Deschutes Red Chair Northwest Pale Ale

Brewed by Deschutes Brewery
Style: American Pale Ale
Bend, Oregon USA

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker, Tulip

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Wow, absolutely perfect. Aroma is pine trees and forest. Appearance is nice copper color. Taste is perfectly balanced with malt and jsut enough hops to approach an IPA. Palate is medium and ends hoppy. Overall a pure delight!

A dark amber with a thumbs width white head that started to dwindle just as soon as I put the glass down. Great lacing. A delicious aroma; sweet citric heaven. One of the best grapefruit aromas I have come across from any beer, like I just cut open a fresh grapefruit and put it right up to my nose. Sharp, pointy, crisp. Flavor is just as good with the marriage between malt and hops. A floral and fruity fused malt base alongside a wonderful hit of grapefruit. There is a very balanced layer of bitterness throughout. A very crisp, silky mouthfeel aided by the carbonation. Wow, this is a great beer. Extremely balanced, extremely drinkable, extremely good. This quickly made it into the mix of favorite beers.

Pours copper with a large, fluffy off-white head. Smells of caramel and hints of citrus. Taste is sweet, caramel, creamy, with some touch of citrus. Full-bodied with a smooth, velvety texture and soft mouth-carbonation, Deschutes Red Chair Northwest Pale Ale finishes with a smooth sweetness.

As with anything Deschutes touches, it’s brilliant. Classic IPA qualities, hearty citrus, complex, and full. Beautiful! Not quite as good as Bells IPA... just saying.

A solid, solid Pale Ale. Has some nice floral slightly sweet notes, finishing with a nice amount of hops, and ends rather cleanly.

12oz.btl. Pours reddish/amber orange with lots of fiz and a frothy head. Taste is very lively and heavy on the bitterness side; however, very refreshing. Overall: this is my fist attempt at a NWPA and from the taste I consider it extremely agreeable. Another great brew from the people in Bend.

It pours out of the bottle golden red w/a little head that disperses quickly and laces the glass a little. To the nose it is straight HOPS. It tastes crisp, a little bit of pine and a little bit of citrus, and finishes clean. It is truely a great northwest IPA that has become the standard for American IPA’s. Another great beer from Deschutes, congrats guys.

A clear orange, amber beer with a huge frothy thick off-white head... bubbles at a moderate level. Head holds long. Aromatic nose has lemon, lime, and grapefruit scents, that are balanced just well enough to enjoy over the long run. The palate is smooth and barely velvety. The taste well balanced with the hops barely overriding the malt. This is the IPA that drinks like a light lager, but has the profile of an imperial IPA. The finish is satisfying with a bitter grapefuit hint and a 30 second hang time. This is a goto brew.

The build of this beer is definitely something to be enjoyed. Nice Copper hazy, with a dense creamy head. Nice amount of carbonation coming up from the middle. Smell is certainly the carastan malt, with some definite sweetness. Opposite of Cigar City’s Tocobaga Red. Mild hop aroma. Very nice mouthfeel, creamy. You can really taste the spicyness of the red malt in this one, which pairs nicely with the hop flavor. Not overly obnoxious, but well hopped. I could drink this all day. Not too forgiving. Enjoyability 4.5/5

Pours a clear copper colour with large long lasting off white head that leaves fantastic lace all up the glass. Aroma is sweet caramel, floral, tropical fruit, and citrus. Flavour is well balanced citrus, caramel, resin, a moderate mix of bitter and sweet, definitely didn’t expect the 6.2 abv. This is an extremely tasty and dangerously session-able!