less than three finger white head with decent retention and left nice lacing. Aroma: Strong piney aromas with some light lemon peel and grass in the background. Taste: Like the aroma, I get strong pine and lemon peel. Finish is lightly peppery with a lasting toasty bitterness. Mouthfeel: Crisp, medium bodied with light carbonation. Overall: This is a decent IPA with nice crispness, but its not my first choice IPA style.
Brewery: Deschutes Brewery Country: USA ABV: 5% Style: American Pale Ale Other Notes: 40 IBUs. Malts – Pale, Crystal, Carapils and Munich. Hops – Cascade.
Brewer Description: (from bottle) Floral, citrus and caramel notes. Balanced with the beautiful simplicity of the Cascade hop.
My rating: 2 My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.22 My ratebeer.com rating: 3.1
Intro: A 12 fl oz bottle with a best by date of 12th May 2016. Poured into a Moonzen teku glass. Appearance: It poured a clear copper colour with a two finger off white head that dissipated quickly but left nice sticky lacing. Aroma: Sweet caramel and bready malts with some pineapple, apple, grapefruit and pine. Taste: Mainly pine with light biscuit malt and light caramel. Citrus is there but fairly restrained. Finish is lightly bitter and spicy. Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with mid to high prickly carbonation. Overall: This was just ok for me. Everything was just quite light and the flavours felt lacking.
Brewery: Deschutes Brewery Country: USA ABV: 3.9% Style: American Blonde Ale Other Notes: 28 IBUs. Malts – Pale, Munich, Carapils and Crystal. Hops – Cascade, Crystal and Nugget.
Brewer Description: (from bottle) Crisp sessionable and undeniably refreshing.
My rating: 3 My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.57 My ratebeer.com rating: 3.5
Intro: A 12 fl oz bottle with a best by date of 19th April 2016. Poured into a Moonzen teku glass. Appearance: It poured a clear golden copper colour with a one finger slightly off white head that dissipates quickly leaving only a little lacing. Aroma: Bready and biscuit malt with a hint of caramel, fruity pineapple and apricot. Taste: A strong bready malt backbone with some nice light apricot, grapefruit, pine and grass. Mouthfeel: Light bodied with medium carbonation. Overall: It’s easy to drink and nice and fruity. A decent beer but nothing spectacular.
Brewery: Deschutes Brewery Country: USA ABV: 5.6% Style: IPA – White Other Notes: 55 IBUs. Malts – Pilsner, Wheat, Unmalted Wheat. Hops – Bravo, Centennial, Cascade and Amarillo.
Brewer Description: (from bottle) Bright citrus and coriander notes of a traditional wit beer, with a refreshing hop kick.
My rating: 4 My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.11 My ratebeer.com rating: 4
Intro: A 12 fl oz bottle with a best by date of 13th May 2016 and poured into a Duvel tulip glass. Appearance: It poured a cloudy pale golden colour with a one finger white head that dissipated quickly but leaves some nice lacing. Aroma: Strong banana and bubblegum sweetness followed closely by some citrus and coriander. Taste: Much like the aroma, there is strong banana, honey and bubblegum sweetness followed by some citrus orange and coriander and finishes with a light but lingering lemon zest bitterness. Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with mid to high carbonation. Overall: A good mix of Witbier and IPA. This was extremely drinkable and refreshing. I could definitely see myself drinking this quite a lot during hot summers.
Brewery: Deschutes Brewery Country: USA ABV: 6.2% Style: American Pale Ale Other Notes: 60 IBUs. Malts – Pale, Crystal, Munich, Carapils and Pilsner. Hops – Cascade and Centennial.
Brewer Description: (from bottle) A citrus punch, bold hop aroma and clean finish.
My rating: 3 My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.77 My ratebeer.com rating: 3.7
Intro: A 12 fl oz bottle with a best by date of 7th May 2016 and poured into a Moonzen Teku glass. Appearance: It poured a clear amber copper colour with a two finger off white head that retains pretty well, leaving nice streaky lacing. Aroma: Grapefruit, pine, mandarin, apple, brown sugar and hints of pineapple and grassiness. Taste: Bready and caramel malt sweetness heavy with bitter grapefruit pith and juicy grapefruit on the finish. Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with medium carbonation. Overall: This was pretty good but perhaps a bit too malt heavy for my liking.
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