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Sunglasses Needed
Bearded Iris Brewing

Beer Geek Stats
- From:
- Bearded Iris Brewing
- Tennessee, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 5.8%
- Score:
- Needs more ratings
- Avg:
- 4.02 | pDev: 5.47%
- Reviews:
- 1
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Nov 03, 2019
- Added:
- Aug 09, 2019
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Notes:
A CLEAR IPA WITH STYRIAN WOLF & SIMCOE
We can see clearly now the haze is gone. SUNGLASSES NEEDED subtly harnesses nostalgic coastal vibes of simcoe, but amplifies them with styrian wolf into bright notes of strawberry-watermelon slices and ripe clementine, for a clear IPA designed to feel like long afternoons taking in those radiant summer beams.
We can see clearly now the haze is gone. SUNGLASSES NEEDED subtly harnesses nostalgic coastal vibes of simcoe, but amplifies them with styrian wolf into bright notes of strawberry-watermelon slices and ripe clementine, for a clear IPA designed to feel like long afternoons taking in those radiant summer beams.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by AmeriCanadian from Tennessee
4.18/5 rDev +4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.18/5 rDev +4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Pours a fairly standard pale gold, but the clarity is remarkable (and for Bearded Iris, almost unheard of), there's plenty of tiny bubbles pouring up the glass, and the off-white head is quite robust and sticky for a smaller beer.
Tropical fruit, citrus, melon, lemongrass, biscuit dough, and pine on the nose. Fairly mild but quite bright.
Flavors take the notes from the nose up a notch, with nice citrus pith, berries, white grapes, damp (but not dank) greens, and a solid dose of resin. Quite dry and minerally on the finish. Extremely clean and refreshing. Not going to blow your socks off or ruin your palette, but it's a really good, easy sipper.
Feel is suprisingly fluffy and velvety despite it's thinness. Near-perfect carbonation.
Digging this one, especially as a hot weather, low(er) ABV offering that brings most of the punches I'm looking for in an IPA.
Aug 12, 2019Tropical fruit, citrus, melon, lemongrass, biscuit dough, and pine on the nose. Fairly mild but quite bright.
Flavors take the notes from the nose up a notch, with nice citrus pith, berries, white grapes, damp (but not dank) greens, and a solid dose of resin. Quite dry and minerally on the finish. Extremely clean and refreshing. Not going to blow your socks off or ruin your palette, but it's a really good, easy sipper.
Feel is suprisingly fluffy and velvety despite it's thinness. Near-perfect carbonation.
Digging this one, especially as a hot weather, low(er) ABV offering that brings most of the punches I'm looking for in an IPA.
Sunglasses Needed from Bearded Iris Brewing
Beer rating:
4.02 out of
5 with
5 ratings
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