Rail Splitter IPA
Triton Brewing Company in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - West Coast Regular|
Score
6.48
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Our flagship beer, and a true example of the style, the Railsplitter India Pale Ale (IPA) is a fresh golden brew with noticeable citrus and floral aromas balanced on a nice malty backbone with a dry finish.
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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Location: 12 oz bottle from Andy, 1/19/14
Aroma: The nose is citrus and pine hops, some caramel as well, leans sweet
Appearance: It pours a bright copper-red color with a frothy beige head and plenty of lace
Flavor: It is mid-sweet and mid-bitter up-front, the sweetness fades into a more bitter finish
Palate: This one is medium bodied, leaning light, has a nice mouthfeel, and a long, dry finish
Overall Impression: Thanks Andy! I like this one. It starts as a balanced IPA in the front palate, but it turns much more bitter through the finish, which makes for an enjoyable flavor throughout.
Aroma: The nose is citrus and pine hops, some caramel as well, leans sweet
Appearance: It pours a bright copper-red color with a frothy beige head and plenty of lace
Flavor: It is mid-sweet and mid-bitter up-front, the sweetness fades into a more bitter finish
Palate: This one is medium bodied, leaning light, has a nice mouthfeel, and a long, dry finish
Overall Impression: Thanks Andy! I like this one. It starts as a balanced IPA in the front palate, but it turns much more bitter through the finish, which makes for an enjoyable flavor throughout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jan 2014
at 16:11
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft. From notes. Caramel and hay with a little citrus hops. Drinkable, but nothing super special.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Oct 2013
at 19:31
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
12oz Bottle via trade. Pours out a dark gold topped with a off white head. Aroma is nice sweet caramel, citrus, and some light floral notes. Taste is just a little caramel, light hops, with a light bitter end. The nose would lead you to think this was going to be pretty tasty, but it was a little bit of a let down.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Sep 2013
at 18:53
5.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Bottle. Pours a clear caramel with a medium-sized head and very little aroma. I am picking up a faint hint of caramel and that’s about it. Nothing offensive, but nothing enticing. Flavor has a bit of caramel and a little bit of floral and soapy hops, but not much interesting. More like a weakly done amber than an IPA if you ask me, but this one has sat in the fridge for a month and change.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Aug 2013
at 20:28
4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 3
from a bottle. good strong aromatic olfactory. Looks viscous, slightly darker than pale ale. Taste is usal ipa terribly bitter stuff. Looks like it has more co2 than it really has. Have yet to be truly impressed by this style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 May 2013
at 15:36
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Caramel, biscuit, and spicy-piney orange hops aroma. Hazy orange amber with a large ivory head, light lacing. Caramel malt and bitter citrus peel hops flavor. Medium to full sticky body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Oct 2012
at 15:34
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Clear amber body. Off-white, frothy head. Aroma of citrus and floral hops, Notes of husky grain. The flavor is moderately sweet and lightly to moderately bitter. It finishes lightly sweet and moderately bitter. The malts do little to cut the bitterness in the finish. It lingers a long time. Medium body, chewy texture, lively carbonation. Raw, resinous hops dominate the flavor. Whatever malt character this has is overrun by bitterness which also overruns the hop flavors. A bit clunky and unclean. An IPA like a lot of IPAs.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Sep 2012
at 17:58
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
tap at Brewhaven - Pours hazy copper colored with good lacing and a citrus hop aroma. The flavor has crisp citrus hops bitterness that’s well balanced by the malt backbone. Overall it’s a good brew though it doesn’t stand out.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Aug 2012
at 18:19
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
decent IPA. mild hop and citrus and distinct malts - an overabundance of malt in my opinion, but solid and drinkable overall.
Tried
on 29 Jul 2012
at 10:30
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Orange toffee and orange peel/pine aroma. Golden yellow color with small head. Sweet orange toffee malt and strongly bitter orange peel hops flavor. Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 May 2012
at 17:47