Iron Rail IPA
Wedge Brewing Company

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From:
Wedge Brewing Company
 
North Carolina, United States
Style:
English IPA
Ranked #6
ABV:
6.2%
Score:
88
Ranked #14,581
Avg:
3.92 | pDev: 9.44%
Reviews:
43
Ratings:
155
Status:
Active
Rated:
May 06, 2023
Added:
Sep 21, 2008
Wants:
  6
Gots:
  8
English Style India Pale Ale with Maris Otter 2-row, Canadian Honey Malt and Belgian Crystal. Centennial, Kent Golding, and Cascade are added five times during the process, including Dry Hopping.
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Ratings by Norfawkers:
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Reviewed by Norfawkers from Virginia

3.11/5  rDev -20.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
Tastes a bit like a moldy wooden bucket...too many flavors going on here and none of them are particularly good. Calling this an IPA is also stretching it quite a bit.

Appearance: Deep golden amber, almost orange, cloudy

Smell: Very faint citrus

Taste: Grilled orange, smokey, earthy, weird unidentifiable funk

Mouthfeel: Smooth enough

Drinkability: Sippable if you prefer the strange and the experimental. This seems to be a trend from the Asheville Breweries.
Aug 13, 2009
More User Ratings:
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Reviewed by mothman from Minnesota

4.25/5  rDev +8.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Surprised to see an English ipa on tap in Asheville, but I’m here for it.

White head with lace. Slightly cloudy orange hued gold.

Bready/biscuit malts, floral, grassy hops. Little bit of citrus. Malty, but hoppy. Excellent English ipa combo. Has a silky smooth, almost cask like feel. Reminds me of Town Halls English ales. Well done.
May 06, 2023
 
Rated: 4.43 by chrishiker1409 from New York

Nov 11, 2022
 
Rated: 4.03 by StrangerTides from New York

Jul 30, 2022
 
Rated: 3.92 by jak from North Carolina

Oct 02, 2021
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Reviewed by Singlefinpin from North Carolina

3.96/5  rDev +1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Drinking this at The Wedge Brewery in The Art District of Asheville NC.
Poured from a tap into a plastic cup.
Appears orange with a slightly off white head that dropped quickly to a thin cap.
Smells citrusy, lightly malty
Taste follows the nose.
Mouth feel is medium light for the style.
Overall a nice IPA that I would definitely order again.
Oct 24, 2020
 
Rated: 3.73 by SonOfKyuss from Virginia

Nov 04, 2019
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Rated by Thankin_Hank from Texas

3.69/5  rDev -5.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
An good average American IPA. On tap at Nine Mile Restaurant.
Oct 19, 2019
 
Rated: 3.94 by Lelampp from Ohio

Jul 18, 2019
 
Rated: 3.87 by Taphouse_Traveler from Florida

Jun 19, 2019
 
Rated: 4 by Coho11 from Ohio

Jun 19, 2018
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Reviewed by sulldaddy from Connecticut

3.98/5  rDev +1.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Sampling cold 16 oz can poured into a snifter. A gift my mom picked up during a recent visit to Asheville. Thanks! My can says 7.0% not the 6.2% listed here. Maybe a new recipe?
The beer pours a bright copper hue with large white globs of sediment suspended in the beer and then settling to the bottom of my glass. A very minimal bleached white head foams up and fades to a sturdy edge layer with a large wispy island in the center. Some lazy streams of carbonation rise to the surface.
The aroma is some sweet caramel and bready notes but then this rolls to some pithy citrus rind and pine sap hits. Not a huge aroma but some complexity which makes it interesting.
The first sip reveals a smooth and crisp textured body with mild carbonation that gently rolls across my palate.
Flavor is similar to the nose with a bit of caramel and sweet malt up front that rolls to some rindy grapefruit and a bit of grassy hop character. This grassiness lingers for a bit after the swallow with a bit of bitterness, but I dont get any alcohol burn or black pepper. The beer is pretty drinkable and balanced, but I think it could use a little more hops on the nose for a boost of my ratings. Still solid, but could be better IMO.
Aug 13, 2017
 
Rated: 3.69 by SMKilp from North Carolina

Jul 22, 2017
 
Rated: 4.06 by TripelMark from North Carolina

Jun 25, 2017
 
Rated: 3.46 by American_Hawk from Massachusetts

Jun 22, 2017
 
Rated: 3.94 by cnealc from North Carolina

Apr 16, 2017
 
Rated: 3.9 by dbrauneis from North Carolina

Apr 14, 2017
 
Rated: 3.65 by paresis from Massachusetts

Mar 30, 2017
 
Rated: 3.54 by baklo from North Carolina

Mar 01, 2017
 
Rated: 4.16 by spycow from Illinois

Dec 26, 2016
Iron Rail IPA from Wedge Brewing Company
Beer rating: 88 out of 100 with 155 ratings