Red Rock IPA Junior
Red Rock Brewing Company

Red Rock IPA JuniorRed Rock IPA Junior
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From:
Red Rock Brewing Company
 
Utah, United States
Style:
American IPA
Ranked #3,202
ABV:
4%
Score:
83
Ranked #23,865
Avg:
3.58 | pDev: 12.01%
Reviews:
10
Ratings:
22
Status:
Active
Rated:
Sep 17, 2023
Added:
Apr 17, 2004
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  0
The American IPA is a different soul from the reincarnated IPA style. Color can range from very pale golden to reddish amber. Hops are typically American with a big herbal and/or citric character, bitterness is high as well. Moderate to medium bodied with a balancing malt back bone. Served unfiltered.
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Reviewed by NorsemanOne from Utah

3.79/5  rDev +5.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Canned 7.28.23

Purchased for $1.80 at local grocer.

Poured at fridge temp into a tulip glass.

Pours a deeper golden with a generous 1F dense head. 4

Gentle and dark pine, with some lighter citrus, orange and grapefruit mostly. 3.75

Moderately bitter pine, some mixed but non-distinct citrus and a herbal/resinous aftertaste. 3.75

Sessionable and easy drinking, moderately carbo'd, pleasantly light. 4

Overall a good wc IPA that's a fairly good deal and brings the pine without causing palate fatigue. 3.75
Sep 17, 2023
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Reviewed by snaotheus from Washington

3.83/5  rDev +7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
2023-04-02
16oz can served in a footed pilsner glass. LOT 2989/03/07.23, although I'm about 60% sure I can't read it correctly. Got it from @NorsemanOne in a trade.

Pours clear light gold with a fairly small head. Smell is muted, I get a hint of citrus and pine (but my olfactory sense is probably the muting factor at the moment).

Taste is light, crisp, citrus in nature with a little bit of a grainy note. Slow piney finish.

Mouthfeel is smooth, maybe a bit more still than I would really like. Overall, it's pretty good.
Apr 03, 2023
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Reviewed by Whyteboar from Michigan

3.81/5  rDev +6.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Poured a nearly clear honey color with a tall white head. There was a cloudy substance near the top which I guess is why they tell you not to filter it.
Always give a good score for the aroma that I cannot smell, Covid messed up my nose, the beer didn't.
The taste was a pretty solid IPA , albeit with hops that I'm not used to so the flavors were new to me and while I enjoyed it quite a bit, there are other IPAs that I would grab first. There was a little pine and some herbal flavors that I couldn't define. But they seemed to play well together.
The feel was just shy of excellent, I kept thinking about the 'cloud' I saw at the pour so just over thought this one.
OA, I'd happily drink these if that's what was available, good 5% ABV IPA.
Mar 30, 2023
 
Rated: 3.75 by UtahBeerPleb from Utah

Apr 07, 2018
 
Rated: 3.73 by cbcrunch from Wyoming

Mar 24, 2018
 
Rated: 3.63 by SlightlyGrey from Minnesota

Aug 02, 2017
 
Rated: 3.93 by MarkyMOD from Colorado

Jun 21, 2016
 
Rated: 3.12 by BirdsandHops from Oregon

Jun 05, 2016
 
Rated: 3 by CPAles from Illinois

May 27, 2016
 
Rated: 3.25 by DerwinWentworth from Utah

May 02, 2016
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Reviewed by Zorro from California

3.18/5  rDev -11.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Crystal clear gold colored beer with a small white colored head.

Smells strongly of grapefruit and pine board.

Starts out woody and slightly bitter with a grapefruit after taste. Taste doesn't evolve very much, pretty basic IPA flavor here. Mild bitterness on the lower part of the IPA scale.

Mouthfeel is OK, not watery.

Overall not a bad beer made to fit Utah's Asinine beer laws. A decent beer that can be sold in a Utah Supermarket.
Aug 30, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by redfox405 from Virginia

Apr 07, 2015
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Reviewed by OrestesMethuon from Montana

4.04/5  rDev +12.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Very pale—essentially blonde—with a nice, medium-foamed head and good lacing at of the bomber. I agree with a previous reviewer that this Red Rock offering—perhaps due to Utah's statutory limitations—leans mightily towards the XPA arena, but to me that isn't a problem. Indeed, there are nice, unburdensome notes of grapefruit; a buoyant herbaceousness—hints of sage, and a little laurel—that really keeps the bitterness at bay until the finish; and the pale malts are crisp, smooth (even a bit wheaty, almost), and well-balanced with the hopping and the held-down abv. The nose, meanwhile, is excellent: grapefruit, again, along with wet wild sage and the currents of a clean sea-breeze. While laws may stipulate and mitigate what Utahns can brew, Red Rock has done well under those auspices with this one.
Mar 08, 2015
 
Rated: 3.25 by yemenmocha from Arizona

Oct 21, 2014
 
Rated: 3.7 by straightlambic from California

Sep 29, 2014
 
Rated: 3.81 by Ajmorriso1

Aug 12, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by InfragilisBrew from Illinois

Jun 20, 2014
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Reviewed by RblWthACoz from Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +11.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Beer #6 in the great Utah Brew Hunt.

Bam, hops all up in my mouth. It's a bit one dimensional and one-sided on the hop influence, but it doesn't really matter too much as it works, for what it is. The low abv is fine with me as it means I can drink more of them. Too bad I didn't start my night out with this one; I may have just stuck with it for the rest of the evening.
Sep 08, 2012
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Reviewed by mudhut from Utah

2.24/5  rDev -37.4%
look: 2 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 1.5
A: Orange, very cloudy (more than what would be expected from a dry hopped beer), no head. Like a flat hefe

A Sweet citrusy, spicy aroma.

T: classic cascade bittering, grapefruit, nice lingering bitterness, very slight toasty maltiness, didn't have the nice bright clean flavor of a american ale, I suspect from the haze problems or possible water issues.

M: very under carbonated

There is a 4.0% abv limit on draft beer in Utah, so this isn't brewed to full strength, hence the JR name. Not very impressed overall--in my opinion is flawed and just not exciting to drink. A flat, plain, boring beer...not what the style means to me.
Apr 13, 2009
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Reviewed by Durge from Connecticut

3.98/5  rDev +11.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
This IPA poured a somewhat cloudy iced tea color with a midland fuzzy white head and great lacing. It gives of a grapefruit hops aroma that's pleasant, not too much else. Quite a bitter citrus flavor, very smooth and a bit creamy with wheat and malt. Very drinkable. Not particularly complex but very decent IPA.
Aug 04, 2008
Red Rock IPA Junior from Red Rock Brewing Company
Beer rating: 83 out of 100 with 22 ratings