The Real Peel IPA
Avery Brewing Company

Golden color. Big white head. Tangerine peel, pine and malt in aroma. Balanced taste with decent, hoppy bitterness and fruity notes. Malt on background.

 

 

Golden straw color, lots of sediment when poured, nice citrus smell, much more bitter than juicy taste

 

 

12 ounce can poured into a tulip glass.

L---Slightly hazy orange/gold color. Nice white head with good retention and very good lacing. Lots of floating chunks of sediment that eventually settled to the bottom .

S---Smells maltier than hoppier. Some tangerine/orange is apparent.

T---Tangerine/orange comes through as normal citrus found in IPAs, not as the major ingredient in the beer. Citrus is the dominant flavor, there's some grapefruit, too.

F---Juicy and a bit tart. Has the ability to be pounded. I could definitely see more than one or two going down on a hot day.

O---I was expecting more from Avery. It's pretty run of the mill and doesn't stand out for having a tangerine presence.

 

 

An old specimen, so this isn't representative of the beer at its freshest. Big 'ol craggy head that quickly dissipates into your thin, off-white standard head. Light orange, slightly hazy with bits of yeast or whatever suspended throughout. I get the tangerines on the nose but no real hops. There's a sweet maltiness there too. Taste is less sweet, more bitter; tangerines come through on the back end. Medium-bodied. Not a bad beer at all, but I'll have to seek out a fresher offering before passing final judgement.

 

 

I was disappointed with this beer. Hoping for a nice shiny juicy IPA but all I got was malt and bitterness. It was missing the citrus smell and taste was not what I expected. Maybe I got a bad can. Looking at the bottom says canned on 01/05/2018 and I am drinking it at the end of July. That’s unfortunate. I won’t be going back for more