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Vertex IPA
DESTIHL Brewery
- From:
- DESTIHL Brewery
- Illinois, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 6.3%
- Score:
- 81
- Avg:
- 3.58 | pDev: 13.97%
- Reviews:
- 47
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 17, 2021
- Added:
- Feb 15, 2012
- Wants:
- 4
- Gots:
- 44
This West Coast/Rocky Mountain-style India Pale Ale is back-hopped for a more intense hop bitterness, flavor and aroma without the balance of caramel malts like our Midwest-style Baldock IPA. It has medium-high alcohol content, high fruity, floral and citrus-like American-varietal hop character, deep golden color and medium maltiness.
76 IBU
76 IBU
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Reviewed by milkshakebeersucks from Maryland
3.88/5 rDev +8.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.88/5 rDev +8.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Lightly hazed, bright gold appearance with decent size white head and a fair amount of lacing. Subtle aroma of pine and citrus. Taste comes on a little stronger as the citrus asserts itself, the bitterness unfolds and the alcohol becomes more noticeable. Real nice, dry, lingering aftertaste as it finishes.
Jan 17, 2021Reviewed by Suds from Missouri
3.89/5 rDev +8.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.89/5 rDev +8.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
There are so many IPA's....so many are drinkable and respectable. This one fits in that category. From an aluminum can, it is a pale gold color. The head is soapy and brilliantly white. Soapy. The aroma is grassy, with some malt and grain. Full body. Semi-Sweet. It is a common style, and similar to many others, but wonderful when it is in you glass.
Feb 21, 2020Reviewed by defunksta from Wisconsin
3.47/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.47/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
Appearance: Pours a completely clear, medium golden color with a foamy, head that flattens. (3.75)
Aroma: Huge aromas of peach, pineapple, and passionfruit. Ripe and canned sweet peach. There is also rich, buttered popcorn flavor. Maybe some diacetyl. Fruity all the way through. (3.5)
Flavor: Flavor follows the nose with tons of pineapple, passionfruit, and peach. It's so ripe, almost to the point of being buttery. I think it's ripe fruit that gives the buttered popcorn flavor, and not the diacetyl. A slight toasty malt profile. I know they use Vienna malts in this, but it's not overwhelming. Finishes sweeter and not really any bitterness. (3.50)
Feel: Heavier bodied, sweeter and slightly syrupy. It's delicious, but yes, fruity and sweet. (3.50)
Overall: I"m not sure how this beer actually classifies as midwest. It's fully-hopped and fruity. Maybe the heavier body and sweetness make them think it's a midwest beer. But no, there are much more complex and balanced midwest in other midwest IPAs to define the style. You can't just add malts and sweetness and call it a midwest IPA. If you're going to call it a midwest, it better be backed-up. It's delicious, but lower rating because of that. I'd call this a fruity, heavier, and sweeter IPA. (Final Rating 3.47)
Aug 11, 2019Aroma: Huge aromas of peach, pineapple, and passionfruit. Ripe and canned sweet peach. There is also rich, buttered popcorn flavor. Maybe some diacetyl. Fruity all the way through. (3.5)
Flavor: Flavor follows the nose with tons of pineapple, passionfruit, and peach. It's so ripe, almost to the point of being buttery. I think it's ripe fruit that gives the buttered popcorn flavor, and not the diacetyl. A slight toasty malt profile. I know they use Vienna malts in this, but it's not overwhelming. Finishes sweeter and not really any bitterness. (3.50)
Feel: Heavier bodied, sweeter and slightly syrupy. It's delicious, but yes, fruity and sweet. (3.50)
Overall: I"m not sure how this beer actually classifies as midwest. It's fully-hopped and fruity. Maybe the heavier body and sweetness make them think it's a midwest beer. But no, there are much more complex and balanced midwest in other midwest IPAs to define the style. You can't just add malts and sweetness and call it a midwest IPA. If you're going to call it a midwest, it better be backed-up. It's delicious, but lower rating because of that. I'd call this a fruity, heavier, and sweeter IPA. (Final Rating 3.47)
Reviewed by deleted_user_1111368 from Delaware
3.71/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.71/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Canned 1-29-19
Light cloudiness, Not much on the nose.. light citrus, mild onion. Taste is the same as the nose, except no onion presence. Mild at best for the citrus but not bad. Thin MF, nice balance of bitterness and carbonation.
Overall, this is an okay beer, not sure if I'd have another go with it though.
Apr 12, 2019Light cloudiness, Not much on the nose.. light citrus, mild onion. Taste is the same as the nose, except no onion presence. Mild at best for the citrus but not bad. Thin MF, nice balance of bitterness and carbonation.
Overall, this is an okay beer, not sure if I'd have another go with it though.
Reviewed by Griffin2 from Virginia
3.4/5 rDev -5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.4/5 rDev -5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Poured from a 12 oz can into a willi becher pint glass.
L - Pours a medium amber color with a nice white head.
S - Smells of tropical fruits.
T - Taste matches the smell, getting some pineapple and mango. A little weird flavor on the finish.
F - Medium body and carbonation.
O - Decent IPA
Mar 21, 2019L - Pours a medium amber color with a nice white head.
S - Smells of tropical fruits.
T - Taste matches the smell, getting some pineapple and mango. A little weird flavor on the finish.
F - Medium body and carbonation.
O - Decent IPA
Reviewed by jadpsu from Georgia
3.86/5 rDev +7.8%
look: 4.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.86/5 rDev +7.8%
look: 4.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Purchased off the single rack at Legacy.
LOOK: Pours a very light , pale somewhat cloudy, yellow with a full 2 finger snow white head that has great retention
and lacing, showing little, if any, settling. Appearance on this one is outstanding.
AROMA: Mangoes most noticeable as well as some back up of bread malts.
TASTE: Get an immediate mango flavor. Some spicy hops but biscuit and bread malts are most prominent.
FEEL and OVERALL: Mildly sour, earthy. I liked this one.
Feb 14, 2019LOOK: Pours a very light , pale somewhat cloudy, yellow with a full 2 finger snow white head that has great retention
and lacing, showing little, if any, settling. Appearance on this one is outstanding.
AROMA: Mangoes most noticeable as well as some back up of bread malts.
TASTE: Get an immediate mango flavor. Some spicy hops but biscuit and bread malts are most prominent.
FEEL and OVERALL: Mildly sour, earthy. I liked this one.
Rated by Rimbimhoot from Illinois
3.73/5 rDev +4.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.73/5 rDev +4.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Sweet berries, orange, sweet malt, smarties, pine
Sep 09, 2018
Vertex IPA from DESTIHL Brewery
Beer rating:
81 out of
100 with
240 ratings
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