India Red Ale
Deschutes Brewery

 

From notes taken 07/19/17:

Hazy dull copper. Fine creamy tan foam, dimpled surface but otherwise uniform, with superb retention and leaving a nice ring of lace just below the rim, and more partial rings below that. Smells like springtime in a coniferous forrest, from the trees to the ground, but also metal and caramel. Palate is tart with toffee. Combined, it’s almost molasses, but balanced out by pine sap, leather, and dank, bitter vegetable broth suggestions. Medium to full in body, creamy throughout, with soft but ever sharpening moderate level of suds.

 

Tasted in a pint glass from draft at The Chatterbox on August 17, 2017.

 

 

 

I only purchased one of these but am definitely going back for more. Beautiful color, enticing aroma, great feel, a lovely ale.

 

 

Picked up a single from Black Canyon Brewing Supplies 1-29-17 for $1.69. Best before 4-11-17 but refrigerated since purchase.

Beer poured red with a beautiful white head that is leaving some lacing behind.

Nose has hints of bread, toast, and citrus.

Taste is very well balanced between the toffee and caramel malt base and earthy and light citrus hopping. Getting some of that liquid bread effect which i thoroughly enjoy!

Feel is medium bodied, smooth, yet refreshing.

Overall a very enjoyable red ale, would love to see this released as a seasonal!

12 ounce bottle into tulip glass, best before 11/23/2016. Pours lightly hazy/cloudy reddish copper color with a 2 finger dense and rocky cream colored head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Thick soapy lacing clings around the glass. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big grapefruit, apricot, melon, pear, apple, lemon zest, orange peel, citrus rind, pepper, mint, wood, pine, caramel, brown sugar, toasted bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/earthy hops and dark/bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big grapefruit, apricot, melon, pear, apple, lemon zest, orange peel, citrus rind, pepper, mint, wood, pine, caramel, brown sugar, toasted bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine/citrus rind/grassy/spicy bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of grapefruit, apricot, melon, pear, apple, lemon/orange peel, citrus rind, pepper, mint, wood, pine, caramel, toasted bread, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/earthy hops and dark/bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance; and zero lingering hop astringency after the finish. Light-moderate dryness from lingering bitterness, increasing through the glass. Medium carbonation and medium-plus body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready/grainy/sticky, and slightly resinous balanced mouthfeel that is awesome. Zero warming alcohol for 6.5%. Overall this is a great IRA! All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/earthy hops and dark/bready malt; very smooth and easy to drink with the modestly bitter/drying finish. Never overly aggressive; still has great hop vibrancy and a unique hop profile. A very enjoyable offering.

Beautiful amber with a finger and a half white head. Smells of sweet caramel and mild hops. Flavor is caramel, toffee, spices, and some hop bitterness on the end. Mouthfeel is slightly creamy with great carbonation. Overall a very good bitter Amber .

12 oz bottle

dark red in color, fairly clear, foamy cream colored head. great lacing. nice pine resin hop aroma mixed with caramel malts. taste is somewhat bitter, the flavors work okay together. medium bodied.

12 oz bottle. Pours clear reddish orange amber with a big fluffy off white head that retains well and laces the glass.

The aroma is sweet caramel and toffee malt with piney hops and some fruit.

The flavor is sweet caramel apple with toffee malt and some piney hops in the finish. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with low carbonation.

Overall, a decent malty hoppy red.

Wish I didn't have to give a rating as this was a month past best by date. Still enjoyable.

L: copper reddish amber under a 2" persistent cream to light tan foam collar that is refreshed by streams of bubbles rapidly rising to the top of the glass.

S: the aromas are spicy and malty with some herb, faint caramel, berry and faint wood.

T: The flavors start with mildly sweet berry, rich malt, and caramel. Big bitter enters mid-palate with traces of woodiness, and a touch of tropical fruit. The hop flavor is medium high and the hop bitterness is high but the malt even at medium provides balance. It has a clean fermentation character with low to no yeast derived fruit flavors. A low residual sweetness tempers a lingering hop flavor and bitterness.

F: India Red Ale has a mild alcohol warming with a creamy smooth medium body with no harsh hop derived astringency. Carbonation is medium.

O: The combination of this beer's texture and flavor make it an especially enjoyable drink.

 

A: Brownish red in the glass, a tan head on top with a large number of thin frog eyes.

S: Nutty, with hint of caramel as well as a touch of pine, and some light grapefruit.

T: Nutty and herbal, a little caramel flavor, and some earthy bitterness. There is a definite tea quality to this that I don't necessarily love..

M: Medium in body with fairly active carbonation.

O: Overall a bit of a miss for me.. something off in there for me. Not necessarily a flaw, but something I am definitely not digging.