Favorite new Red IPAs

Yes, this is a marketing thing. Some of these beers were just hoppy versions of amber or red ales, before everyone decided that all hoppy beers should be labeled as IPAs, because IPAs are popular.

 

Nugget Nectar is a red? I'm not sure about that...

 

Well, what would you call it then?

 

I don't know. Never thought of it as red before or thought it looked red. Could be wrong.

 

I enjoyed ReDANKulous last year.

 

Pataskala! Blazing World!! Evil Dead Red!!!

 

Heretic Evil Cousin. Crafted by homebrew God Jamil Zainasheff.

 

YEAH I REALLY LIKE THAT BEER

 

I've only had the Runoff Red and I think one other - it seems like a pointless spinoff, but maybe I'm missing it. What are its defining characteristics?

 

Easily 'Evil Crawfish' from Clown Shoes .... although it may not be new

 

Cool...never used that. Site says flavor contributions are bready and similar to munich malt. Any idea if the diastolic power is about the same a munich?

 

Troegs calls it an "imperial amber." That seems fairly accurate to me, so that's where I place it too.

 

From the link I provided in my post: " It is a base malt that may be used for up to 100% of the malt bill..."

Cheers!

 

Been a TON of great red IPAs this year:

1) Evil Crawfish
2) Nosferatu
3) Toaster Pastry
4) Pataskala
5) Vulcan

 

Imperial Amber

 

Like this one



Also GLBC Nosferatu
Sixpoint Global Warmer
SN Flipside

 

Came here to post the same thing.

 

Finback Water on Mars was pretty damn good. A lot of pineapple notes.

 

Red Wheelbarrow from Maine is great!

 

The best Red/Amber IPA I've had was the first run of Foundation Prototype, which also used Mosaic.

I'm not sure what the differences are between Evil Cousin and Evil Twin, but Jamil posted a recipe for a Red IPA named Evil Twin here: http://www.mrmalty.com/late_hopping.php

I'm a big fan of the style. My next homebrew is going to be Evil Twin hopped like Foundation Prototype.