Hill Country Beer Club
Sierra Nevada Brewing Company
Flipside Red IPA
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Member Notes:
This dark, reddish-orange-brown colored beer is, although off-centered for Sierra Nevada, still deserving of one’s expectations. It has a light brown ale/amber aroma, with defining characteristics reminiscent of something Irish. The nose is is malty and red, with highly caramelized malts. It’s beefy, with soft and earthy hops to compliment.In the mouth, wow, very mutt-like in style, but still obviously a red IPA. There’s something about it, though, that’s not what you’d expect of your everyday red IPA. It’s still heavy for what you’d expect of an IPA, with obvious residual sugars weighing things down. There’s definitely something Irish or English about it. Whether it’s the thickness on the palate or something else, it’s definitely very defining of the beer.It seems to me to stand out amongst others of the style. It’s slightly more malty than red in the mouth, a maltiness that barely covers the hop presence. In addition, it finishes more like an Englush or east coast yeasted ale to think that it’s not just a plain old red IPA. Everything that a red IPA should be, just put together quite differently. Overall, it feels like an IPA, but smooth, malty, and different, with a great, subtle hop profile. - noss
Club & Brewer Notes:
Flipside Red IPA is a rebuttal to the mild-mannered beers of summer. Tropical fruit and citrus hop flavors from the use of whole-cone Citra, Simcoe and Centennial hops are the perfect notes for this in-between season.