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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:
- 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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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
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, 2023White 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.
Reviewed by Singlefinpin from North Carolina
3.96/5 rDev +1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
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, 2020Poured 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.
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
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, 2019Reviewed by sulldaddy from Connecticut
3.98/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
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, 2017The 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.
Reviewed by OldManMetal from North Carolina
4.33/5 rDev +10.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.33/5 rDev +10.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Iron Rail is a great-looking example of the modern turbid IPA: a giant, pebbly off-white head tops a medium-turbid, effervescent pale amber body; head retention is modest and lacing is excellent, consisting of thick, sticky bands and slabs. The aroma is medium-big; it is fronted by bright pineapple juice, backed by cannabis-like florals and more subtle grapefruit notes, with modest alcohol overtones riding atop it all. Up front, the flavor is modestly bitter melon with hints of a more vinous character and a bit of grassiness. Mid-palate the melon sweetens a bit, rolling back the perceived bitterness, and tea-like notes emerge, subtly, as do the florals from the nose. The malt manifests as a subtle bittersweet nutty character and a very visible, slightly caramelish bready malt foundation. The finish is a modest hit of nutty caramel, and the linger is a modest, slightly yeasty, slightly grassy pine bitterness that lasts for a while. Mouthfeel is commensurate with the medium body and is slightly astringent; the texture is medium creamy and medium peppery from the well-expressed carbonation. (16 oz can, 35 days after pkg)
Oct 02, 2016
Iron Rail IPA from Wedge Brewing Company
Beer rating:
88 out of
100 with
155 ratings
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