Red X IPA
Infusion Brewing Co.

I had the Infusion Brewing Red X IPA on tap at the Chop House in Omaha. The Chop House is an old school steakhouse that has updated and expanded their beer list.

Served in a snifter, the beer is a hazy, opaque red/rust with a thick & clingy beige head.

It has an aroma of pine resin, crackers and citrus.

The beer is bitter with big pine and semi-sweet malts that add a grainy quality. There is also some ripe apple and spice notes mid-glass. The spice notes remind me a bit of rye.

The mouth is oily and coating.

All-in-all an enjoyable beer!

Nkt bad...more malt than hops though IMHO.

 

 

 

it sure seemed like the hoppy stuff was the better beer from infusion. the pineapple ipa was amazing, and this one was really good too. its a nice rich red malty base beer, but its fairly dry by the middle, and is rather aggressively hoppy as well, i liked this one quite a lot. big frothy tan head on it, a brick red body color, and very active carbonation. it has a toasted nutty malt character, much less sweet than many other red types, maybe a specialty red barley malt in this. the hops have notes of pine to them, but arent as bitter as most ipa types, it ends up being a longer flavor experience, grain first then hops, juicy but not sweet, with tea-like elements. big fluffy body on it too, i really like the richness of it, and all the bubble keep it moving along nicely too. behind the pineapple ipa, this was the best beer i had from infusion this weekend. they seem to be all over the place with their stuff in terms of style and quality, but this is very well done, and a little something different for an ipa.