Overtones
Bearded Iris Brewing
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- Style:
- IPA - Imperial
Ranked #2,468 - ABV:
- 8.2%
- Score:
- 90
Ranked #16,682 - Avg:
- 4.07 | pDev: 6.88%
- Reviews:
- 3
- Ratings:
- From:
- Bearded Iris Brewing
- Tennessee, United States
- Avail:
- Rotating/Seasonal
- Wants
- 0
- Gots
- 0
SCORE
90
Outstanding
90
Outstanding
Notes:
Double IPA hopped with Citra, Amarillo, and Mosaic
Reviews: 3
| Ratings: 16
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Reviews by BEERchitect:
BEERchitect from Kentucky
4.49/5 rDev +10.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Putting a few of the sexiest hops on the planet to work, Bearded Iris continues to churn out amazingly fruity imperial IPA with the classic smooth bitterness and an appearance that looks like golden mashed potatoes.
Turbid and murky, the golden, light amber ale's opaque appearance rests underneath a creamy off white froth. All that precedes an aromatic array that starts with tangy citrus, succulent tropical fruit and an herbal complement to balance the nose. Juicy in flavor, the beer's light caramel and honey maltiness rounds the early palate and its creaminess seems like angel food cake.
Sweetness is slow to release, meanwhile the hops lay fruity tracks that use the malt sweetness as an accessory to their sweet fruit puree and juice impressions. Tangerine, pink grapefruit and lemon highlight the beer's fresh squeezed, tangy citrus character while mango, passionfruit and pineapple fuel the succulent tang of tropical fruit. Grassy, spicy and cast with the bite of geranium and chive, the finish is smoothly herbal with a botanical help-like array.
Medium bodied but seeming fuller because of the beer's light and fluffy cake-like malts that resists any rapid ability to dry. Its that sweetness and body that facilitates the beer's seductive fruit flavors while the ale trails into a medium long aftertaste of muddled grasses and tropical fruit peel.
Jul 18, 2017
4.49/5 rDev +10.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Putting a few of the sexiest hops on the planet to work, Bearded Iris continues to churn out amazingly fruity imperial IPA with the classic smooth bitterness and an appearance that looks like golden mashed potatoes.
Turbid and murky, the golden, light amber ale's opaque appearance rests underneath a creamy off white froth. All that precedes an aromatic array that starts with tangy citrus, succulent tropical fruit and an herbal complement to balance the nose. Juicy in flavor, the beer's light caramel and honey maltiness rounds the early palate and its creaminess seems like angel food cake.
Sweetness is slow to release, meanwhile the hops lay fruity tracks that use the malt sweetness as an accessory to their sweet fruit puree and juice impressions. Tangerine, pink grapefruit and lemon highlight the beer's fresh squeezed, tangy citrus character while mango, passionfruit and pineapple fuel the succulent tang of tropical fruit. Grassy, spicy and cast with the bite of geranium and chive, the finish is smoothly herbal with a botanical help-like array.
Medium bodied but seeming fuller because of the beer's light and fluffy cake-like malts that resists any rapid ability to dry. Its that sweetness and body that facilitates the beer's seductive fruit flavors while the ale trails into a medium long aftertaste of muddled grasses and tropical fruit peel.
Jul 18, 2017
More User Reviews:
AlexFields from Tennessee
3.9/5 rDev -4.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Jul 02, 2017
3.9/5 rDev -4.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Jul 02, 2017
dfhhead25 from Pennsylvania
3.9/5 rDev -4.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Aug 14, 2017
3.9/5 rDev -4.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Aug 14, 2017
elkinbrown from Tennessee
4.7/5 rDev +15.5%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
Jul 19, 2017
4.7/5 rDev +15.5%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
Jul 19, 2017
mecmd from Tennessee
4.21/5 rDev +3.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Jun 29, 2017
4.21/5 rDev +3.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Jun 29, 2017
GaToWyo from Colorado
4.08/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Jun 17, 2017
4.08/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Jun 17, 2017
c-rum from Missouri
4.02/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Jul 04, 2017
4.02/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Jul 04, 2017
GDawgs34 from Georgia
3.64/5 rDev -10.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Jul 05, 2017
3.64/5 rDev -10.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Jul 05, 2017
AmeriCanadian from Tennessee
4.14/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Poured from a two-week-old can into a tulip. A lot more west coast IPA influences in this beer compared to most other BI offerings. Body is a pretty golden-copper with a light haze but no brininess or pulp. My gentle pour created a 2-finger fluffy white head that initially held form but fizzled to a thin coating after about the third or forth sip. Little bit of soft lacing down the side of the glass.
The west coast IPA characteristics take over in the aroma. Very dank, resinous, and earthy. There's a little bit of balance, here, with light biscuit, grass, and dry straw. But certainly the biggest punch (when you get past the dank pine) is orange, pineapple, tropical fruit, brown sugar, and a little green onion. As the beer warms I get more damp hemp notes.
Taste is relatively balanced for a BI beer, with a lot of gummy malt and minty herbalness up front. Then I get waves of dank resin and candied citrus and berries. Sweet but not cloying at all. There's mild bitterness but it's very clean and doesn't linger long. Lots of grassiness and a little wheat cracker. Very earthy. As the beer warms I get some strong lemony notes coming through.
Average body and mouthfeel (for a big IPA or IIPA) -- not as pillowy and velvety as some of BI's other offerings, but still silky and very smooth. And just the right amount of carbonation. You really don't notice the 8%+ ABV at all.
Not a dramatic change of pace from BI's NE-influenced brews, but a little different and still very good.
Jun 25, 2017
4.14/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Poured from a two-week-old can into a tulip. A lot more west coast IPA influences in this beer compared to most other BI offerings. Body is a pretty golden-copper with a light haze but no brininess or pulp. My gentle pour created a 2-finger fluffy white head that initially held form but fizzled to a thin coating after about the third or forth sip. Little bit of soft lacing down the side of the glass.
The west coast IPA characteristics take over in the aroma. Very dank, resinous, and earthy. There's a little bit of balance, here, with light biscuit, grass, and dry straw. But certainly the biggest punch (when you get past the dank pine) is orange, pineapple, tropical fruit, brown sugar, and a little green onion. As the beer warms I get more damp hemp notes.
Taste is relatively balanced for a BI beer, with a lot of gummy malt and minty herbalness up front. Then I get waves of dank resin and candied citrus and berries. Sweet but not cloying at all. There's mild bitterness but it's very clean and doesn't linger long. Lots of grassiness and a little wheat cracker. Very earthy. As the beer warms I get some strong lemony notes coming through.
Average body and mouthfeel (for a big IPA or IIPA) -- not as pillowy and velvety as some of BI's other offerings, but still silky and very smooth. And just the right amount of carbonation. You really don't notice the 8%+ ABV at all.
Not a dramatic change of pace from BI's NE-influenced brews, but a little different and still very good.
Jun 25, 2017
Thedusanmandic from Ohio
4.53/5 rDev +11.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
Aug 31, 2017
4.53/5 rDev +11.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
Aug 31, 2017
Buck89 from Tennessee
4.09/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Poured into a snifter. Much less hazy than their typical IPAs and looks more like a classic IPA - moderately hazy and golden-amber in the glass. A modest, frothy off-white head settled slowly. Bright fruity aromas: berries, pineapple, tangerine, and faint resin. This was not sweet per se, but the fruity flavors and the high ABV gave that impression. More berries and tropical fruit. A bit of bready malt and dankness to balance it out. A slight bit of heat on the finish but certainly in line and not boozy. The feel was on the soft side - another excellent beer.
Jun 27, 2017
4.09/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Poured into a snifter. Much less hazy than their typical IPAs and looks more like a classic IPA - moderately hazy and golden-amber in the glass. A modest, frothy off-white head settled slowly. Bright fruity aromas: berries, pineapple, tangerine, and faint resin. This was not sweet per se, but the fruity flavors and the high ABV gave that impression. More berries and tropical fruit. A bit of bready malt and dankness to balance it out. A slight bit of heat on the finish but certainly in line and not boozy. The feel was on the soft side - another excellent beer.
Jun 27, 2017
Zazzi82 from Tennessee
3.84/5 rDev -5.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Jul 02, 2017
3.84/5 rDev -5.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Jul 02, 2017
vabeerguy from Virginia
4.1/5 rDev +0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Jul 17, 2017
4.1/5 rDev +0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Jul 17, 2017
Dankacheese from Illinois
3.84/5 rDev -5.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Sep 15, 2017
3.84/5 rDev -5.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Sep 15, 2017
StoutBruin2 from Tennessee
3.75/5 rDev -7.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Aug 04, 2017
3.75/5 rDev -7.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Aug 04, 2017
brunsojw from Tennessee
4.09/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
This was a lot sweeter up front than expected!
I get lots of mango, orange, and lemon flavor.
Overall, another solid beer from these guys.
Jul 14, 2017
4.09/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
This was a lot sweeter up front than expected!
I get lots of mango, orange, and lemon flavor.
Overall, another solid beer from these guys.
Jul 14, 2017
Overtones from Bearded Iris Brewing
Beer rating:
90 out of
100 with
16 ratings
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