Deschutes Brewery Royal Fresh

Royal Fresh

 

Deschutes Brewery in Bend, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸

  IPA - Imperial / Double Rotating
Score
7.03
ABV: 9.0% IBU: 70 Ticks: 27
Get a taste of hop royalty with this juicy juggernaut featuring big, tropical hop flavors and a deceptively smooth finish. 7 hop additions across 6 points of the brewhouse and fermentation add 5lbs/barrel of hops to this majestic brew.
 

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7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: glossy burnt yellow to copper color and a sly transparency about it and a finger and a half of white foamy head which dissipated fairly slow to leave some light lace
Aroma: orangey hop oily toned, light tropical fruits, light pine and a touch of floral hops; light clean caramel malts
Flavor: blends the prior noted aromas to a fine bittersweet quality; finishes floral, orangey, tropical fruity and a touch of pine
Texture: medium bodied, good as a sipper, light smoothness but noted oily - slick-like vibe on the tongue
Overall: nice enough DIPA as it leans with a West coast vibe to it.

Tried from Can on 25 Feb 2026 at 19:54


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Aroma: Fruity hops with citrus. Flavour: Fruity sweet and bitter with tropical fruits. Aftertaste is sweet and bitter with notes of oranges. Colour: Amber with a white head. From: Can @ Kadota Liquor Hilo Hawaii.

Tried from Can on 20 Jul 2024 at 08:48


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle at Battle of Bull, Cheras Malaysia. Poured a crystal clear golden colour with a mostly lasting frothy white head. The aroma is grainy malt, toffee caramel. The flavour is moderate bitter, light sweet, with a crisp, herbal, earthy, floral woody hop bitter palate and a long bitter finish. Medium bodied with average carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Sep 2023 at 17:07


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Pale amber, with a medium head. Orangey hop aroma, bit of pine, lots of caramel malt, but low lov, not so chewy. On the palate, medium bitterness and a bit of alcohol but it's overall pretty smooth for what is basically an old school IIPA. Again the hops are mostly citrusy, with a bit of pine. Good structure, and is still fresh enough to be viable. At 2 months from brew date, that's probably close to the BC record for getting an American IPA onto the shelves.

Tried from Can on 15 Jul 2023 at 05:11


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Super juicy fruit. Rich tangerine and grapefruit. Golden pour with great fluffy head. Light bitter finish. Lots of caramel from booze content. Can.

Tried from Can on 26 Mar 2023 at 00:47


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Hazy amber, small white head. Balanced nose , fruity, malty and bitter. Similar palate, medium strength lasting hop finish. Great balance

Tried on 27 Mar 2022 at 01:32


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle/Fest. A- Pine, hoppy. A- Gold color, clear liquid, off white head. T- Bitter, malt, spices. P- Medium body, average texture, average carbonation, bitter finish. O- Pine, herbal, citrus all around. Okay.

Tried from Bottle on 05 Mar 2022 at 16:50


7

Tried on 20 Feb 2022 at 02:50


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Poured from 568mL can (pkg 03/22/21). Clear-ish deep gold with white head. Oily resinous hops, light booziness, mild bready caramel malt. Decent.

Tried from Can on 01 Aug 2021 at 07:18


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

568 ml can. Pours a dull amber with moderate head. Aromas of stoned fruit jam, bready malts and a little weedy dank hops. Flavors dried stoned fruit, biscuity malts and more weedy hops. Simple and nice though humongous can is too big for the ABV

Tried from Can on 26 Jul 2021 at 23:23