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Deschutes Inversion IPA

Deschutes Inversion IPA

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An India Pale Ale (IPA) brewed by
Deschutes Brewery

Bend, Oregon USA

bottled
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on tap
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3413.51/5.03.5/5.06.8%66.6Shaker, Tulip P  Stats

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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 RunDWP (185), San Jose, California, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/515/20

Jun 9, 2008  
Bottle. Slight floral and citrus aroma. Poured a burnt orange color with a slight white head. Great complexity and progression of flavors as I sipped it. Starts off with some malty flavor and a little grapefruit, and then gets more grapefruity, and finishes with a bitter aftertaste. Low level of carbination which for me is a good thing. Goes down very smooth for an IPA, and yet plenty of complexity and bitterness here. Really liked this.

 alexsdad06 (677), Ohio, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Oct 10, 2008  
12 oz. bottle courtesy of riversideAK. Pours a clear copper colo with a medium sized off white head that leaves nice lacing. The aroma is moderately sweet grapefruit citrus with some light piney hops as well. The flavor has a great deal of hop presence. Grapefruit and pine dominate in the mouth. What sweetness there might be is quickly overtaken with bitterness. There is not much malt backbone to speak of. Medium bodied, on the dry side, not especially complex. Its not that this is bad, just one dimensional.


 waolsen (1021), Littleton, Colorado, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/55/103/514/20
Oct 7, 2008  
bottle. copper pour with foamy head. funky and earthy aroma. large bitterness up front and rich sweet malts. hops are there but not very impressive flavor. little funky.


 darn1207 (335), Tallahassee, Florida, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/515/20
Sep 28, 2008  
tap sampler from deschutes bar in portland. clear copper pour. citrus earthy aroma. tastes of sweet caramel, citrus, spices. piney bitter aftertaste. crisp and refreshing. good.


 mabel (1673), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/515/20
Sep 27, 2008  
[1660-20080904] 12floz bottle. Malty caramel and mild tree bark aroma. Hazy, amber brown body with quick light tan bubbles. Super bitter malt flavour with caramelized tree bark notes. Bitter medium body. Striking bitterness.
(@ Diamond Princess cruise ship; near AK)


 BeerBunker (106), Burbank, Illinois, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/514/20
Sep 27, 2008  
Pours dark orange with a yellowish head. Poured with heavy carbonation. Aroma is of hops, slight citrus hints, and malt. The carbonation leaves the beer with a very creamy mouthfeel. Taste is of malts and banana, balanced by bitter hops. The sharp bitterness lingers on long after each sip.



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