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Deschutes Inversion IPA

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4323.52/5.03.51/5.06.8%78.2Shaker, Tulip
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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 redlight (1458), Winter Park, Florida, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
May 23, 2008  
Citrus and pine dominate the nose with hints of honey malts. Pours light amber or a darker blond. Hoppy but slightly sweet, with hints of maple. It finishes dry, not bad!


 Oscbert (537), Sacramento, California, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/57/103/515/20
May 18, 2008  
Sampled at West Coast Brew Fest ’08 ~ Pours a light golden colour with creamy with lasting head. ~Nice scent of fresh grassy hops. ~Strong bitter hop taste with light sweetness. ~ This is a good IPA. Easy to drink. Could use some more.


 marcus (1853), Sacramento, California, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/54/102/512/20
May 17, 2008  
On tap at West Coast Brewfest. This amber ale poured wth a decent beige head. It’s very hoppy, but otherwise a rather standard brew.


 AmEricanbrew (1808), Doing Rogue, Louisiana, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/514/20
May 13, 2008  
Clear amber with a wispy 1" head. Nice spicy hop, yeasty aroma. Medium body. A lightly sweet malt flavor is quickly ushered out by a spicy hop bitterness. A solidly balanced, easy drinking pale ale here.


 SuperDave70 (1157), Beautiful Sunny Mesa, Arizona, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
May 9, 2008    Updated: Aug 28, 2009
Pours a clear copper with a foamy off-white head that lasts a while. Lots of citrus in the aroma, most notably grapefruit. Malty on first taste, and then the hops come through. A good, not overdone, IPA.


 DuffMan (2745), the land of bitumen, beef & beer, Alberta, Canada
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
May 8, 2008  
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!


 malrubius (977), Valley Stream, New York, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/104/515/20
May 7, 2008  
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.


 MrBendo (1042), Swedesboro, New Jersey, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/513/20
May 6, 2008  
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.



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