Axis IPA
Real Ale Brewing Company in Blanco, Texas, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - West Coast Regular|
Score
7.19
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Brewed for tap walls overrun with the white noise of West Coast IPA’s, here’s an offering so exotic, you’d think it was from another world. Like its namesake before it, the axis deer of Southern Asia, so too has this species (beverage?) of hop-forward animal magnetism come to invade the landscape of IPA’s that have long held sway over the taps of Texas’s finest watering holes. Tropical fruit, citrus, and a pale golden body, help keep this breed light on its feet. And with few natural predators there is little anyone can do to stop the spread. IPA may not have been born in Texas, but it will soon seem as native as the sky that stretches between its borders.
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7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Grapefruit and mango, green papaya. Pours clear golden with pretty good head retention. Bitter finish with some lingering grapefruit. Tap at University Draft House Town Lake.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Mar 2026
at 03:28
6.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 5.5
Texture 7
Overall 5.5
Citrus and old resin. Meh.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Jan 2026
at 00:52
6/10
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Tried
from Crowler
on 27 Nov 2024
at 23:20
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Ember draught, 3/25/23. Clear! Oh God, a real IPA?! Small, white head, low retention. Somewhat muted nose, light alcohol maybe? Peach, apricot, white bread, playful pine. Not resinous. Soft and malty, big pine resin backbone though it doesn't quite get sour and biting from it. Hmmm, I suspect this is not going to be my thing. Just rather austere and monotonous, though in the grand scheme of WC IPAs, it's way above average. Good attenuation, good malt depth, clean. Loooootttttaaa pine.
Tried
on 25 Mar 2023
at 22:06
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can. Amber beer with a cream head. Grapefruit and light pine aroma. Grapefruit and spice flavor with light pine. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Grapefruit and spice linger with pine.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Dec 2021
at 18:28
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
On tap at Hippies & Hops. Pours clear dark golden with a medium sized off-white head, good lacing in a plastic cup. Tropical, citrus peel, pine resin. A nice IPA, clean.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Oct 2021
at 19:12
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Clear light gold with a rich white head. Nice light citrus notes. Citrus, peel. bitter pith and a bone dry finish.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Sep 2021
at 21:13
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
6-pack of cans picked up in Austin, Texas. A very slight hazed, golden colour with a touch of amber. Frothy, mildly creamy, white cap, very good retention and full dirty foamy lacing. Malty nose with some hoppy notes. The hops really stand out in the taste with deep bitterness. Very grassy. Not dry to the max though. Definitely an IPA.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Jan 2020
at 04:04
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Tap at Austin Airport, 12th December 19. Flight is delayed, but I’m not getting on it until I finish this beer. Pours a clear straw colour. Aroma is citrus, pithy and loads of grapefruit. Taste is clean and bitter, pithy grapefruit, grapefruit juice, bitter lingering finish, simple and classic west coast IPA, pretty good actually.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Dec 2019
at 01:25
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap at Hippies & Hops at Austin airport. Bright golden/orange pour - slightly translucent with fine white head. Aroma is orange citrus, pine, some peach. Taste is solid pine bitterness, with good orange zest flavor, biscuit and bread. Very tasty, a pleasant surprise of an airport beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Jun 2019
at 21:39