Chasin' Freshies (2015)
Deschutes Brewery in Bend, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - West Coast Autumn Out of Production|
Score
6.69
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Like fresh powder, it’s a seize-the-moment thing. This year we’ve chased down Lemondrop hops from the Yakima Valley in Washington. At harvest, we rush the hops from the vine to our kettles to ensure we capture the purest, juiciest essence of the hop flower in every beer. Enjoy the bright, bold aroma and flavor that comes but once a year.
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4.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Tap bowsers. Hardly any aroma, if any. Creamy thin head. From the start this is a fresh clean hoppy flavor, yes its bitter, but its never has a dull attitude like so many ipa. Big and crisp. If you like this kinda thing, try it. Wew, quite a knock down hoppy thang. Bitter blast. Not as mouth coating as most, Much more flavor than my lager loven taste buds can get accustom to. Finish is fresher impressions than most ipa and
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Nov 2015
at 11:26
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle, picked up at the Winco. Pours a bright golden yellow with a persistent white cap. Spotty lacing. The aroma is bright citrus hops, noticeably the lemondrop hop. Taste is bitter with citrus and floral hops. At this point, its distinctly lemon. Lingering floral finish. Nice body weight. Different, but good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Nov 2015
at 22:45
6/10
Tried
on 10 Nov 2015
at 12:17
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bomber. Aroma is bready, lemon, pepper, clean. Pours slightly hazy golden with a nice off-white head with great retention. Taste is highly bitter backed by a candy sweetness; flavors of lemon, candy. Perfectly creamy mouthfeel and tight carbonation. Really tasty, but a tad too bitter to be truly awesome.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Nov 2015
at 20:50
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at Red Cow North Loop. Pours a clear gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges and laces. Aroma has a crisp citrus note with a touch of sweet orange and a light grain backbone. Flavor has an earthy citrus note that also has a touch of sweetness, a bit of resin and a light grain backbone.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Nov 2015
at 12:16
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft. Crystal clear bright golden color. Aroma of lightly earthy lemon. Taste is lightly bitter lemon and white pepper. Very easy drinking.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Oct 2015
at 17:09
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bomber from Total Wine in Sacramento, CA. Pours bright gold with a white head. Aroma is pleasant lemony citrus. Med body or better. Flavor is oddly bitter with lemon suggestions of candy. Except it’s not sugar candy! It’s quite bitter. It’s smooth, lemony, not extremely harsh, but hoppy and bitter as, well not as can be, but pretty much so. It’s "fresh" and it drinks like a dream.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Oct 2015
at 20:47
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
22oz bomber pours with a crystal clear pure gold body that supports a full dirty white head of foam. The aroma offers up grassy lime and lemon along with a blend of biscuit malts and kind of a lagery yeasty fruity ester sort of sensation. Interesting. The taste delivers a pleasing dose of hop bitterness and citrusy lemon and lime nuanced juiciness. To midway it gets grassy as the light biscuit to pilsner like malts intercede amid the hoppy notes. The malt bill and the slight lagery sensation are kind of throwing me here. Pretty good but . . . this just isn’t working for me.
Tried
on 19 Oct 2015
at 21:10