Vice Versa
Bearded Iris Brewing in Nashville, Tennessee, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial New England / Hazy Regular|
Score
7.30
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8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Ridiculously hazy, super pale golden coloured body with a slight ghostly white glow, all about 95 per cent opaque, with a thinnish, one centimetre tall, oily head that tops the beer, but fades fast! Aroma of oranges, tangerines, flowers, soft sugars, light malt and a good deal of hop bitterness from the alpha acids, in the nose, at least. Medium-bodied; Rich malts show at first with a touch of melons and tropical fruits, but then the hops hit immediately afterwards, with a nice crisp, floral and grassy note, before some tangerine and kumquat notes hit and provide some complexity. Aftertaste is very crisp and dry with the fruits all around and providing a nice complexity, but the malt and especially the hops do the heavy lifting here and give this the structure it needs for the long-haul. Overall, a very nice, elegant and complex New England IPA - nowhere close to Imperial Status of course, but robust and very enjoyable. As my first from this brewery, I'll be looking for others in the near term! Great to have, especially super fresh! I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from Dominion Beer and Wine in Falls Church, Virginia on 28-September-2021 for US$4,99 with the tagline 'Corncob TV', canned on 24-August-2021 and sampled at my house here in Washington on 15-October-2021.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Nov 2022
at 06:37
7/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Lemon marshmallow peeps aroma. Cloudy amber, thin head. Grapefruit, lemon. Medium body, easy carbonation.
Tried
on 25 Apr 2022
at 23:46
6/10
Hazy gold pour. Thin foam. Sweet grapefruit flavor with hops notes. Medium carbonation. Medium body.
Tried
on 05 Apr 2022
at 23:53
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Citrus and grapefruit. Lots of peel. Hazy yellow pour with good head. Green onion. Tangy finish. Can.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Nov 2021
at 22:03
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can
Tried
from Can
on 02 Nov 2021
at 15:49
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
The Aromas are fresh grapefruit hops with some Citrus, dry grain and saltine crackers. Flavors are Like nose, bittersweet with a little more citrus and a bit of weed. Good body, carbonation with a slightly medicinal finish. Decent beer.
Tried
on 23 Oct 2021
at 23:44
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
16oz can pours a pulpy orange with two fingers of frothy white head. Nose has orange, mango, melon, flowers, the things you want. Flavor leads with then mango and then melon and pineapple, finishes with orange and clear tangerine now. Fruity finish, nearly full bodied. Easy drinker even at 7.5%.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Oct 2021
at 23:57
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from Beerdome. Hazy yellow with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, fruity and rather hoppy - citrus and fruity. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. 200721
Tried
from Can
on 20 Jul 2021
at 16:49
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tall can Hazy dark yellow pour with a white head. Aroma has citrus and tropical fruits. The flavor is hoppy, bitter and follows the aroma.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Feb 2021
at 19:19
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Juicy, hopped all to hell and back, with heavy doses of grapefruit, berry, lemon zest, white grape, and stone fruit. Underlined by chive and a mineral bitterness. Modest astringency begins to peek through as the pint disappears. Good, but damned if the hop burn ain't a bummer.
Tried
on 24 Jul 2020
at 00:46