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Red Chair IPA
Deschutes Brewery
- From:
- Deschutes Brewery
- Oregon, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 6.4%
- Score:
- 87
- Avg:
- 3.89 | pDev: 10.28%
- Reviews:
- 164
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Aug 21, 2020
- Added:
- Feb 22, 2009
- Wants:
- 8
- Gots:
- 8
Feb 2010: This beer is recently 'retired' - replaced by Red Chair NWPA', which is a slight variation on the original recipe.
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Ratings by glid02:
Reviewed by glid02 from Georgia
4.42/5 rDev +13.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.42/5 rDev +13.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Had on-tap at Beachwood BBQ in Seal Beach, CA.
Pours a light copper color with a one-finger white head. The head recedes into a wispy layer on top leaving decent lacing.
Smells of citrus and tropical fruits with a solid pale malt backbone. As it warms the hops become more assertive and small amounts of pine hop aromas waft out.
Tastes similar to how it smells. The pale malts serve as a backbone but take a backseat to the hops. Tropical, citrus, and pine hops come out midway through the sip and carry on until the mildly bitter ending.
Mouthfeel is good. There's a nice thickness with moderate carbonation.
Drinkability is very good. On-tap this is very drinkable, though in the bottle I found the hops a bit toned down.
Overall this is a very good beer. As mentioned above, the bottle version's hops a bit less in charge but it's still very good. The tap version is very well worth a shot.
Jul 28, 2009Pours a light copper color with a one-finger white head. The head recedes into a wispy layer on top leaving decent lacing.
Smells of citrus and tropical fruits with a solid pale malt backbone. As it warms the hops become more assertive and small amounts of pine hop aromas waft out.
Tastes similar to how it smells. The pale malts serve as a backbone but take a backseat to the hops. Tropical, citrus, and pine hops come out midway through the sip and carry on until the mildly bitter ending.
Mouthfeel is good. There's a nice thickness with moderate carbonation.
Drinkability is very good. On-tap this is very drinkable, though in the bottle I found the hops a bit toned down.
Overall this is a very good beer. As mentioned above, the bottle version's hops a bit less in charge but it's still very good. The tap version is very well worth a shot.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
3.29/5 rDev -15.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.29/5 rDev -15.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Comes in darker than expected 3/4" head. The aroma wasn't really hoppy, was more of a tree that lost all of its needles or leaves.
Taste was real mellow, more like an English IPA if you ask me. Its totally balanced. Mirror Pond Pale Ale used to taste hoppier than this. Some mild citrus hop notes, but really a lot of malt to achieve balance if you're into that kind of thing.
Sep 13, 2016Taste was real mellow, more like an English IPA if you ask me. Its totally balanced. Mirror Pond Pale Ale used to taste hoppier than this. Some mild citrus hop notes, but really a lot of malt to achieve balance if you're into that kind of thing.
Red Chair IPA from Deschutes Brewery
Beer rating:
87 out of
100 with
215 ratings
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