Cabernet IPA
Upslope Brewing Company - Lee Hill

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From:
Upslope Brewing Company - Lee Hill
 
Colorado, United States
Style:
American IPA
ABV:
7.2%
Score:
89
Avg:
4.05 | pDev: 4.94%
Reviews:
2
Ratings:
10
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Jun 05, 2014
Added:
Oct 19, 2011
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  0
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Rated: 4.25 by eawolff99 from Minnesota

Jun 05, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by LotsofLupulin from Colorado

Apr 13, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by Jayschool from Colorado

Mar 29, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by Gerred from Missouri

Mar 28, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by iatethecloudsfor from Vermont

Dec 30, 2013
 
Rated: 3.75 by ouits from Ohio

Mar 11, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by tswater from Colorado

Jan 25, 2013
 
Rated: 4.25 by bootsandbeer from Maryland

Dec 02, 2012
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Reviewed by gregaved from Colorado

4.32/5  rDev +6.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Had on tap at the Upslope taproom in Boulder, CO.

Color is a beautiful deep purple from the wine, no doubt. This is the standard Upslope IPA aged in used oak cabernet barrels. Thick and dark lacing on the glass.

Smell is very grape like, with subtle hops and warm alcohol/wine smells.

Tastes like nothing I have ever sampled, a decent balance of ale and wine grape flavor, slightly sweet but rich and satisfying. Each sip reveals more layers of flavor here as my palate adjusts.

Mouthfeel is rich and a little sticky, satisfyingly thick with the wine residue and oak.

Overall, a different and delicious beer, one of the more interesting of the barrel aged beers of this ilk.
Oct 26, 2012
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Reviewed by claytong from Vermont

3.9/5  rDev -3.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
appearance - an odd purple brown. not sure ive seen a color like this before. off white/light multi-colored head. good lacing

smell - cabernet sauv grapes, sugar, oak, beautiful. minor hops.

taste - wow, far too sweet. sweet grapes, with sugar (almost like a kool-aid), hardly any oak and some hops.

mouthfeel - cloying, thick bodied, and decent carbonation which is disturbed by the cloying.
Oct 19, 2011
Cabernet IPA from Upslope Brewing Company - Lee Hill
Beer rating: 89 out of 100 with 10 ratings