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Reuben's Brews

 

draught
Very small bubbled, thick and sustaining head. Crystal clear amber gold color. Malted, spiced orange peel aroma. Full, concentrated orange peel flavor with distinct sharpness but not unpleasantly bitter. The malt is making the body full but not really noticeable flavor wise. In the finish, there is orange peel with the tiniest malt note with it at the end.

 

16oz can dated 2/3/21 poured into a Teku on 3/6/21.

Pours 1" of frothy white head. Slightly translucent yellow-orange.

Assertive aromas of melon, pine, biscuit, honey, and citrus.

Taste follows the nose with an eponymous bitter finish. Emphasis on melon and pine flavors.

Sticky, oily, and resinous mouthfeel. Astringent and medium-heavy in body.

Delicious and delivers on its promise of strong, bitter flavor. Between this and Gobsmacked!, this is my preferred Reuben's TIPA. Exceptional.

Rueben is one of Seattle’s finest and this brew is one of their best, IMO. Delicious orange marmalade spread on graham crackers. I love how the rich caramel malts temper any kind of bitter finish. This is a beast of a brew, but it is far from bombastic, lovely!

 

Pint can poured in to a nonic glass. Pkgd on 02/04/20.

Look- Clear golden amber color, large pillowy bright white head with great retention and thick lacing. heavy carbonation streaming as it sits.

Smell- Huge hits of bright citrus, tropical and stone fruits, a bit of melon, faint pine and light white pepper, honey and bready malt, other spicy/herbal notes.

Taste- As the nose eludes to with a very hoppy/herbaceous finish.

Feel- Medium bodied, very crisp and dry, starts out sweet with a lingering bitter finish, pretty well balanced. Moderate carbonation on the tongue.

O- Reuben's nailed this one. A great DIP/TIP. Despite the name not really bitter at all. Yum.

 

 

$ 6.29 (Including shipping)/16 oz can ($ 0.393/oz) from Tavour, Seattle, WA. Reviewed 4/16/19.
Date smeared on bottom rim of can but Tavour says it was packaged 2/7/19. Stored at 42 degrees and served at 42 degrees in a hand washed and dried Jester King snifter.
Appearance – 3.75.
Body – Yellow, clear.
Head – Large (Maximum four cm, aggressive center pour), white, high density, average retention, diminishing to a two mm ring and a thin partial cap.
Lacing – None, but not unexpected for a 10.5% ABV.
First pour – Bright yellow, clear.
Aroma – 4 – Strong citrus and floral which slowly weakens.
Flavor – 3.75 – Moderately bitter with some weak generic citrus. No alcohol (10.5 % ABV), no dimethylsulfide, no diacetyl.
Palate – 3.5 – Medium, watery, lively carbonation.
Impression and interpretation – 3.5 – Decent aroma but little flavor or bitterness. A very weak gastric warming eventually occurs. OK but not great.

 

Golden with a little effervescent haze, this left about an inch of stark white head. Nose is piney, veggie and honey in equal parts. Taste is tongue scrapingly bitter pine, a touch of honey and another blast of damn bitter but this wave contains some undeniable heat, not unlike that mouthwash burn. Medium bodied and little aftertaste.

 

 

 

Canned 7th Feb, purchased at Market of Choice.

A clear orange with a large white head with good retention and lacing. The house is deliciously bright, fruity and bitter with pungent pine, citrus peel, mandarin, clementine, ripe peach and some melon. Mildly boozy as well but the alcohol is well integrated into the nose. The palate opens bitter, pungent and resiny with pine, weed grapefruit, before peach and melon notes appear. The mid palate has a mild sweetness, but really, as this warms up, this takes on a brash, boozy note that is strangely appealing.

16oz can (canned 02/07/2019) poured into a nonik pint at 49°F. The 2019 recipe shows 10.5% ABV, 80+ IBU, and six pounds of Amarillo, Citra, Azacca, and Simcoe hops per barrel.

L: Pours a pale golden color with white head. Crystal clear. Small head on this one, although I had one last night from the same pack which had a huge head that lasted forever.

S: Citrus and pine. Not very strong, but a very clean aroma.

T: Tropical fruit and citrus. Pine comes on the finish and there is a very long finish on this beer.

F: Medium body but much lighter than you would expect for a triple IPA. Good carbonation, not sticky and syrupy like many IPAs.

O: Excellent triple IPA. Good hop flavors and good balance without being thick and sticky.

Purchased a 4 pack of cans from the brewery (first time this beer has been packaged in cans!). Packaged on 2/7.
Pours as a typical NW IPA, shining clear gold.
Smell is a bit underwhelming for a tipa, but I get notes of citrus and pine.
Flavor is big and bold, starting with loads of tropical fruit, but shortly followed by loads of citrus like sweet grapefruit, orange peel and lemon. It ends with plenty of that pine bitterness and it sticks around in your mouth a while after your sip, in a good way.
Not too thick like some tipa's, just a nice medium and smooth beer.

 

 

Clear, deep gold body; thick, rocky head. Heavy pine resin scent with notes of caramel. Heavy sweetness with a strong resinous and bitter flavor. Heavy and coarse body; oily.

An outstanding TIPA, exuding lots of malt grain backbone with a strong yet balanced hop bitterness and oily quality. Deep, complex, and very inviting.

2018-03-21
22oz bottle served in a nonic pint. Dated 02/01/18. Given to me by my kids for my birthday.

Pours a slightly hazy golden color with a medium to large head and not a lot of carbonation. Smell is refreshing, mostly pine, a little tropical juice.

Taste is primarily pine bitterness, with some floral / citrus on the outskirts. It has a brief flash of honey sweetness when it hits the tongue, but it's quickly drowned out.

Mouthfeel is resinous. Overall, good, solid beer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From a 650 ml bottle (dated February 1, 2016) to a tulip. Reviewed from notes dated March 21, 2016.

A-The beer is honey-orange in color and nearly clear with about one finger of lightly tinted head on top. The foam is dense and retention is pretty good. Lacing clings to the glass.

S-The aroma is pretty dank and resinous compared to many hopped up beers I have had recently. Caramalt sweetness is higher too. Also some toast in there. A little bit of alcohol heat goes along with hop notes of orange, light pine, and light lime. Nothing crazy.

T-The taste offers a bit more than the nose. I pick up more citrus flavors like zesty orange, some lime, as well as vague melon notes, and a bit of white pepper spice. Bitterness is moderate and there is more malt happening here than on many newer style IIPAs.

M-The body is slightly slick with lower than average levels of carbonation. A bit of an oily feel on the tongue.

O-This is a nice, balanced IIPA. It doesn't melt my face with hops or bitterness and for 10.5% ABV beer, the alcohol is pretty well concealed. Glad I got to try this one (thanks Joe!), but I wouldn't go hunting to the ends of the universe to drink it again.