FiftyFifty Red is the New Black IPA

Brewed by FiftyFifty Brewing Co.
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Truckee, California USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Super hoppy aroma. Amber-brown with an off-white head. Hop-dominated, the bitterness that just lingers on the palate.

(Draught) Pours a dark reddish brown body with a medium cream head. Aroma of caramel, citrus, and roasted malt. Flavor of roasted malt, citrus, florals, pine, and caramel.

pours redish brown with an off white head. Has an aroma of piney hops and taste a bit dry with a hop kickback!

Poured from growled, brownish with reddish hue, light tan medium head. Sweet malty nose, overall very good. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Tap at the brewery. Full disclosure: I’m not a fan of black IPAs. When I saw this on the board I got a little jazzed about FiftyFifty’s decision to try and make a tasty version of this very vogue but unperfected new style. Red caramel malts complement the IPA style much better than darker roasts. That said, I’ll still go for a Port Shark Bite when I want a big hoppy red ale. This beer (FiftyFifty ) is flavorful and tasty. The problem I have is the same I have with the black IPAs- - the flavors and tastes don’t belong together in the same glass. Well made and high quality but not my thing.

Tap...hazy, amber appearance w/offwhite head, tons of lace. Hoppy aroma of honey, pollen, some pine & citrus. Palate is Med/full, ample foamy Carb and a nicely balanced finish. Flavor if lightly sweet w/sugar, grapefruit rind, pine, flowers...a touch pungent. Fairly simple, but nice.

On tap at the brewpub. Pours reddish brown with a thin beige head and a strange dark malt aroma. There is a slightly sweet malt flavor with some serious hop bitterness. This is an interesting combination that works quite well.