Detour Double India Pale Ale
Uinta Brewing Company

12 oz can from Total Wine and More in Short Pump, VA The ale poured a clear amber with a small white head and ample lacing. The high ABV put me off at first but this is a solid ale. The aroma of floral citrus hops and pale malts greet you. The taste is full of grapefruit, tropical fruit and pine resin. The high ABV has an impact on the sweetness that you experience. The ale has a medium body and soft-average carbonation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

12 ounce can into a pint glass.
Orange-ish, opaque, not a hazy though. Scraggly head.
Smell is rankly dank, no single hop identified. Spoiled fruit.
Taste takes a minute. Mixed hops and unidentified fruit profile. ABV makes itself known. Slightly sweet and dank finish. Unpleasant burp.
Feel is very carbonated, crisp.
Overall.,. fits in the ‘just another DIPA catagory. Take one if it’s offered.,.

Sort of a foggy orange color, nice eggshell head and a bit of lacing. Aroma of citrus and pine, flavor follows, a nice malt backbone. Medium bodied, nice carbonation. This went down pretty easily for 9.5%.

 

 

Idk for a cheap double I actually really like this one fresh. I'm mostly impressed in I was scared to try and then ended up liking it. It's by no means a great double but the abv and taste makes this pretty good when comparing it to the other cheaper options. I'm not gonna compare this to Outer Range or Weldwerks or something but this is about as good as say double digit or maharaja by Avery or myrcenery by O'Dell or one of the cheaper options for the style. I have no complaints it is what it is and probably the best thing I've had from Uinta.

I don't like this in a glass this was more flavorful right out of the can to me in this instance.

 

 

Look: I liked the color. A bright reddish-orange
Smell/Taste: A little too dank for my taste. It seemed like they tried to hard to give it flavors and rather than complex, it seemed a bit too much. The citrus flavors took a backseat to a lot of grassy, staleness.
Feel: A bit over-carbonated for my liking, had almost like a sparkling cider feel. Definitely would not call this smooth
Overall: Wasn't terribly impressed. Not going to have this one again.

Pours a dark orange with a white head which dissipates to good lacing. Strong notes of hops, tropical fruit, and a floral aroma. Taste is distinctly hoppy with the bitterness of hops resin, pine, grapefruit and malt with a fairly well balanced sweetness of caramel, honey and tropical fruit. A solid DIPA but not life changing. Quite boozy at 9.5 ABV and certainly feel the bite.

 

 

12 fl oz pull-tab can acquired as part of a sixer at a beer store in New Orleans, LA via Drizly. Canned 01/06/20.

"Double IPA." 9.5% ABV. 96.0 IBU. 19,0 SRM. Some online sources that are not Uinta's official site suggest the following: "Hops: Bravo, Citra, Simcoe. Malts: Munich, C-40"

Served cold.

Caramel. Yogurt (suggestive of Simcoe). Munich malts, sure. Faint alcohol warmth. Bitter orange/orange rind. Subdued pine.

I don't love the hop profile, and it's a bit too warm alcohol-wise as well as too full-bodied and heavy on the palate. Caramel malts are emphasized more than the hops and their concomitant bitterness, leading to a beer that while not egregiously imbalanced fails to showcase hop varietals instead of malts - at least to the extent that an Imperial IPA needs to.

Drinkable but far from great...I hoped for better from Uinta but its pricing isn't awful. I can't imagine ever wanting to pick this up over a widely distributed, cheaper, and better expression of the style like Lagunitas Sucks, let alone superior regional and seasonal stabs at the style.

I guess I'm glad this is available in a market like Utah's where higher alcohol craft beers are less ubiquitous, but it won't impress those familiar with the modern imperial IPA. I don't see any potential here and don't think the recipe can be tweaked to save it.

Underwhelming.

C- / BELOW AVERAGE