India Red Ale
Zipline Brewing Co

India Red AleIndia Red Ale
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From:
Zipline Brewing Co
 
Nebraska, United States
Style:
American Amber / Red Ale
ABV:
7.1%
Score:
85
Avg:
3.75 | pDev: 16.27%
Reviews:
9
Ratings:
35
Status:
Active
Rated:
Nov 02, 2019
Added:
Jul 29, 2013
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  6
The India Red Ale, or IRA, brings together the alluring red hue and malty body of a red ale with all the intense citrus, grapefruit, and piney hoppiness you’d expect from an American IPA. This beer features first-wort hopping to achieve a smooth bitterness.
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Reviewed by Mindcrime1000 from South Dakota

3.66/5  rDev -2.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Poured from a bottle into a tulip.

Pours a cloudy--almost murky--reddish brown with a good head and moderate lacing.

The aromas are an interesting blend of toasted caramel malts, grapefruit, and pine, but they seem to clash.

The brew delivers robust flavors, but like the aromas, they don't necessarily mesh very well. Caramel malts hit the tip of the tongue but are quickly met and balanced by bitter grapefruit. The mid-palate arrives with grainier crackery malt and fruity yeast. Pine, herbal, and vegetal notes arrive with some booze at the finish. Each of these notes are fine. They just all seem to be jockeying for top billing instead of blending.

The brew has solid carbonation that helps balance a just-beyond medium brew.

This is definitely an original brew. It melds toasty malts with a melange of hop flavors. If the flavors complimented each other just a bit more, this would be outstanding. As-is, a solid brew.
Nov 02, 2019
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Reviewed by WoodBrew from Ohio

3.85/5  rDev +2.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
I got a bottle of this from my good friend and old neighbor from Oswego. It poured a hazy amber with thin white head that is leaving some lace. The scent had faint caramel malt and hints of bitter fruit. The taste was nicely balanced and easy to drink with sweet malt base with bitter citrus highlights. The mouthfeel was medium in body with good carbonation. Overall its a good beer.
Aug 29, 2019
 
Rated: 1.98 by kimlhurst from Ohio

Jul 08, 2019
 
Rated: 3.75 by godawgs from Louisiana

Apr 26, 2019
 
Rated: 3.88 by Taphouse_Traveler from Florida

Jul 19, 2017
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Reviewed by Lone_Freighter from Vermont

3.75/5  rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Thanks Vanessa. This was poured into a becher pint glass. The appearance was a burnt toasty red color with a finger’s worth of white foamy head that fell off at a decent pace. The aroma had a nice blend of caramel/toffee malts to piney/resinous hops. Slight spruce-like wood with a little bit of citrusy zest then some leather and dried leaf. The flavor rounded the previously mentioned aromas together gently, somewhat sweet with an embracing bitterness striding in. Zesty sort of popping hops to caramel malt base in the aftertaste rolling into the finish. The feel was about medium bodied with a fair sessionability about it. Carbonation and ABV felt appropriate. Bitter harshness was there but not distracting as there’s some acceptable creaminess softening along my tongue. Overall, is this what we call a Nebraska styled IPA? I’m not sure, but this was good and I’d have again.
Jun 08, 2017
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Reviewed by beergoot from Colorado

4.02/5  rDev +7.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Murky, dark orange body topped with a dense, sticky, creamy head. The aroma exudes bready, malty qualities with spicy and citrus-like hop qualities. Big malt sweetness to the flavor, accentuated with fruity esters and a nipping hop bitterness. Heavy body; rich with residual sugars; mostly sweet finish.

This beer delivers the sugary sweetness of red ales with notes of pine and oranges. The hops provide some nice counterpoint to all the sweetness, offering some tingling bite and general bitterness to things.
Jun 06, 2017
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Reviewed by zeff80 from Missouri

3.97/5  rDev +5.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured out a deep, auburn color with a tan, foamy head. There were some yeasty floaties in the beer. It smelled of pine, grapefruit and roasted caramel malt. Nice bitterness with a strong toasted flavor.
May 31, 2017
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Reviewed by Franziskaner from Missouri

3.48/5  rDev -7.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Amber in color with a heavy amount of fine sediment. Clearly this was meant for me to keep the last of it in the bottle. There's a half inch of tightly packed beige head. Light lacing. I smell nutty malt and lightly piney to citrus hops. The taste is nutty to bready malt with just a faint hint of pine in the back of the palate. The mouth is a bit dense due to the sediment and it is otherwise dry.
Nov 06, 2016
 
Rated: 4.15 by cmoore32 from Nebraska

Apr 26, 2016
 
Rated: 4.02 by evilmoose from Nebraska

Mar 25, 2016
 
Rated: 3.71 by entenduintransit from Tennessee

Jul 13, 2015
 
Rated: 3.59 by RDW from Nebraska

Apr 18, 2015
 
Rated: 2.75 by Herky21 from Iowa

Dec 02, 2014
 
Rated: 3.7 by BigRedN from Nebraska

Sep 09, 2014
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Rated by Originalredman from Nebraska

4.58/5  rDev +22.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Awesome! Fantastic beer..possibly my favorite from them
Sep 07, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by carlmoberg from Illinois

Jul 31, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by schoon from Iowa

May 11, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by XmnwildX12 from Minnesota

May 09, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by vidguy17 from Iowa

May 04, 2014
India Red Ale from Zipline Brewing Co
Beer rating: 85 out of 100 with 35 ratings