Red Handed
Bearded Iris Brewing

 

Thanks @jasonja1474 !

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Poured from 16 oz can dated 1/16/2018. I’m Mary Poppins y’all inscribed on the bottom.

A: Cloudy golden yellow with one finger white head. Nice retention and moderate lacing.

S: Soft tropical citrus mixed with dank resinous hops. Mango, passion fruit, and tangerine.

T: Mango, passion fruit, grapefruit, and resinous pine. Tons of hop flavor without being overly bitter.

M: Medium body with average carbonation. Slight lingering hop bite.

O: Another outstanding beer from BI.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks goes out to Buck89 for this brew.

16 oz. Can
Canned On: 06/19/17

My second from this brewery.

Poured into a Tired Hands glass a very nice cloudy orangy color, very nice carbonation, with a very nice thick/creamy one-finger off-white head, which also leaves some pretty nice creamy sticky lacing behind. The nose is pretty nice, hoppy, malty, with a nice citrus complex (orange, tangerine, grapefruit, mango), pretty nice pineyness. The taste is pretty nice, hoppy, malty, very nice citrus complex (orange, tangerine, grapefruit, mango), pretty nice pine note. Medium body, ABV hidden pretty well, with a nice dry/bitter finish. Overall, this is a very tasty brew. Addictive! Glad to have gotten a chance to try it. Thanks John!

 

32 oz growler from Buddha from Jez. Dank n weedy. So good!

 

Dark hazy orange, a touch of lace. Piney aroma. Fruity and piney flavor with something odd on the finish. A bit prickly on the mouthfeel. A decent IPA but not one I'd seek out unless I was inTennessee.

Hazy in color, very hazy. The nose is heavy of hops. The taste has way less juicy than other Bearded Iris beers and has more bitterness...which is ok too. I like this as a more typical IPA than the New England style....but still prefer Tunnel Vision

 

 

 

 

 

 

16 oz can, dated 4/7/17

Pours a murky golden orange, generating a pleasant white head
Nice lacing coats the glass.

Lots of tropical notes on the nose: mango and pineapple meet with a piney, resinous hop aroma.

Hop flavors dominate here, more tropical mango and pineapple balanced well by dank, resinous, and pine character. There is a slight sweetness.

Mouth feel is smooth and fuller in body. Alcohol is warming.

Very nice DIPA here. Appearance is through the roof and the stage is set for a really good juicy, hoppy, tropical DIPA with a smooth mouth feel.

 

 

 

It was tough to decide between this and Attention Please for best DIPA by Bearded Iris.

Very different than AP though. Much more pine and grassy flavor. Still incredibly smooth.

 

Could be this is an off can since this experience doesn't match others, though butter appears in reviews here and on other sites. YMMV

Some there are who likely think this beer a murky mess, but I am not one of those I must in truth confess. This chunky monkey turbid beauty looks to me like gold, and in its cloudy depths a hoppy future is foretold. A sniff reveals a hit of diacetyl's butter smell. This isn't a good sign, I guess. What does it foretell? Buttered popcorn strongly smelled is not just in my mind. Diacetyl beer is not a happy thing to find. Ugh, the taste confirms it, this is not a decent beer, and soon I shall dispose it in the sink, I sadly fear. More sips confirm the verdict, diacetyl is at play, no matter how I wish that it would simply go away. And so beware all those who seek Red Handed IPA. I think you won't enjoy it is 'bout all there's left to say. But that's how beer is sometimes, and ya know, I am not vexed. And now the only thought I have is hmmm, what beer is next?