IRA

Red IPA | Year-Round | United States

By Randy Scorby

Judges Rating: 82
Aroma: 16
Appearance: 6
Flavor: 34
Mouthfeel: 10
Overall Impression: 16

The coppery red color is spot-on, drawing the drinker into this Red IPA. The initial aroma contains a significant amount of sulfur that lingers for quite some time. As it fades, a pleasant resiny hop character, along with peaches and apricots and a bready, caramel maltiness emerges. The sulfur is at a much lower level in the flavor and allows a slightly higher level of pine and resiny hop flavors to shine through along with a toasty caramel malt sweetness. The hop bitterness is palate-cleansing and lingers into an appropriately dry finish. The sulfur character is distracting, but there is obviously a very pleasant beer sitting underneath it.