Vertex IPA
Destihl Brewery in Normal, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - West Coast Regular|
Score
6.72
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This West Coast/Rocky Mountain-style India Pale Ale is back-hopped for a more intense hop bitterness, flavor and aroma without the balance of caramel malts like our Midwest-style Baldock IPA. It has medium-high alcohol content, high fruity, floral and citrus-like American-varietal hop character, deep golden color and medium maltiness.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can. (thanks Wolff) Clear dark orange with a firm head. Aroma of hops, grass, grapefruit and some light caramel. Similar taste. Also notes of something that reminded of "brett". The finish was quite bitter.
Tried
from Can
on 25 May 2015
at 11:10
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from Malt & Vine. Pours copper with a off-white head. Aroma is fruit forward with caramel. Med body. Flavor starts with sweet caramel, then fruity hop. It’s pleasant, but it it could be more bitter.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Apr 2015
at 14:13
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
12oz can. Pretty respectable IPA. Filtered looking orange body. Foamy, steady off-white head. Bright, zesty orange, citrus tones. At the end of the say a pretty standard American IPA, updated for 2015. OK.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Mar 2015
at 00:57
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Sampled from the tap at the brewery. Pours a hazy gold with an off white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has lots of citrus with a bit of grass and a sweet grain backbone. Flavor has more sweet citrus with a bit of bitterness and a bit of sweet grain.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Jun 2014
at 13:18
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Purchased from Destihl in growler form, enjoyed in a hotel room in Springfield, IL the day before the \"Fat Ass 5K\". Appearance is a lightly clear golden amber with a thin frothy white head. Aroma of light citrus. Taste also of citrus notes but not much else, slightly syrupy, just meh.
Tried
from Growler
on 09 May 2014
at 23:48
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
tap at Dash In - This brew has a nice citrus and herbal hop aroma. The flavor features good hops bitterness and some mild citrus. It’s lightly carbonated with a medium body. Good. Not great.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Jan 2014
at 19:57
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Sampled in Champaign 11.2012. Pleasant hop aromatics, grapefruit and grass. Cloudy amber, low head. Medium to light body. Fine sparkly mouthfeel. Nice drink.
Tried
on 25 Apr 2013
at 10:07
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
on tap-offwhite head with heavy lacing-gold. A-crisp citrus zest/pine, some lt malt. T- crisp citrus zest/pine hop with some bite, 2nd lt malt.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Nov 2012
at 08:50
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Pour is a bright copper with a small white head. Aroma is a nice floral, grapefruit, citrus hop. Flavor is about the same lots of hop bitterness with a big citrus note. The hops push all the malts to the backround but I think that is what they were going for here. A enjoyable hop bomb.
Tried
on 21 Apr 2012
at 14:41