Red Desert
Wabasha Brewing Co.
- From:
- Wabasha Brewing Co.
- Minnesota, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
Ranked #3,096 - ABV:
- 7.3%
- Score:
- 86
Ranked #24,901 - Avg:
- 3.81 | pDev: 7.61%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 5
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jul 26, 2022
- Added:
- Jul 02, 2016
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 2
SCORE
86
Very Good
86
Very Good
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by LesDewitt4beer from Minnesota
3.82/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.82/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
12oz bottle into a 16oz glass.
L: lightly clouded red caramel, white fluffy head, ok carbonation, some lacing.
S: citrus and caramel, esters.
T: sweet caramel malts, orange rind, cocoa toasted malts, light citrus, pine. Good balance.
F: heavy bodied mouthfeel, moderately bitter, smooth & lightly creamy, long finish.
O: Fairly easy drinking for it's ABV. It's long finish is sort of drying. It is very good in it's style.
Oct 12, 2021L: lightly clouded red caramel, white fluffy head, ok carbonation, some lacing.
S: citrus and caramel, esters.
T: sweet caramel malts, orange rind, cocoa toasted malts, light citrus, pine. Good balance.
F: heavy bodied mouthfeel, moderately bitter, smooth & lightly creamy, long finish.
O: Fairly easy drinking for it's ABV. It's long finish is sort of drying. It is very good in it's style.
Reviewed by morimech from Minnesota
3.79/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.79/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Looks a bit murky and has a large long lasting head. Plenty of lacing is left behind. Aroma of citrus hops and caramel malts. But not that aromatic. Sweet malt flavor that is a bit fruity. Not at all bitter. Citrus hop flavors but I wanted more. I like it more as a sample in the store than what I have getting through the bottle. Enjoyable body that is smoothly carbonated.
May 03, 2019
Reviewed by gatornation from Arizona
4.1/5 rDev +7.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.1/5 rDev +7.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pours a golden amber color with a fresh white head. Smell is malty with baked bread with citrus aromas. Taste had nice citrus hops mixed with pine. baked bread malts with some caramel very nice. Mouth feel was creamy smooth with some dry bitterness,very impressed with this brew.
Dec 08, 2018
Reviewed by ctylinebeer from Pennsylvania
3.91/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
3.91/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
22 oz bottle poured into an IPA glass. Bought at The Ale Jail in Saint Paul, MN. Relatively new brewery in Saint Paul. Named after the limestone caves that line the edge of the city. First time drinking their beer!
L - amber red color, shiny jewel like body, foamy frothy white head, super tight lacing
S - medium light aroma, pine, toasted malt, hint of tropical fruit
T - amber/pilsner malt followed immediately by pine bitter hops. Resin is medium plus. Reminds me of a Fat Tire with hops but more toasty and less malty.
F - super smooth beer. pilsner type feel, medium alcohol, resinous hops in that order. Very even keel, super balanced
O - first time having a beer from this brewery and I love it! I have noticed a similarity between Surly and Summit in how the water is and you can tell that the water in Minnesota makes some really good beer. Super crisp and clean water, the hops definitely add some brut to it. Red Desert IPA lives up to it's name. Cheers!
Feb 09, 2017L - amber red color, shiny jewel like body, foamy frothy white head, super tight lacing
S - medium light aroma, pine, toasted malt, hint of tropical fruit
T - amber/pilsner malt followed immediately by pine bitter hops. Resin is medium plus. Reminds me of a Fat Tire with hops but more toasty and less malty.
F - super smooth beer. pilsner type feel, medium alcohol, resinous hops in that order. Very even keel, super balanced
O - first time having a beer from this brewery and I love it! I have noticed a similarity between Surly and Summit in how the water is and you can tell that the water in Minnesota makes some really good beer. Super crisp and clean water, the hops definitely add some brut to it. Red Desert IPA lives up to it's name. Cheers!
Reviewed by pat61 from Minnesota
4.07/5 rDev +6.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.07/5 rDev +6.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
L: Pours hazy copper amber under a 1” cream to tan colored foam cap that takes 3 minutes to recede to 1/3.” The beer clears as it warms.
S: Light toast, citrus, a trace of caramel and some earthiness. .
T: Starts with sweet caramel, orange, orange rind bitterness. It dries on the finish with a slight hop astringency. The malt flavors are medium high, the hop flavors are medium to medium high, alcohol is medium, dark fruit flavors are low, citrus is medium to medium high, floral character is medium low. No burnt or harsh flavors, no sourness.
F: Very creamy, medium body and carbonation
O: A full flavored, very drinkable IPA.
Jul 05, 2016S: Light toast, citrus, a trace of caramel and some earthiness. .
T: Starts with sweet caramel, orange, orange rind bitterness. It dries on the finish with a slight hop astringency. The malt flavors are medium high, the hop flavors are medium to medium high, alcohol is medium, dark fruit flavors are low, citrus is medium to medium high, floral character is medium low. No burnt or harsh flavors, no sourness.
F: Very creamy, medium body and carbonation
O: A full flavored, very drinkable IPA.
Rated by Hopheadjeffery from Illinois
3.25/5 rDev -14.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.25/5 rDev -14.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Tasted in a Spiegelau IPA glass from a 22 oz bottle on July 1, 2016.
Jul 02, 2016
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