Imperial IPA
Worthy Brewing Co.

I love Worthy Brewing; all the beers I've tasted from them are great. I'm a big fan of IPAs and IIPAs and this one is really good. Rated 7-31-2023

This was beer #6 in the flight we had at the source last summer. Was crazy to think Hurricane Smashley was locked up in Bend at the same time, but it is what it is. Glad she is happy now. Anyways, takes the light orange color of crystal malt and drowns it in a glass. Off white head 1/3" deep. Aroma has a slight dry hop nose, its ok.

The taste moves forward with a bitterness that is grapefruit and tree. Very simplistic and you've had this imperial ipa literally hundreds of times if you've been drinking them since the 90s. For whatever reason, the PacNW still delves in this kind of ipa. Crystal malt, classic C hop, 80 ibu kind of stuff. Comes dangerously close to being classified as an English ipa, very much reminded me of Great Basin's Imperial Icky, just lots of malt and relatively speaking, less hop bite and flavor. Was my least favorite of the 6 ipas I had from this brewery, the type of ipa I avoid.

 

 

 

 

 

Cloudy, honey-orange color with a slightly sweet aroma. Bitter-to-sweet balance is excellent. High alcohol not apparent in flavour. Piney as opposed to citrusy hops that don't linger or stack sip after sip make it a home-run for me. Thicker than thinner mouth-feel, but far from feeling heavy. Only slightly better on tap than in the 12 oz. bottle. This is a nice Imperial IPA.

Bottle from Costco Salem- 22 ounce poured to tulip glass
Sight:Very good, very light amber/pale liquid., very hazy, medium off white foam
Smell: Very good, fragrant, hoppy
Taste: Very good, high bitterness, some sweetness
Mouthfeel: Very good, lively carbonation, long bitter follow through, good finish, bitter aftertaste stays in the palate very long
Overall: Very good beer, excellent for the price
repeat: yes
look for: no"

 

This was poured into a tulip. The appearance was a burnt/bronzed orange to brown color with a quickly dissipating white foamy head that left a speckled thin white lacing. The smell started off with a bitter to sweet grassy hoppiness. Light honey, some tobacco. Delicate pine - super far underneath. The flavor takes all of the previously mentioned aromas to combine gently to a slight sweet contour rolling into the aftertaste. Quick sweet caramel finish. On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a decent sipping to sessionable sort of sly feel to it. Carbonation rides fairly light all around. Overall, for a DIPA, it works, mostly nothing over the top, but I could see myself coming back to if needed.

Pretty good IPA. Had bottle in Bend.

 

Nicely hopped ale, piney hops cover the high ABV%. Deep golden color with small creamy head. Aroma is pine and citrus, taste is soft and malty, with hops on the finish. Well done all around.

On tap in Sisters Oregon.
The body is deep amber; good clarity with a very good white head.
Piney-hoppy aroma.
Medium body with medium carbonation.
Moderately bitter; more in the aftertaste. Too bitter overall.

Not a whole lot of flavor on this ipa followed by a boozy bitter taste. Simply doesn't cut it for a imperial ipa

 

 

Poured from a 22oz bottle, 8.5% ABV 85 IBU bottle says they use 8 varieties of hops.
L: Pour a copper amber thin head some spotty lacing.
S: Some hops there not a big nose.
T: Hop bitterness is there but somewhat weak for a Imperial.
F:Good mouth feel hops and malt work.
O: Lacking the hop hit and citrus hit for me more like a British IPA in my opinion.