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Deschutes Inversion IPA

Deschutes Inversion IPA - India Pale Ale (IPA)

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 Percentile 
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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 allfreej (358), Louisville, Kentucky, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/515/20
Dec 9, 2007  
Bottled. Pours copper, with an orangy tan head. Nose is citrus, resin, with floral notes. Flavor is malt and citrus. Finishes with a big, wonderfully bitter hop ending.


 SledgeJr (2957), Omaha, Nebraska, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/516/20
Dec 8, 2007  
In the bottle from Total Beverage Denver. Pours dark amber with a large off-white and yellowish head consisting of huge foam bubbles. Has a deep aroma of pine-like hops. The strong bitterness with a solid malt backbone really stands out in this beer. It has a long lingering bite on the tongue. Delicious.


 Angeloregon (2024), Portland, Oregon, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Dec 7, 2007  
Poured a copper-amber hue with a medium-sized white head. Big hops araoma that lingered. Light and crisp while being very refreshing and quaffable. Resinous warming finish. Glad this one took over for Quail Springs IPA.


 thooper41 (384), Oregon, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/514/20
Dec 6, 2007  
12oz bottle; amber in color slight haze with a small head. aroma is of hops, flavor has a good amount of hop flavor through the beer.


 Jvittorio4187 (255), Boardman, Ohio, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/56/103/515/20
Dec 4, 2007  
Pours a light amber. Massive sweet citrus on the nose. Taste of sweet malt swept by light hops. Finish is very nice with mild hops.


 SpringsLicker (2041), Tennessee, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/104/515/20
Dec 2, 2007  
Thanks to decaturstevo for sharing this one. Creamy off-white head over a cloudy orange/amber body. Fragrant hops, light fruit aroma. A nice dry finish follows a smoothly bittered yet solidly malted start.


 fiulijn (7150), Como; Lausanne (CH); Malmö (SWE), Italy
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Dec 1, 2007  
Bottle at Stockholm Beer Festival 2007
Hazy amber color; creamy head. Nice hoppy aroma, a bit resiny. Medium mouthfeel, with some good malt and caramel, some sweetness, well balanced (and more) by the bitterness, some resins. Good IPA (American), but straight, without special interest.


 CasperQuaffer (142), Casper, Wyoming, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/57/103/514/20
Nov 29, 2007  
Pours light brown with close head. Aroma is faintly chemical and a tobacco-like whiff. Straight bitter is predominant flavor with some orange, caramel and honey. This last note detracts. Palate is average, unremarkable. A good beer if you are in the mood for bitter.



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