Deschutes Inversion IPA

Brewed by Deschutes Brewery
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Bend, Oregon USA

Thanks to Jake for this one. Pours hazy deep coppery ruby colored with a 2-finger khaki head. Aroma of floral fruity hops, bready malt, black pepper, mango, caramel malt. Tastes tropical fruity at first, yielding to a bready floral slightly funky spicy malt/hop dichotomy, with some finishing black pepper and I dare say saisony floral spicy notes.Very rich palate, complex, and smooth. Well done again by one of the world’s premier brewers.

Coppery orange. Lathery dollop of white foam adheres nicely. Sherbety nose is lined with hay dust, grass, and apricot. Airy esters invigorate the olfactory senses. Background notes of asprin and herbs. Carbonation deposits a foamy film on the palate, while a hard, toniclike edge scrubs the palate. Soggy hops greet the palate, but a firm grassy bitterness arises to match the suppler peach notes. Malt displays a hint of toasted hay and caramel characteristics, but remains secondary to the forceful bitterness. Nary a hint of juiciness to combat or absorb the abundance of dirty hop flavors. A highly unappealing chalky/aspirin element also manages to compound the unrefined nature of the hops. Bitterness remains robust throughout, steadily intensifying but hardly improving, with notes of orange peels and peach skin. Overripe grapefruit imparts an inordinate amount of sweetness and sogginess. Finishes peppery and grassy with herbal accents (lemon verbena, sage) coupled with a firm but lapsing malt sweetness. This needs a lot of work, mostly in the hop department, as the hops lack cleanliness and explosiveness. It’s also quite yeasty. Some simplification of the recipe would probably do the trick, as the hops are quite crowded.

(Bottle) Pours a clear orange body with a moderate beige head. Aroma of caramel malt, pine, orange and flora. Flavor of malt and juicy hops. Good thrist quencher, easy drinker!

Bottle. Poured a tarnished copper with a thick, foamy off white head. Aroma of citrus, hops. Very hoppy in the mouth, with a touch of caramel. Finish that lastes for six minutes, Drink this cool, in a pint or demi-litre glass. This is a tropical weight session IPA

I love hops, that alone makes me love this beer. its way out of balance and over hoped but i like it.

12 oz. Pours a light amber, small head, medium to high carbonation, and tons of lacing. Strong grassy notes and citrus sting the nose. It goes done oily with a big hop hit, floral notes and of course, citrus. There is a strange bitterness burn that is left in the back of your mouth, not typical of a well balanced IPA. Overall, not bad, but definitely better NW IPA’s out there.

Hoppy, creamy, fruity aroma; nice. Beautiful, red, murky, reddish amber. Beautiful, sheet lace, frothy. Appearance doesn’t get better than this. I really like the stronghop. No harshness. A tad light. Not outstanding, but really good. A little harsh.

Tastes very similar to quail springs, but a crap ton more hops added. Very bitter, almost too bitter in my opinion, doesn’t balance well. Quail springs was a easily drinkable IPA, but I guess they felt the pressure of the massive hopped PNW IPA trend so this was born. Lightly sweet up front, caramel and light fruitiness. Finish has a strong bitterness with a mass of citrus hops. Very creamy body and grapefruit finish.