Trade Route IPA
Northwest Brewing

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From:
Northwest Brewing
 
Washington, United States
Style:
American IPA
ABV:
6.3%
Score:
+8 ratings needed
Avg:
2.5 | pDev: 28.4%
Ratings:
2 | reviews: 2
Status:
Inactive
Rated:
Mar 27, 2011
Added:
Oct 21, 2009
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  0
No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
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Reviewed by czechsaaz from Washington

3.21/5  rDev +28.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3
Well its hard to get the aroma with the douchebag sitting next to smelling like a quarter bottle of Drakar Noir. But...light citrus hop aroma and some cereal grain. Pretty neutral for an IPA in these parts.

orange colored with a good thick white head but a little cloudy.

Nice citrus hop bite right off. Then its sweet with some caramel malt flavor. Aftertaste is resiny hop oil.

Medium bodied with good carbonation.

Overall, a decent IPA. Balanced malt and hops.
Mar 27, 2011
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Reviewed by RedDiamond from Oregon

1.8/5  rDev -28%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2
Trade Route unveiled this IPA at their taphouse opening party. The beer should never have been unveiled. It should be veiled.

Last I knew, Trade Route was using a dry Nottingham ale yeast in their ales. I don't know if the Nottingham is used here, but the yeast is non-flocculent. It's not merely that the beer is unfiltered. It's like a dark, auburn colored opaque hefeweizen and looks like fresh apple cider. The taste is tawdry, tart, sour, and overly bitter, with a correspondingly convoluted aroma. Nothing about this beer bears a resemblance to an IPA. It is overly citric with a lime-like tartness (no actual lime is used) and shows no malt structure.

Challenging to approach let alone appreciate.
Oct 21, 2009