Desert Bloom
Karl Strauss Brewing Company
- From:
- Karl Strauss Brewing Company
- California, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- +6 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.99 | pDev: 4.01%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Dec 09, 2025
- Added:
- Dec 01, 2022
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Collaboration with Wren House Brewing Company
Wildflowers aren’t the only thing blooming in Arizona. Our friendship with the Wren House Brewing crew (not to mention our frequent trips east on the 8 to stock up on their beers) meant it was about damn time to collaborate! Desert Bloom IPA is brewed with Citra, Cashmere, and Cascade hops. Just like its namesake, this beer is blossoming with a vibrant bouquet of orange & lemon aromas, soft pine notes, and hints of ripe melon & peaches. Expect a slightly cloudy veil from the AZ-grown White Sonora Wheat, along with a finish as crisp and dry as the desert air.
Wildflowers aren’t the only thing blooming in Arizona. Our friendship with the Wren House Brewing crew (not to mention our frequent trips east on the 8 to stock up on their beers) meant it was about damn time to collaborate! Desert Bloom IPA is brewed with Citra, Cashmere, and Cascade hops. Just like its namesake, this beer is blossoming with a vibrant bouquet of orange & lemon aromas, soft pine notes, and hints of ripe melon & peaches. Expect a slightly cloudy veil from the AZ-grown White Sonora Wheat, along with a finish as crisp and dry as the desert air.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by BucannonXC5 from California
3.89/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 4.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.89/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 4.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Type: 16-oz. can
Reviewed as: American IPA
Glass: Pure Project 14-oz. snifter elemental (water) glass
Price: $3.39
From: Windmill Farms in San Diego (Del Cerro), Calif.
Purchased: Nov. 2, 2022
Consumed: Nov. 3, 2022
Misc.: Collaboration with Wren House; Canned on Oct. 10, 2022
Went to Windmill Farms for a West Coast IPA Burgeon/North Park/Pure Project collab and came away with a handful of other beers and a 6-pack of Enegren. The Karl Straus website called this “Wildflowers aren’t the only thing blooming in Arizona. Our friendship with the Wren House crew (not to mention our frequent trips east on the 8 to stock up on their beers) meant it was about damn time to collaborate! Desert Bloom IPA is brewed with Citra, Cashmere, and Cascade hops. Just like its namesake, this beer is blossoming with a vibrant bouquet of orange & lemon aromas, soft pine notes, and hints of ripe melon & peaches. Expect a slightly cloudy veil from the AZ-grown White Sonora Wheat, along with a finish as crisp and dry as the desert air.”
Poured a light amber clear color with three fingers of rocky white head. Could see lots of bubbles coming up along the sides of the glass at different speeds, kind of looking like a snow globe. World-class uneven foamy lacing. Almost perfect foamy retention. (Sight - 4.75)
Smelled lemon, pine, orange, peach, caramel and grapefruit. Cashmere led the way for the mentioned hops with Citra right behind and some Cascade as well. About the same from the can. (Smell - 3.75)
Tasted Cashmere, caramel, lemon candy, pine, Citra, grapefruit, peach and aspirin. (Taste - 3.75)
Medium body. Creamy texture. Average carbonation. Long, bitter finish. (Feel - 4.00)
This one grew on me each sip. A nice West Coast IPA collab. (Overall - 4.00)
3.89 | 87 | B+
Dec 09, 2025Reviewed as: American IPA
Glass: Pure Project 14-oz. snifter elemental (water) glass
Price: $3.39
From: Windmill Farms in San Diego (Del Cerro), Calif.
Purchased: Nov. 2, 2022
Consumed: Nov. 3, 2022
Misc.: Collaboration with Wren House; Canned on Oct. 10, 2022
Went to Windmill Farms for a West Coast IPA Burgeon/North Park/Pure Project collab and came away with a handful of other beers and a 6-pack of Enegren. The Karl Straus website called this “Wildflowers aren’t the only thing blooming in Arizona. Our friendship with the Wren House crew (not to mention our frequent trips east on the 8 to stock up on their beers) meant it was about damn time to collaborate! Desert Bloom IPA is brewed with Citra, Cashmere, and Cascade hops. Just like its namesake, this beer is blossoming with a vibrant bouquet of orange & lemon aromas, soft pine notes, and hints of ripe melon & peaches. Expect a slightly cloudy veil from the AZ-grown White Sonora Wheat, along with a finish as crisp and dry as the desert air.”
Poured a light amber clear color with three fingers of rocky white head. Could see lots of bubbles coming up along the sides of the glass at different speeds, kind of looking like a snow globe. World-class uneven foamy lacing. Almost perfect foamy retention. (Sight - 4.75)
Smelled lemon, pine, orange, peach, caramel and grapefruit. Cashmere led the way for the mentioned hops with Citra right behind and some Cascade as well. About the same from the can. (Smell - 3.75)
Tasted Cashmere, caramel, lemon candy, pine, Citra, grapefruit, peach and aspirin. (Taste - 3.75)
Medium body. Creamy texture. Average carbonation. Long, bitter finish. (Feel - 4.00)
This one grew on me each sip. A nice West Coast IPA collab. (Overall - 4.00)
3.89 | 87 | B+
Reviewed by DarkLordScott from Wisconsin
4.2/5 rDev +5.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.2/5 rDev +5.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Pours slightly hazy peach yellow with a nice foamy two finger head. Aroma is very nice -- with lemon and, orange and floral notes, though lemon is the most dominant. Taste is pine and citrus, orange mostly. Body is on the lighter side of moderate, very hoppy and wonderfully balanced. This is a very good IPA and worthy of your time.
Feb 28, 2023
Rated by Captain69 from Illinois
4.09/5 rDev +2.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.09/5 rDev +2.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
great commination of citra, cashmere and cascade hops refreshing ipa to drink. colab with wren house
Dec 01, 2022
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