RnD Series: IPA #18
Russian River Brewing Company in Santa Rosa, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - West Coast Series Out of Production|
Score
7.47
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This iteration of our RnD IPA series is exclusively hopped with hops sourced from New Zealand, including Motueka, Nectaron, Nelson Sauvin, Pacific Sunrise, and Riwaka. These hops lend this dry, straw colored IPA a citrus forward nose and a stone fruit, nectarine, and white grape flavor profile.
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6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Straw beer with a whitish head. Tropical fruit and light white wine aroma. Tropical fruit and white wine flavor with light citrus. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Tropical fruit and citrus linger with white wine.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Aug 2023
at 20:36
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Huge thanks to Erzengel for sharing this one! Bottle looks simple but really good. Beer in the glass amber coloured, small head. Fresh hoppy-bitter aroma. Starts milder than exspected, more and more fresh hoppy, mild sweetish notes, not as bitter as the aroma. Mild pine hints. Finish woody-dry, shy bitter notes. Well balanced and quite drinkable. Nice one!
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jul 2023
at 17:14
7/10
Smooth and mild. Fruity with a great body. The beer is perfect - mild grainy, slightly fruity to leave the hops the stage. but the hop combination here is a bit strange. Earthy parts, the winey Nelson Sauvin, neutral white tasting finish. Thanks Rian --- Beer merged from original tick of RnD IPA #18 on 17 Jun 2023 at 19:55 - Score: 7. Original review text: Many thanks to Rian! Smooth and mild. Fruity with a great body. The beer is perfect - mild grainy, slightly fruity to leave the hops the stage. but the hop combination here is a bit strange. Earthy parts, the winey Nelson Sauvin, neutral white tasting finish. Nice beer with a strange hop combination.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jun 2023
at 21:57
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Birthday breakfast bier. It pours clear mellow yellow with a thick, fluffy white head. The aroma is fresh, bright, mellow, bready malt, tropical fruit salad, lychee, touch of mango, passionfruit, persimmon peach, twist of citrus and distant lilt. The taste is crispy, dry, clean, soft, mellow, bready malts, cracker, pithy, twist of citrus, grassy note upfront, hint of west coast dankness, fresh pine, straw, tropical fruitage, nectarine, lychee, mango, pineapple, pomelo and pretty minimal alcohol presence. Finishes up crisp and dry. Effortlessly drinkable.
Tried
on 15 Jun 2023
at 08:21
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
510 mL bottle, enjoyed in the sun, and not poured. Exactly the way I prefer to enjoy my Russian River brews. Bottled 5/16/23, and I can only imagine how great this would have been a week ago. Without pouring, I know its not hazy, and it has a throng of my favorite hops. Has a bold first sip, but this has an overall lighter but flavorful feel. Juicy and grassy hop nose. Smooth and cool taste, melon character, some juicy stone fruit, but mellow. Flavor has some sturdy grain reminder, with a long lingering, low bitter grassy hops. Well rounded, and perfectly assembled hop bill here. What a fun series this is. Wish I had a full subcrisption to it way up north here. This one in particular. LOVE it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 May 2023
at 22:23
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle from Corti Bros. Pours clear gold with a large foamy white head. Aromas are mixed tropicals/stone fruits with an earthy aspect. Med body at least. Flavor is lychee, green melon, nectarine, and much more. Dry and bitter, but not strongly so. A very pleasing and tasty ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 May 2023
at 23:28