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Bitter Woman India Pale Ale
Tyranena Brewing Company
- From:
- Tyranena Brewing Company
- Wisconsin, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 5.75%
- Score:
- 86
- Avg:
- 3.84 | pDev: 11.2%
- Reviews:
- 404
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Nov 27, 2021
- Added:
- Oct 22, 2002
- Wants:
- 37
- Gots:
- 71
No description / notes.
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Ratings by salvo:
Reviewed by salvo from Indiana
3.75/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
3.75/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
Tyranena's Bitter Woman has been recommended to me many times, and I always seem to get to the store just as the last six are walking out the door. Today I was the victor waltzing out with the last six.
Poured clear orange/brown into a standard pint with a quarter inch of light off white head. Smell was all bitterness. As the beer warms, more light biscuit and carmel malts begin the peak through in the nose, but this is all about bittering with English style hops.
All bitterness in the first cold sips. As the beer warms, there are some deeper hints of sweetness -- and a little rye would go a long way here, and I'll look for that variation. As it warms, the astringency turns more to dry pepperiness and spice, it warms and unrolls on the tongue rather than cutting, and starts to move towards sweeter as the palate adjusts to the bitterness, but don't expect anything actually sweet here. It's very dry. Earthy and herbal, like leaves crunching underfoot in fall: I taste no citrus, no pine, no grapefruit.
I would call Bitter Woman a really complex, unfolding IPA that rewards savoring. My advice to disappointed drinkers of the bitter bitch is to let the glass of beer warm a bit. An ice-cold bitter woman will not release complexities or flavors on the tongue. She'll just slit your throat. The bitterness creeps all over the throat up to the roof of the mouth when warmed from 38-42 to 55-60 degrees F. Nice.
I've recently been sampling a few different beers from Tyranena, and hearing good things about the Bitter Woman. I'm looking forward to trying her "in the rye," hoping a little more malt sweetness will come through the bitterness, as this really is a specialty taste. As bitter as an IPA comes, and parching dry, the malt is just barely enough to keep up with the hops.
Sep 18, 2010Poured clear orange/brown into a standard pint with a quarter inch of light off white head. Smell was all bitterness. As the beer warms, more light biscuit and carmel malts begin the peak through in the nose, but this is all about bittering with English style hops.
All bitterness in the first cold sips. As the beer warms, there are some deeper hints of sweetness -- and a little rye would go a long way here, and I'll look for that variation. As it warms, the astringency turns more to dry pepperiness and spice, it warms and unrolls on the tongue rather than cutting, and starts to move towards sweeter as the palate adjusts to the bitterness, but don't expect anything actually sweet here. It's very dry. Earthy and herbal, like leaves crunching underfoot in fall: I taste no citrus, no pine, no grapefruit.
I would call Bitter Woman a really complex, unfolding IPA that rewards savoring. My advice to disappointed drinkers of the bitter bitch is to let the glass of beer warm a bit. An ice-cold bitter woman will not release complexities or flavors on the tongue. She'll just slit your throat. The bitterness creeps all over the throat up to the roof of the mouth when warmed from 38-42 to 55-60 degrees F. Nice.
I've recently been sampling a few different beers from Tyranena, and hearing good things about the Bitter Woman. I'm looking forward to trying her "in the rye," hoping a little more malt sweetness will come through the bitterness, as this really is a specialty taste. As bitter as an IPA comes, and parching dry, the malt is just barely enough to keep up with the hops.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by lwillitz from Wisconsin
3.94/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.94/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
12-oz bottle into Belgian ale glass
A - cloudy body of golden amber under two fingers of white, moderate visible carbonation
S - citrus, sweetened grain, touch of pine
T - citrus, touch of pine, caramel sweetness, earthy hops
M - smooth medium body, medium/high carbonation; dry, bitter finish
O - just a really nice IPA all around
Aug 03, 2019A - cloudy body of golden amber under two fingers of white, moderate visible carbonation
S - citrus, sweetened grain, touch of pine
T - citrus, touch of pine, caramel sweetness, earthy hops
M - smooth medium body, medium/high carbonation; dry, bitter finish
O - just a really nice IPA all around
Rated by gferraro from Indiana
5/5 rDev +30.2%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
5/5 rDev +30.2%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Very smooth and not too “hoppy” for an IPA
Jul 20, 2019Rated by Fttr1 from Illinois
3.6/5 rDev -6.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.6/5 rDev -6.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Local eatry in Kenosha Wisconsin on tap.
Frankie D's
Apr 13, 2019Frankie D's
Reviewed by Piercan from Wisconsin
4.73/5 rDev +23.2%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
4.73/5 rDev +23.2%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
> My old time favorite.
Always my first choice when I can find it on tap. (Review is for draught at D&V Shorewood, WI. - Sep.2017. )
On the one hand, there is a lingering earthiness, counterbalanced by a light-weight hoppy bitterness on the other hand.
To me, 《 There's no better woman than BITTER WOMAN ☆ 》
May 29, 2017Always my first choice when I can find it on tap. (Review is for draught at D&V Shorewood, WI. - Sep.2017. )
On the one hand, there is a lingering earthiness, counterbalanced by a light-weight hoppy bitterness on the other hand.
To me, 《 There's no better woman than BITTER WOMAN ☆ 》
Reviewed by BSiegs from Illinois
4/5 rDev +4.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +4.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Good looking beer. Rich amber, orange in color, extremely clear. Two fingers of sticky white foam with good retention and lacing. Aroma is heavy citrus, grapefruit and orange. Dank with mild notes of pine as well. Hops pop less on taste. Some pine and citrus. Big malty backbone. Body is medium, moderate carbonation, and a dry, bitter finish. Overall, a nice classic IPA. Citrus/pine forward, plenty of malt for balance, and a dry finish. Good brew.
Apr 21, 2017
Bitter Woman India Pale Ale from Tyranena Brewing Company
Beer rating:
86 out of
100 with
780 ratings
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