Tempo Change
Russian River Brewing Company in Santa Rosa, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - New England / Hazy Regular|
Score
7.54
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We didn’t make one just to jump on the hazy IPA band wagon, but more to challenge our brewing skills. Truth be told, the manager at one of our accounts challenged our brewer and owner Vinnie Cilurzo to make one, but Russian River style. Not standing down from a challenge, especially a challenge to make a new IPA, driving home after that conversation Vinnie was listening to some music with lots of tempo changes. By the time he got home he had written the recipe for Tempo Change in his head, a hazy IPA using 100% publicly bred American hops.
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
From tap at Russian River, Santa Rosa. Big tropical fruit aroma with orange, grapefruit, and notes of apricot. Soft caramel malt sweetness and medium bitter. Body is medium. Russian River trying their hand at a NE-ish IPA, and succeeding.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Tap. Pours quite hazy golden yellow, small white head, good lacing. Aroma is melon. Armpit, grapefruit, tangerine. Flavor is light plus sweet, light plus bitter, juicy. Medium body, soft mouthfeel.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
On tap at the brewery. Pours slightly hazy gold. Peach, orange juice, lemon, bit grassy. Soft body. Good.
Camons (21577) reviewed Tempo Change from Russian River Brewing Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Draught @ Russian River Brewpub, Santa Rosa. Pours hazy yellow with a white head. Aroma of light malt, rich fruity hops, tropical fruit, peach, pineapple. Flavor is light bitter, malt, grassy, fruity hops, tropical fruit, pineapple, light citrus. Medium body, average carbonation, dry and light bitter finish. 200718
bb (18428) reviewed Tempo Change from Russian River Brewing Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Draft. Amber beer with a cream head. Tropical fruit and citrus aroma. Citrus (orange, lemon, and grapefruit) flavor with light pine. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Orange and grapefruit linger with light pine and light tropical fruit.
Iznogud (14627) reviewed Tempo Change from Russian River Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9.5
On tap at Toronado, San Francisco. Pours hazy yellow golden, medium white head. Super fruity, strong hoppiness, dank, juicy, tropical fruit, nice lasting bitter finish. Smooth. Great brew.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
On draft at Toronado. It pours a light hazed yellow color with a white head. The aroma has some stone fruit, apricot and a little bread. The flavor has strong spicy and floral hops. Lots of apricot too. A little bit creamier in the mouthfeel than other RR hoppy beers, which I guess is their attempt at making a NE IPA. Still pretty dry in the finish though. Overall, a quality hoppy beer, but you’ll be disappointed if your expecting a juice bomb.