Deschutes Inversion IPA

Pours a copper color in the glass with a light head. Smells spicy and tickles the nose. Tastes of hop with malt undertones, and a strange chemical taste at the end. Not my favorite IPA or favorite Deschutes.

12 oz bottle from trade with bockyhorsey. Copper colored pour with just a little carbonation and wispy head. Spicy earthy aroma. The flavor is actually almost a match to the aroma. Earthy spice is prevalent. There is some malt and caramel but the earthy/spicy hop presence is dominating. This thing finishes pretty dry. An ok brew but the hop profile is nothing like what I like to see in my IPAs.

full range bitter aroma, peppery, shiny dark amber with off white head that hangs on a while. numbs the tongue with bitterness, which is a bit harsh in flavor, over bitter, slightly metallic, some grapefruit and pine pitch. sour finish. the least balanced Deschutes beer I’ve had. they’ve never been known for IPA, but this all out alpha with nary a malt trace isn’t the way to go.

A fine IPA. Pours copper color with a good two-finger head. Good lacings. Big bitterness with fair amont of sweet malts. Taste the grapefruit-orange profile with a nice dry hoppy finish. Well recommended. My benchmark for what makes a good IPA.

A really nice clear golden color with a thick white heat. Aroma was very sharp and grapefruit-juicy along with a load of sweet caramel-like malts. Flavors were more on the sweet malty end of the spectrum, but of course with a fair amount of hops making their presence known. Not too intense or crazy, but that’s fine by me. Kind of surprising that it’s 6.8%abv, this could be dangerous with its high degree of drinkability.

12 oz bottle. Poured a clear medium orange color with a copper sheen. Head was thick and off white with good retention and lacing. The aroma was pleasant and malt dominated. Mostly subdued caramel and steeping barley. Some sprucy hops came out in the nose occasionally as well. The hops made a big appearance in the flavor. The citrusy and sprucy flavors imparted by the hops were most intense up front and gradually yielded to ample malty caramel that lingered into the finish. There was moderate to high hop bitterness throughout that peaked at about 7 out of 10 and kept most of the malt sweetness in check. Nicely balanced, tasty IPA.

12oz bottle@home in a wine glass. Pours well with nice aromas of cherry and citrus. Cloudy light orange/yellow in color. Mild bubbly head. Smooth on the palate, but hits you with an abrupt dose of hops.

Thanks to SS. Pours a cloudy golden orange with a white head. Aroma is mostly hops and citrus. Tastes of some caramel, citrus, bitter hop, other spice. Finishes rather smooth, considering the bite of the hops.