Brewed By: Deschutes Brewing Company in Bend, Oregon
Purchased: 12oz bottle bought at Binny's in Chicago, IL; 2015
Style/ABV: American India Pale Ale, 6.8%
Reported IBUs: 80
The best part about hosting a party is being left with a fridge full of shelf turds. About Deschutes:
Reported IBUs: 80
The best part about hosting a party is being left with a fridge full of shelf turds. About Deschutes:
The Deschutes Brewing Company was founded by Gary Fish on June 27th, 1988, when they opened the doors to their Bond Street Public House pub. The brewery has since expanded, growing to be one of the top craft beer producers in America. The brewery also operates a pub in Portland, and has a dedicated brewing facility overlooking the Deschutes river. For more information, check out the brewery's website; their Facebook page; their Twitter; or Wikipedia.
The Inversion IPA is an American-style IPA brewed with Pale, Crystal, Munich, Caramel malts; and features Millennium, Horizon, Centennial, Northern Brewer, Cascade, and Citra hops.
This pours into a reddish-amber-copper body that is reminiscent of an IPA for sure. The body is slightly hazy, with yeast suspended in the mixture. There's good head retention, nice lacing, and the head soaks up those amber-red hues. Hue hue.
This also reminds me of Bell's Two Hearted. There's a strong guava-citrus-orange-tangerine aroma from the outset, and it is wrapped in caramel malt sweetness. This dips into some caramel sugars, sticky hemp, tobacco, and honey.
This isn't bad...but it's not blowing me away. It has a good amount of resin, dank American citrus, weed, tobacco, and rosin. The caramel malts heighten some of the earthy/dank character, and this is pretty much a caramel-hops delivery system.
I'd say this is medium to full-bodied, filling up the 6.8%. Palate depth is good, complexity is okay, and I find this to be very much par the course. At one time this may have stood out, but as it stands it is very much in line with what I've come to expect from the style. Up front: guava, citrus, hemp; the mids roll into sweet tobacco; the back end drops more citrus. Nice bitterness and dryness.
Rating: Average (3.0/5.0 Untappd)
I'm feeling a Light Average on this. It's not bad but it doesn't stand out among the sea of IPAs. I'm sure this was at one time a banger, but I'd rather drink some Two Hearted or one of the many local IPAs available to me. The good news is that Deschutes has an absolute banger in their Chainbreaker White IPA, which I will review soon.
Random Thought: The evolution of IPAs is fascinating.
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| Deschutes Inversion IPA |
This pours into a reddish-amber-copper body that is reminiscent of an IPA for sure. The body is slightly hazy, with yeast suspended in the mixture. There's good head retention, nice lacing, and the head soaks up those amber-red hues. Hue hue.
This also reminds me of Bell's Two Hearted. There's a strong guava-citrus-orange-tangerine aroma from the outset, and it is wrapped in caramel malt sweetness. This dips into some caramel sugars, sticky hemp, tobacco, and honey.
This isn't bad...but it's not blowing me away. It has a good amount of resin, dank American citrus, weed, tobacco, and rosin. The caramel malts heighten some of the earthy/dank character, and this is pretty much a caramel-hops delivery system.
I'd say this is medium to full-bodied, filling up the 6.8%. Palate depth is good, complexity is okay, and I find this to be very much par the course. At one time this may have stood out, but as it stands it is very much in line with what I've come to expect from the style. Up front: guava, citrus, hemp; the mids roll into sweet tobacco; the back end drops more citrus. Nice bitterness and dryness.
Rating: Average (3.0/5.0 Untappd)
I'm feeling a Light Average on this. It's not bad but it doesn't stand out among the sea of IPAs. I'm sure this was at one time a banger, but I'd rather drink some Two Hearted or one of the many local IPAs available to me. The good news is that Deschutes has an absolute banger in their Chainbreaker White IPA, which I will review soon.
Random Thought: The evolution of IPAs is fascinating.
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