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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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 Suttree (2702), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/516/20
Nov 27, 2007  
Orange with white head. Vary piney, hop aroma, but with significant grapefruit notes, too. Hop pretty uch dominate the aroma. Flavor has a few smoky notes, and a little bit of earthy, caramel flavors, but is really diominated by big piney and citrusy hops, with a long, sticky aftertaste.


 highibus (421), Mill Creek, Washington, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Nov 27, 2007  
Pours a clear copper color. Head disapates fairly quickly, but good lacing. Sweet and spicy aroma. Medium body but good flavor on all parts of the tongue. Did not rate this beer initially, but I thought it used to have yeast suspended in it. I wish it still did. Good west coast IPA.


 asteele8 (270), Mukilteo, Washington, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/104/515/20
Nov 13, 2007  
Bottle. Pours a copper color with a white head on top. Aroma is cut right down the middle with grapefruit and citrus hops teamed against caramel malts. Flavor is citrusy with sweet caramel malts coming in to balance it out. On the palate the high alcohol content is fairly hidden, the beer finishes bittersweet. Another good beer from Deschutes. I would love to visit the brewery sometime in the near future.


 BelgianBeerGal (1275), Sabbatical in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/514/20
Nov 12, 2007  
Bottle poured into shaker. Hazy copper/amber colour with light sediment. Good carbonation, tan film with cascading lace. Aroma is floral hops but the flavour really hits hard with the 75 IBUs appearing as bitter pink grapefruit. Very pleasant.


 alexanderj (2213), Chino Hills, California, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/513/20
Nov 9, 2007  
Bottle thanks to golubj. Poured an orange copper color. Aroma was somewhat lackluster; malt focused with caramel, bread and only a dash of hop presence. Flavor was dominated by caramel and biscuit malt which gradually gave way to grapefruit hops. Solid, but not spectacular.


 Ibrew2or3 (2714), Safety Harbor, Florida, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/514/20
Nov 6, 2007  
Pours a clear copper with thin off white head. The aroma is grapefruit, pineapple, sweet malts and some biscuit. The taste begins with the same fruity notes noticed in the nose with fresh grapefruit and pineapple. It is bitter to be sure. Near midway sweet lightly roasted malts and biscuit malts well up to drive a wedge into the citrus hop bitterness. Toward the finish the grapefruit, tangerine and pineapple like hop bitterness squash the mild maltiness into the finish. The after taste does create a mild lightly roasted malt, biscuit and mild bread like flavors to go along with the hop bitterness.


 fakepurseninja (773), Washington, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/516/20
Nov 5, 2007    Updated: Apr 24, 2008
Very floral, rich, malty IPA with everything that is great about NW IPA’s distilled into one great brew. Not in any way ’hopped over the top’ - a true, full malt body - complex roasty character with strong caramelly, mildly sweet. Hops are great and floral beyond belief, smooth and just a very nice complex- not spicy at all, sometimes the hops can be a little too spicy for me, this one does not overpower in any format - not peppery or spicy, not too acidic or astringent - the high(er) ABV is really well suited to this drink without being overly pungent. A very solid, well put together, and for my tongue probably one of the greatest Mass-Appeal IPA’s on the market. Re-rate 4-24-2008; re-examination of this ale leaves me shocked at my initial impression of this drink. Perhaps they changed the recipe or I was really off on my last go-round, but this drink is seriously lacking a strong malt character. Hop profile is overly aggressive and astringent. Crisp and citrusy, but really not well balanced at all.


 glennmastrange (807), hobe sound, Florida, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/104/516/20
Nov 5, 2007  
Bottle. Aroma starts with moderate malt and hop notes of caramel, bread, herbs and resin, and a light dough smell for the yeast, with cherry and black pepper in the background. Head is medium sized, fizzy/frothy, off-white is mostly lasting and has excellent lacing. Color is sparkling clear red/brown. Flavor starts lightly sweet and acidic then finishes lightly acidic and moderately bitter. Palate is medium, oily/creamy and has a soft to lively carbonation. The nice aroma keeps this beer a cut above the average IPAs out there.



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