Deader Kettle
Right Brain Brewery in Traverse City, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Rotating|
Score
7.15
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flatmatt (2380) reviewed Deader Kettle from Right Brain Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
12 oz bottle. Pours a hazy orange gold with a small off-white head. Pine, grapefruit, tropical fruity hops in the aroma. Very juicy flavor, grapefruit, tropical fruit, and pine, with a pretty nice balance of bitterness and sweetness. In all, very good.
superspak (10160) reviewed Deader Kettle from Right Brain Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
12 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 6/27/2017. Pours slightly hazy/cloudy medium orange/amber color with a 2 finger fairly dense and rocky cream colored head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Nice thick soapy lacing clings around the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, peach, apricot, passion fruit, mango, melon, lemon zest, orange peel, light pepper, pine, caramel, toasted bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical/pine hops and moderate dark/bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, peach, apricot, passion fruit, mango, melon, lemon zest, orange peel, light pepper, pine, caramel, toasted bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Moderate pine, citrus rind, grassy, spicy bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, peach, apricot, passion fruit, mango, melon, lemon/orange rind, pepper, pine, caramel, toasted bread, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/pine hops and moderate dark/bready malt flavors; with a nice malt/bitterness balance. A bit of lingering hop astringency, but not overwhelming. Light-moderate dryness from bitterness, increasing through the glass. Medium carbonation and medium-plus body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready/grainy, and sticky/resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is well hidden with a mild warmth lingering after the finish. Overall this is a delicious DIPA. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/pine hops and moderate dark/bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink; even with the increasingly bitter/resinous/drying finish. Really juicy and lightly dank hop profile; nice balancing malt backbone, without being too sweet or heavy feeling. A very enjoyable offering.