Deschutes Inversion IPA

Bright amber, leaning toward orange, big vanilla head. Sweet caramel malt with a load of fruity hop character (tangerine, lychee), and a long bitter finish. Deeeelish!

On tap at Papago. Clear copper with lasting fluffy head and lotsa lace. Citrusy hop aroma. Medium fruity caramel sweetness and medium bitter finish. Smooth and fairly complex and satisfying.

Thanks to FlacoAlto for the bottle (12oz). Clear orange color with a medium head. Has a best by date of 6/26/08, and if it hadn’t been for that fact, I would have thought it was a little old. The caramel outshines everything here. I don’t get any of the citrus alluded to in the Commercial Description. Just a little floral hops with a huge bitter finish.

A very hoppy, tasty West Coast IPA, my favorite type. One of the better, if not the best IPA, available in a bottle in Las Vegas. Plenty of kick and fruity/Hoppy after-taste. Very enjoyable.

Bottled at Stockholm Beer Festival 2007. A hazy amber beer with a lazing orangey head. The aroma is sweet grassy and grapefruity. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of hops lending it notes of grass and grapefruits, the grapefruit also gives it a slight acidity, before the dry bitter finish sets in.

Pretty decent for the style. Has some biscuity maltiness and bit of marmalade apricot type fruitiness, zesty bitterness, would make a decent session IPA.

Bottle. Poured a clear copper color with a thick off-white head that left nice lacing. Aroma of citrus (orange and light grapefruit), and some light leafy, grassy hops. Flavor consists of sweet caramel malt leading into some lightly bitter, earthy hops with a light hint of fruit (apricot) on the finish. Much less citrus in the flavor than in the nose. Solid IPA, but nothing special.

12oz bottle Pours out a nice IPA amber topped with a cream white head. A nice crisp aroma of hops and light malt. Tast of nice bitter hops. A very nice everyday drinking IPA.