Red Juice IPA
Manor Hill Brewing

 

Pours a hazy burnt sienna color with a tight, off-white head that leaves little chunks of lacing.

Smells of fruity and floral hops.

Tastes of the juicy hops layered over a great malt base. Hops lead off with grapefruit, orange peel, and floral notes. Malts add in with caramel, toffee, and toasted bread. This gives way to some earthy bitterness. Finishes with lingering hops.

Mouthfeel is medium with a smooth amount of carbonation.

Overall, this is a tasty IPA.

 

 

 

L - Hazy and dark brown
S - Amazing. It reminds you of a juicebox originally and then tones down into juicy orange and caramel tones mostly
T - Bitter grapefruit, medium hop punch of flavor and pine mostly
F - More bitterness than I was expecting but not too bad. Has nice carbonation
O - My 2nd offering from Manor Hill and although this isn't as good in my mind compared to their Citra Splendor, you can't really compare them since this is more of a collab brew. Nice brewery it seems!

The beer pours a nice looking bubbly off-white head that dissipates a bit quickly. The beer itself has an interesting look. It's a lot darker than you would expect from a Red IPA. The beer is cloudy with a nice dark amber that looks like an orangish brown. It isn't as bright and cheerful that you would expect from the style but still pretty good.

The smell is just as delicious as the taste but it isn't overwhelmingly bitter. The smell has a more floral grapefruit note with a bit of a bitter orange too it but the grapefruit seems to be the stronger note. The smell also has a more sweet and slightly caramel note that complements the hops well..

The taste is very good. It has a strong combination of different hop notes that complement each other very well. The hop notes vary from a grapefruit with hints of bitter orange surrounding it. The third note is a nice pine note that blends well within the other ones and comes out strongly in the finish. there is a sweet malt note that has traces of a bready and slightly caramel and toffee. Anyway, the beer has a deliciously bitter and hoppy combination of notes.

The feel is good. It's a lot heavier even though it has a medium body. It has a good weight and a decent thickness that is contrasted with a sharp and biting carbonation. The only thing is that the finish is a bit weird and thin despite the heavier weight at the beginning.

Overall, the beer is pretty good and is an interesting take on the style. The good folks at Dominion and Manor Hill did a great job with this beer with a rich and juicy hop note with a good look to it. Even though it doesn't look like a traditional Red IPA, the attempt to Northeast style a red IPA succeeds.