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Retro IPA
Evil Twin Brewing
- From:
- Evil Twin Brewing
- New York, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- 81
- Avg:
- 3.58 | pDev: 10.06%
- Reviews:
- 42
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 02, 2020
- Added:
- Dec 20, 2015
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 33
This is a tasty time-traveling tribute to an all time iconic beer style - the India Pale Ale. Though the style goes 200 years back this time around we re-created a 1985 style IPA - perhaps you remember the hip hop times. Enjoy a full on hoppy beer infused with everything you loved about the 80’s. The future is now.
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Reviewed by pat61 from Minnesota
4.25/5 rDev +18.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +18.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
L: A hazy golden amber column filled with streams of tiny bubbles supports a 3" lacy off-white foam cap with good retention.
S: Popping the can releases an initial citrus and tropical fruit detectable aroma from an arm's length away
T: lightly sweet with light fruit and citrus up front while a light bitterness emerges on the sides with some biscuit and then the beer comes into balance just before the swallow.
F: creamy and smooth with a medium body and carbonation
O: a very well balanced and executed beer that is pleasant to drink
Sep 08, 2017S: Popping the can releases an initial citrus and tropical fruit detectable aroma from an arm's length away
T: lightly sweet with light fruit and citrus up front while a light bitterness emerges on the sides with some biscuit and then the beer comes into balance just before the swallow.
F: creamy and smooth with a medium body and carbonation
O: a very well balanced and executed beer that is pleasant to drink
Reviewed by GuyFawkes from Illinois
3.25/5 rDev -9.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.25/5 rDev -9.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
2016 release; drank 6/19/16 @ the Yarchives.
Semi-dull opaque orange appearance.
A rough pour yielded a big, noisy white head; frothy lace.
Baking soda, dry leather & mild grapefruit notes in the nose.
Medium mouthfeel.
Dry leather & baking soda flavors up front; mild caramel & bitter grapefruit bite on the finish.
Super bitter American barleywine vibes here; I wouldn't recommend this to my worst enemy.
Jul 29, 2017Semi-dull opaque orange appearance.
A rough pour yielded a big, noisy white head; frothy lace.
Baking soda, dry leather & mild grapefruit notes in the nose.
Medium mouthfeel.
Dry leather & baking soda flavors up front; mild caramel & bitter grapefruit bite on the finish.
Super bitter American barleywine vibes here; I wouldn't recommend this to my worst enemy.
Reviewed by oberon from North Carolina
3.63/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.63/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
I was 10 in 1985 so I couldn't verify this recipe.Pours into a standard pint a light to medium golden with a thinner bone white head atop.Earthy hops mixed with nutty malts in the nose,that smell is retro of an early 90's PW pale ale.Much more malt driven in my mind than hop driven,nutty with light caramel with some earthy hops coming in the back end.I like this beer and it would be great on cask but it's a "way back" retro IPA.
Jan 02, 2017Reviewed by Everydayoff from Thailand
3.71/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.71/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
12oz can poured into a pint glass.
Hazy dark brass as a showcase, it tops with very thick creamy white head that stays with very good retention before slowly subsiding to everlasting foamy crown and leaving plenty of glorious lacing patch and spot along the way down. Carbonation seems to be high with lots of bubble pushing up.
Dull fruitiness aroma from hop reminds me of sharp citrus and lemon as well as some earthiness, herb, and dankness. Malt is there too with pure and straightforward breadiness without any hint of typical sweetness or caramel.
Malt as a flavor backbone with notes of bread, slight sweet and some nuttiness, hop provides slight touches of citrus, lemon, earthy, and herbal. Bitterness is moderate and yields pleasant aftertaste together with a note of resin. Overall, the taste is quite balance and very straightforward for both hop and malt.
The body is medium with rather smooth mouthfeel from its lively carbonation generated nice crispness and refreshing feel through the palate, dry finish.
The overall character is a bit dull and quite direct. I would say yes it is fruity and hoppy but not in kind of much juicy or fresh. Perhaps, it intends to be like this like its “Retro” name, nevertheless, still pretty good IPA in anyway.
Nov 29, 2016Hazy dark brass as a showcase, it tops with very thick creamy white head that stays with very good retention before slowly subsiding to everlasting foamy crown and leaving plenty of glorious lacing patch and spot along the way down. Carbonation seems to be high with lots of bubble pushing up.
Dull fruitiness aroma from hop reminds me of sharp citrus and lemon as well as some earthiness, herb, and dankness. Malt is there too with pure and straightforward breadiness without any hint of typical sweetness or caramel.
Malt as a flavor backbone with notes of bread, slight sweet and some nuttiness, hop provides slight touches of citrus, lemon, earthy, and herbal. Bitterness is moderate and yields pleasant aftertaste together with a note of resin. Overall, the taste is quite balance and very straightforward for both hop and malt.
The body is medium with rather smooth mouthfeel from its lively carbonation generated nice crispness and refreshing feel through the palate, dry finish.
The overall character is a bit dull and quite direct. I would say yes it is fruity and hoppy but not in kind of much juicy or fresh. Perhaps, it intends to be like this like its “Retro” name, nevertheless, still pretty good IPA in anyway.
Reviewed by ChrisChris23 from Colorado
4.01/5 rDev +12%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.01/5 rDev +12%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Look: honey colored, light foamy head that quickly dissipates to a nice lasting lacing.
Smell: faint citrus notes a top what might most resemble the 80's, the aroma of parties past
Taste: smooth malty flavor mixed with piney notes, smooth finish with lingering bitterness and citrus tones
Feel: crisp and effervescent, well carbonated, maintains fresh feel to the tongue well after being comsumed
Nov 20, 2016Smell: faint citrus notes a top what might most resemble the 80's, the aroma of parties past
Taste: smooth malty flavor mixed with piney notes, smooth finish with lingering bitterness and citrus tones
Feel: crisp and effervescent, well carbonated, maintains fresh feel to the tongue well after being comsumed
Rated by Sludgeman from District of Columbia
3.8/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
3.8/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
This beer is nicely balanced. Good herbal bitterness with strong whole wheat maltiness.
Sep 05, 2016
Retro IPA from Evil Twin Brewing
Beer rating:
81 out of
100 with
152 ratings
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