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Deschutes Inversion IPA

Deschutes Inversion IPA - India Pale Ale (IPA)

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88
overall
Brewed by Deschutes Brewery
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)

Bend, Oregon USA

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
4273.52/5.03.51/5.06.8%78Shaker, Tulip
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Commercial Description:
After months of experimentation, energy and obsession, Deschutes Brewery’s brewers have triumphed once again with their newest creation - Inversion IPA. Inversion’s trio of American hops delivers an over-the-top nose with hints of orange and grapefruit. Inversion is then dry-hopped for seven days resulting in an added hoppy kick. To balance the hop character of Inversion, Deschutes’ brewers used crystal and caraston malts that weave throughout the beer providing soft, complex caramel flavors. Inversion IPA is smooth and delicious. Just like clear days up on the mountain, Inversion IPA will deliver a path to higher ground. Inversion will be available year-round starting in early April on draft and in 6-packs. Inversion IPA is a phenomenal NW-style IPA, beckoning all beer drinkers and enticing IPA lovers to invert their world and find clarity above the routine of the everyday. Alc. By Vol. 6.8% IBUs 75
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 Beer2000 (1775), Kristiansand, Norway
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Aug 10, 2008  
355 ml bottle. Clear orange/amber body with a big foamy off-white head. Aroma of citrus/grapefruit. Flavor is sweet, fruity and quite bitter. Medium + body and a fine long, bitter finish. Refreshing, quite bitter, not extreme and well balanced.


 KimJohansen (6676), Copenhagen V, Denmark
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
Aug 5, 2008  
Cloudy amber with large beige head. Sweet hoppy aroma with caramel and piny notes. Flavor likewise with a dry bitter finish.


 RichardGretton (3131), Leicestershire, England
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/515/20
Aug 3, 2008  
Bottle@Beers of the World Live (NEC), 2008. Amber beer with a well hopped aroma. The flavour is well hopped and very dry. Overall a nice hopped beer.


 chadje (129), Pasadena, California, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Jul 31, 2008  
Bottle. Smells flowery with a hop scent to it. A nice IPA that pours a nice copper color with a good head.


 IrishBoy (2686), Bakersfield, California, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/515/20
Jul 28, 2008  
12 oz bottle from Safeway, Port Angeles and Enniskillen; Nose of very citrusy hops with some background caramel; hazy amber-orange with a medium beige head that doesn’t last long; flavor is hop bitterness with some pine and caramel. Finish of course is bitter!


hoppybeers4me (15), Ohio, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Jul 21, 2008  
6 pack bottles, found in Anchorage, July 9. This beer is super hoppy with citrus flavors and I found it very enjoyable. My better half only got 1.5 beers out of the entire 6 pack. If I could get this where we live I would buy it regularly.


 LinusStick (1831), Moon Twp, suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/58/103/515/20
Jul 20, 2008  
Very nice IPA. Aroma was good with an abundance of citrus nhops and a light hint of caramel malt. Pour was a nice deep dark amber/light brown with a 1 finger near tan head. Taste was nice and mouth puckering bitter. Strong caramel malt in the front that leaves quickly. The hops fill the cheeks and throat with bitter citrus and pine. Decent carbonation. Thanks Secret Santa!


 Aquilo (249), California, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/57/104/517/20
Jul 19, 2008  
Pours a slightly cloudy amber color. It needed a bit of help to develop a head. Has a very fragrant citrus aroma, with a touch of nutmeg and cinnamon. Flavor is initially dominated by citus and walnut, but this is followed by a strong, bitter, stale hop flavor that almost ruins the beer for me. The bitternes is more than made up for by a pleasant, creamy mouthfeel. Nice and silky. Overall, this is very drinkable and enjoyable.



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