Highland Brewing Company Devil's Britches IPA

Devil's Britches IPA

 

Highland Brewing Company in Asheville, North Carolina, United States 🇺🇸

  IPA - Red Regular
Score
6.29
ABV: 6.0% IBU: 70 Ticks: 18
"Lordy, that’s as red as the devil’s britches," exclaimed a local rancher, awed by the vibrant canopy ablaze on what is known today as Devil’s Britches trail. Highland Brewing Company commemorates the history of the Great Smoky Mountains and Devil’s Britches trail with a rich, red IPA. Ashburne Mild malt produces a toasted and biscuity flavor, and Extra Special malt renders an alluring red hue. Apollo hops provide aggressive bitterness(70 IBU), while dry-hopping with Calypso hops yields complex fruity and floral aromas with hints of pear and apple. This devilishly delicious ale is Highland’s twist on the great American IPA.
 

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6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle. Love the color. Brown, dark. Really good head. Some lace. Really hoppy tasting. Citrus aroma.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Mar 2025 at 04:42


2.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 1.5

So, ok, from a bot this is a red IPA? OK so, again, let’s make a red IPA style? Fer sure the aroma is rich deep dull. White, red, black, what else? FO! This is simply a darker IPA and its not black, its just dark like a yingy. Yes, bitter and all that shit for an ipa and there you have it, another ubiquitous ipa brew. Lets all jump on the bandwagon, ips this and ipa that and ipa wtf. Go figger, its ipa barmy. And, guess what, it’s inspired by the devil himself, what evvvvvah.

Tried on 10 May 2016 at 22:47


5.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

22 oz. bomber filled 12/16/2015 (!) Pilsner glass A: Deep cloudy orange brown with a thick, slowly diminishing head of beige. and thick lace. S: Raisiny smell is an immediate turnoff for me. Not an IPA scent T: Bitter sharp hop taste first off. Earthy or floral? Roasty malts provide a good foil. No dark fruit taste (yay). M: Smooth and creamy texture with medium body. Finish is slick and bitter. O: Good looking and tasting ale though seems to be a niche product. Hate the RIS-like aroma but the taste is good and plenty bitter. Not bad but not a repeat purchase either.

Tried on 02 Jan 2016 at 17:56


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle at Craig’s. Pours copper, dry toffee, sweet, light bitterness, light fruit.

Tried from Bottle on 05 Jun 2014 at 14:14


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Rich deep copper and light brown coloured body with a thick, two centimetre tall tan head - quite dark for the style, but still looks good. Aroma of nuts, earth, caramel, toffee along with some earthier and nuttier hops - seemingly of East Kent or German origins. Medium-bodied; Assertive floral and toffee flavours at first with a hit of hops right at the beginning and a finish of malt, earth and caramelised sugars and not much else. Aftertaste shows a lighter taste of raisins, grapefruit, pine and more earth, but still not much character around the malt - more hoppy than anything, but not overly complex or flavourful. Overall, a decent IPA that has it’s moments, but given my good experience with this brewery, I was expecting and hoping for more, but this fell short. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Whole Foods in Arlington (Clarendon), Virginia on 09-March-2014 for US$2.39 sampled at home in Washington on 03-June-2014.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Jun 2014 at 23:01


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle 12fl.oz. @ cgarvieuk [ Lets do a chrisO Tasting ], Edinburgh, Scotland. [ As Highland Devils Britches IPA ].Clear medium to light amber color with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, light nutty, light to moderate hoppy, orange - citrus. Flavour is moderate sweet and moderate to light heavy bitter with a long duration, hop bitter, caramel, malty, licorice hop notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20140315]

Tried from Bottle on 25 May 2014 at 14:16


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 6.5

Draft: Pours hazy amber with a small white head. Scent is peppery orange. Taste is barley malt, orange-peel bitter. A little spice. Not bad.

Tried from Draft on 15 Apr 2014 at 17:20


6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle at Craig’s. Pours clear copper, thick white head. Light citrus aromas, mostly toffee though. Some bitterness on the taste, sweet finish. Odd one.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Mar 2014 at 02:09



6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

bottle at home ... at the Lets do a Chris O tasting... copper ... bubbly off white head ... soft dry zezty toffee malt nose ... soft roast ... dark malts ... dry fruit ... soft sweet toffee malt

Tried from Bottle on 15 Mar 2014 at 06:44