Chief Of Chiefs - Double Dry-Hopped
Bearded Iris Brewing

 

 

Canned 10/12/22; drank 12/1/22 @ the Barbarian.

Opaque orange appearance.

Small off-white head; decent lace.

Grapefruit, dry grass & faint grape notes in the nose.

Medium mouthfeel.

Tangy grapefruit & dry grass flavors; mild booze heat on the finish.

Tangy & dry; drinkable but not real enjoyable.

 

 

473 ml can, from Vinmonopolet Kvadrat. ABV is 7.5%. Very cloudy yellow colour, moderate to small coarse white head. Distinct aroma of spruce and pine, tropical fruits in the background. The flavour has citrus and tropical fruits, followed by distinct piney notes. Medium bitterness.

 

 

 

A - Medium hazy to opaque golden orange color dense moderate lacing with a thin layer of white cream resting on top.

S - Peach, melon, berry, herbal, tangerine, and some pineapple.

T - Dank pineapple, spicy pineapple rind, pithy tropical fruit, spicy/peppery grapefruit rind, and finishes on the sweeter side with lingering citrus peppery spiciness.

M - Big medium body with some slight chewy frothiness.

O - This is a rock solid New England style IPA that's packed with alot of flavor. Definitely worth checking.

A - Pours a pale orange color, almost completely opaque, with just a hint of transparency if you look in from above. The head pours bright white, short and quick to fade to a ring and a subtle cast over the top. Lacing is extensive, curtain bubbles.

S - A pungent fruit cocktail, primarily citrus in the form of tangerine, orange, and grapefruit, with pineapple and peach elements, and just a bit of resin and pine tingling on the nose as the it fades away.

T - Big and bright fruit in the front, the citrus predominant, tropical and stone fruit in the middle along with a growing grapefruit zest presence, and a slightly bitter pith note to finish, along with some minty highlights in the close.

M - Slightly prickly carbonation and acidity combine, moderate weight, and a fairly dry finish for a NEIPA. There is some resin build on the tongue over time.

O - This is a surprisingly good show, delicious with a lovely nose. The feel is a bit taxing over time, but given how much is packed into this fine brew, it is hardly too big a knock. I would seek this out again, certainly.

Pick this up on a whim while out of town......great brew......lots of tropical notes.....low bitterness.....great feel....luck out on this blind purchase

Had this beer at the brewery. I found this beer similar to Homestyle in that it looked and smelled good but the taste and finish were very disappointing and I truly don’t understand the ratings on this site. This beer was hard to finish because the taste and drinkability is not there. The hops suffer, just flat, uninteresting and the back end is astringent and lacking. I couldn’t finish it. It just wasn’t good.

 

 

 

 

Pours a hazy amber golden color with a slight head and lacing
Aroma has tropical and citrus hints
The taste follows the nose with a nice tropical and citrus, but dominant grapefruit flavor
A medium bodied well carbonated beer
A well balanced NE IPA

Almost the perfect beer. Nice color hazy yellow. Scent of orange, tropical, and grapefruit peel.
Taste is well done with just the right amount of bitterness to keep you coming back for another sip.
Overall Bearded Iris Is on the map to see what else they make to try

L:. Pours a hazy grapefruit juice yellow with a foamy white head and no lacing.

S:. Wheat mixed with a sugary sweetness, notes of lemon, orange, citrus and tropical fruit, nothing stands out too much in the aroma.

T:. Wheat mixed, with orange, citrus, lemon and some tropical fruit, nothing really stands out in the taste.

F:. Creamy smooth body.

O:. The can was a touch old but this really seems to fall off a bit quickly.

CAN
Milky tarnished brass with leggy white head; sweaty grapefruit nose settles into dried mango; green tangerine, white peaches, underripe cassava, spruce, scallion and green leafiness; soft, salty, some scratch, dry.

4 4.25 4 4 4.25

Citra, Mosaic, Simcoe

Jan 28 canning - 10 weeks old, which is on the edge for a NEIPA, to me.
That doesn’t seem to have dented the nose, which takes a couple of turns + promises much. What it gives is entirely different: more bitter, clean, acidic, citrussy and sharp than I’d expect from any NEIPA. It’s like all the toughest sides of both Citra + Simcoe; Mosaic is mostly showing in savoury ways.
As I get through the second half it goes more tropical (should I have rolled the can?) but also more oniony. Diesel notes are also cutting through; I’m wondering if the DDH is not making this a better beer or how the esters are supposed to fight their way through. Almost works better if you don’t think of it as a NEIPA.

Takes no prisoners.

 

16 oz can, dated 1/28/21. Pours murky dark yellow with a medium fine white head that goes to a thin film that leaves some lacing.

The aroma is sweet tropical fruit with wheat malt and some spicy hops.

The flavor is wheat malt with a little fruit and resiny floral grassy hops that are pretty bitter. The mouthfeel is medium bodied and a bit soft.

Overall, decent, but I remember liking some of their others better.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16oz can. Poured out a cloudy, golden orange color with a small, off-white head of bubbly foam. It left sticky sheets of lace on the glass. It smelled of guava, mango and grapefruit with some sweet caramel notes. Great tropical fruit taste with caramel and a piney bitterness.

 

Fabulous beer as always from BI. Citrusy with some piney notes.

2020-12-23
16oz can served in a big snifter. Bought it from Tavour. Dated 10.??.20. Can't read the day.

Pours a hazy, almost luminous whitish-yellow with a big fluffy head that clings thickly to the sides of the glass. Smell is mild mango, more citrus and pineapple. Some pith and lemon zest.

Taste is mostly along the same lines -- less mango and pineapple, more pith and citrus, strong bitter citrus zest finish.

Mouthfeel is medium to light, very dry. Overall, very good beer.

Thus far, what I have tried from Bearded Iris gets me itching to visit the brewery. The last beer I consumed from this brewery was dry-hopped as well. I pulled the beer out and let it warm up around 50 degrees. I served the beer in a tulip glass. The beer produced a one-fingered creamy tan head with little retention. The head dissipated somewhat fast and left zero lacings on the glass. The color of the beer is SRM 3, pale straw color with light golden hues. The beer is hazy. The top of the beer shows signs of carbonation cresting towards the surface. I wanted to see more retention on the head and lacing on the glass. That is my only issue with the appearance; otherwise, the beer is beautiful.

Initial aromas in the beer are oranges, mangos, herbal, pineapple, and biscuit. Next, I smell floral esters, herbal, a hint of grapefruit, a scent of pine needles, and toasted malts. Lastly, I detect honey, lemon, and a touch of dank.

The first flavors I get are oranges, mangos, and grass. A second sip of the beer reveals notes of biscuit, honey, dank basement, straw, and a touch of a band-aid. Swirling the nectar in my mouth, I perceive lemons, pine needles, toasted malts, pineapple, huge floral esters, and grapefruit.

The mouthfeel of the beer is carbonated and dry.

The mouthfeel of the beer is medium, medium-plus carbonation, and a full finish.

The dry hop in the beer gives the beer a drier finish on this beer. The Mosaic hops are more prevalent in the beer than any other. The malt backbone in the beer is firm, giving the floral cones a chance to shine. An issue I have with this beer is the astringency tasting like a WCIPA. Yet the beer does have bright citrus flavors. I read this beer is a NEIPA, but to me, it tastes like a hybrid of both styles.

 

Had this 4 months old and still pretty damn good could only imagine how good it was when fresh!!! A brewery I need to keep my eye out for. Didn’t even know there were NE ipas in Tennessee.

 

 

A: The beer is very hazy yellow in color. It poured with a quarter finger high white head that left a thin layer of bubbles covering the surface and lots of lacing down the sides of the glass.
S: Moderate aromas of gooseberries are present in the nose.
T: The taste follows the smell and has additional notes of grapefruit and hints of lychee. Only a slight amount of bitterness is perceptible.
M: It feels medium-bodied, juicy and a little crisp on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: I enjoyed the contrasting flavors of gooseberry and grapefruit in this IPA.

Serving type: can