Killer Red
Double Mountain Brewery & Cidery in Hood River, Oregon, United States πΊπΈ
IPA - Red Regular|
Score
7.07
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Mother Nature is a wonder. Each year she decrees what her bounty will bring, regardless of what we think it should be. Thusly, Sodbuster Farms in Salem brought us two varieties of fresh hops; Perle, and Sterling. The consortium of these hops provides the Killer Red with aromas of blood orange, pineapple, and forest. A healthy malt bill balances the top end and lends candied fruit, biscuit, and caramel character to the tongue. When life hands you hops, make fresh hop beer!
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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
500 mL bottle poured. Pours a fizzy orange cooper color. Fresh hops aroma from a distance. Sweet light apple juice like flavor with a long sweet finish. Touch of caramel. Majority of the hops are in the aroma. Good flavor though. Nice fresh hop here.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Dec 2014
at 23:04
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Pour is a murky brown with a large tan head. Aroma is full of piney hop resin and some caramel malt. Flavor is more of a dank hop with a large sweet malt with some notes of molasses and sugar covered berries. This was more of a strong ale than IPA. Still this was quite tasty with a sweet but not overly heavy malt and the hop are there lingering in the backround.
Tried
on 11 Dec 2014
at 20:09
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
500 ml bottle. Pours a dark amber with moderate head. Aromas of toffee, resin, pine and oranges. Flavors are similar, somewhat sweet with a very light grassy finish. Nicely balanced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Nov 2014
at 16:36
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draught at Rogue Kitchen & Wetbar (W. Broadway), Vancouver, 10 oz
Hazy amber color with small head. The aroma is malty, biscuity, mellow, fresh, fruity: sweet oranges, plums, hint of tropical (7.5). Lean mouthfeel; the malt flavor has a mild caramel accent, light residual sweetness, the bitterness is well controlled, there is plenty of orange flavor, but a bit of paper too in the final.
The fruitiness in this beer is original and under the spotlight. Excellent.
Hazy amber color with small head. The aroma is malty, biscuity, mellow, fresh, fruity: sweet oranges, plums, hint of tropical (7.5). Lean mouthfeel; the malt flavor has a mild caramel accent, light residual sweetness, the bitterness is well controlled, there is plenty of orange flavor, but a bit of paper too in the final.
The fruitiness in this beer is original and under the spotlight. Excellent.
Tried
on 08 Nov 2014
at 01:34
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Poured from the tap. Orangey brown with off-white head. Aroma of apple, citrus hops, and caramel malt. Flavour same. Excellent balance of hops and sweetness.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Nov 2014
at 21:18
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On Tap at the River Room, Whole Foods Boise hazy redish amber with a nice light tan head. Coarse lacing that is spotty. Nice modest woody malt flavors and fresh fruity slightly citrus hop flavors. pretty dry and liveley
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Oct 2014
at 13:51
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Really loving fresh hop season. Another great "red", not much to look at but full of hoppy aroma and taste. Alcohol pokes its head in here and there to remind you to be careful. Well crafted.
Tried
on 10 Oct 2014
at 17:30
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draught. Pours pale red with white head. Fruity hop aroma with slight sweaty note. Flavour has hop and malt in balance. Hop finish with more fruit, think it was pear.
Tried
on 09 Nov 2013
at 15:15
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cool looking Germany style 50cl bottle pours with a clear copper body that supports a fairly tight tan head of foam. The aroma emits dirty socks, orange gummy bears, a touch of malt sweetened cranberry as well as a faint cracker sort of note well off in the background. The taste has smooth malts and sweetened cranberries to faint orange candy to start and then it gets quickly into some nice resiny hop bitterness. The bitter hops have a fruity edge as well as murmurs of dirty earthiness in the background. I like this. Itβs different and tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Nov 2013
at 19:05
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Oct 2024 review: On tap at Elizabeth Station, pours a hazy amber orange iwth a small off-white head. Aroma is full of big resinous hops, some pine, doughy malt, and a touch of tropical fruits. Flavour is full of chewy resinous hops, bitter pine, bready caramel malt, and a touch of doughy notes. This is much better than I recall from 2013. Resinous, piney and well-balanced. Excellent. Oct 2013 review: 500mL bottle, pours a cloudy amber orange with a small off-white head. Nose is full of piney hops, some tropical fruits, and apple. Flavour brings out piney hops, a little resin, some caramel notes, and a little bread. Begins on the sweeter side, and transitions to a dryer, hoppier finish. Definitely preferable to the regular IRA. Very solid fresh hop beer, but nothing extraordinary. 7 3 7 3 13
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Oct 2013
at 20:22