Upheaval IPA
Widmer Brothers Brewing Company

Upheaval IPAUpheaval IPA
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From:
Widmer Brothers Brewing Company
 
Oregon, United States
Style:
American IPA
ABV:
7%
Score:
85
Avg:
3.78 | pDev: 11.11%
Reviews:
110
Ratings:
858
Status:
Active
Rated:
Apr 01, 2020
Added:
Nov 21, 2013
Wants:
  30
Gots:
  282
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Ratings by Darkmagus82:
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Reviewed by Darkmagus82 from Texas

3.29/5  rDev -13%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Poured from bottle into a ping glass

Appearance – The beer pours an orange amber color with one finger of white foam. The head has a good level of retention, slowly fading to leave a great level of foamy lace on the sides of the glass.

Smell – The aroma of the beer isn’t too potent, but is nice none the less. It is heaviest of a grapefruit hop smell mixed with some other sweeter aromas of tangerine, mango and papaya tropical fruit. A little bit of a caramel sweetness as well as some other lighter hop aromas of a pine and gassy nature are there as well, helping to round out the aroma nicely.

Taste – The taste begins with a dry cracker flavor with just a hint of tangerine and orange sweetness. Right from the start there is a rather strong and potent grapefruit hop flavor. As the taste advances, the sweetness fades quickly, leaving a rather dry hopped grapefruit flavor to largely overpower the taste toward the middle of the profile. While very grapefruity in nature, other hop flavors do come to the tongue as the taste advances to the end, with some grassy and herbal hop flavors greeting the tongue. A little bit of sweetness of an orange nature also joins the grassy and herbal hops, helping to reestablish some degree of balance to the brew. While the sweetness that coms at the end does help bring a bit more balance, it overall can’t make up for the dry cracker and mass of hop flavors that are in the brew, which overall leave one with a dry and somewhat overly bitter and harsh flavor to linger on the tongue.

Mouthfeel – The body of the beer is on the slightly thicker and creamier side with a carbonation level that is on the lower side. While the lower carbonation level really accentuates the hop flavors nicely (maybe too much so.), the thicker body did not really enhance the cracker flavor or the very light fruit flavors well and only seemed to over shine the bitter grapefruit. Overall the feel was just OK.

Overall – A little too big and grapefruity in nature without the malt body to balance it out for me. If you like a slightly more dry west coast style IPA then this is likely a very nice choice, but for me it came off as a little to unbalanced.
Apr 20, 2014
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3 by RiceOwls27 from Texas

Apr 01, 2020
 
Rated: 3.83 by craigbelly from Iowa

Oct 21, 2019
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Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada

3.46/5  rDev -8.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Looks like I first had this in the summer of 2014. Pours golden pony boy with a slight amount of cloudiness, they used wheat in the beer, but it doesn't appear to be of the flaked variety with 2019 hazies. White head 1/3". Aroma is lightly hoppy for an ipa. While it has Nelson hops, they must be in a very small quantity, because they don't have a lasting impact in the nose, or really any discernible impact at all.

Taste reveals a little bit why. Seems like there is mostly Chinook and Simcoe here, giving a ibu challenge kind of feel to this 75ibu range banger. Its that pine, grapefruit dry bitterness that doesn't push much of the flavor profile, more inclined to push the mouth feel in a dry bitter direction. Malt body is lower for them not imparting as much heft or caramel as they often have in the past, but still more than most are doing these days on the craft side of things. Carbonation and consistency are good here. Its a good beer at a very good price.
Aug 06, 2019
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Reviewed by Ruger_44-Redhawk from Idaho

4.09/5  rDev +8.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Pours a cloudy golden color with silky foam head. Smell is very light hops. Feel is medium to light body. Taste is the best of the categories. Very well balanced on hops and malt and I don’t think this is bitter. Citrus and pine followed by a malt backbone. I know this is unfiltered and it’s a pretty decent balanced IPA offering.
Jun 30, 2019
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Reviewed by Tucquan from Pennsylvania

3.77/5  rDev -0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Had this on 2019-05-26 in Portland, OR at the Portlans Rose Festival on tap.

A - Pretty hazy orange with a short white head.

S - Orange, light malt and floral

T - Orange, herbal and earthy spice, moderately bitter.

M - Light-medium body and carbonation.

O - Generic but hit the spot while walking around the festival.
May 26, 2019
 
Rated: 5 by troysheldon from Oregon

Apr 22, 2019
 
Rated: 3.96 by ghasting from Washington

Apr 08, 2019
 
Rated: 3.25 by Shenk87 from Pennsylvania

Dec 06, 2018
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Reviewed by JWsimpleton from Oregon

3.77/5  rDev -0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
The appearance is deceptive. Looks beautiful, but falls flat in its complexity. A bit heavy-handed, and the flavors feel overpowering at times. Vigorously hoppy and bold, but very dry, and booze bitter for barely 7% alcohol. Still pretty a good beer overall though, for the price.
Sep 05, 2018
 
Rated: 3 by IRONRakkasan from California

Aug 14, 2018
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Reviewed by FLima from Brazil

3.69/5  rDev -2.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Amber color with a thick off-white head with good retention.
Refreshing aroma with notes of mint, mild caramel, a bit of apricot and pine.
Flavor with notes of pine, spices, grapefruit, slightly toasted and caramel malts, some white and yellow fruit, resin, tangerines and earth. Dry and bitter aftertaste.
Medium body with appropriate carbonation.
Decent American IPA combining earthy, spicy and piney notes.
Jun 12, 2018
 
Rated: 2 by Chilmer from Iowa

May 23, 2018
 
Rated: 3.83 by MykeJ from Minnesota

Apr 28, 2018
 
Rated: 3.15 by TheIPAHunter from California

Jan 30, 2018
 
Rated: 3.75 by mrcraft from California

Oct 21, 2017
 
Rated: 3.39 by Shortbox81 from Washington

Aug 30, 2017
 
Rated: 3.5 by kkenagy from Oregon

Aug 09, 2017
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Reviewed by pat61 from Minnesota

4.25/5  rDev +12.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
L: bright copper tinted amber under a lacy 1' foam collar with good retention

S: big initial hop aroma of resin, topical fruit, berry, a trace of pine and a hint of caramel and bread crumb

T: Mildly sweet tropical fruit starts the flavors leading to an assertive bitterness mid-palate. It dries out on the finish with a pleasant lingering bitterness

F: The body and carbonation are medium

O: delightful, full flavored American IPA
Jul 12, 2017
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Reviewed by Brolo75 from California

3.7/5  rDev -2.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
12 ounce bottle poured into a tulip

A: Pours an copper, rusty orange color with a white, full, creamy head, slight haze.

A: Picking up some pine notes along with slight tropical notes like guava and pineapple, good amount of malts on the backend, aromas are subtle and balanced.

T: Mostly grapefruit peel and pine on the taste, missing the tropical notes I picked up on the aroma, slight orange/tangerine note, moderate amount of bitterness with slight malt notes on the backend with more citrus zest lingering in the aftertaste.

M: Medium bodied with a very dry citrus peel like finish.

O: Dig the look and aroma but the taste is lacking the complexity and depth I expected, finish is very dry like citrus peel dryness, too dry. If this had more tropical notes that I picked up in the aroma, it would definitely be better.
May 29, 2017
Upheaval IPA from Widmer Brothers Brewing Company
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