Foeder IPA
Upright Brewing Company
- From:
- Upright Brewing Company
- Oregon, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 6.4%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.65 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- May 12, 2025
- Added:
- May 12, 2025
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Foeder IPA was brewed in collaboration with Old Standby Brewing as part of the Brewlanthropy series. It spent six weeks in a foeder, providing a tannic edge and oak notes to go with the special blend of hops. Benefitting the NE Portland Emergency Food Program.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by vurt from Oregon
3.65/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.65/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Enjoyed at The Beermongers on draft.
Look:
A nearly opaque apricot gold, capped with a tenacious off-white head that leaves lacing which slides back into the beer.
Smell:
Quite dry, with a pleasing combo of clean malt, grapefruit pith, pine, and woody notes (oak and cedar).
Taste:
Taste opens with soft malt and a drop of orange oil, with a round oaky character like a particularly buttery chardonnay (yet not buttery enough to trigger my diacetyl aversion). Very dry, although there's a touch of sweetness through the middle, along with oaky tannins and a mild potpourri of herbs. The finish is pine and citrus pith with a firm bitterness that's amplified by the tannins.
Feel:
Light-medium body with very fine carbonation, which works with the hops and tannins to leave the palate tingling after every sip. Mild hop burn.
Overall:
Looks like a hazy NE-style IPA, but that's where the comparison ends. This is a rustic and slightly off-kilter IPA, spicy and woody and dry. The kind of thing Upright has always done so well. Layers of interest. Goes great with a good book and a rainy Spring afternoon.
May 12, 2025Look:
A nearly opaque apricot gold, capped with a tenacious off-white head that leaves lacing which slides back into the beer.
Smell:
Quite dry, with a pleasing combo of clean malt, grapefruit pith, pine, and woody notes (oak and cedar).
Taste:
Taste opens with soft malt and a drop of orange oil, with a round oaky character like a particularly buttery chardonnay (yet not buttery enough to trigger my diacetyl aversion). Very dry, although there's a touch of sweetness through the middle, along with oaky tannins and a mild potpourri of herbs. The finish is pine and citrus pith with a firm bitterness that's amplified by the tannins.
Feel:
Light-medium body with very fine carbonation, which works with the hops and tannins to leave the palate tingling after every sip. Mild hop burn.
Overall:
Looks like a hazy NE-style IPA, but that's where the comparison ends. This is a rustic and slightly off-kilter IPA, spicy and woody and dry. The kind of thing Upright has always done so well. Layers of interest. Goes great with a good book and a rainy Spring afternoon.
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