Deschutes Brewery Armory XPA

Armory XPA

 

Deschutes Brewery in Bend, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸

  Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular
Score
6.80
ABV: 5.9% IBU: 55 Ticks: 47
It’s fitting this experimental pale ale was the first beer brewed at our Portland Pub. This XPA gets its bitter twist from Nugget and Northern Brewer hops, then delivers a pronounced citrus kick from Cascade, Centennial and YCR-394, now known as Citra, hops. The recipe will evolve, featuring different hops throughout the year so look for future iterations.
 

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3.2
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 2

Bottle. Except for decent co2 on the palate, this is an IPA. Looks like a yuengy. Bitter hop obsession fer sure. Long bitter nearly astringent finish. Enough already.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Sep 2016 at 16:35


5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7

On tap at Pinthouse Pizza South Lamar. Pours a hazy orange gold with medium frothy white head that lasts. The aroma is citrus and pine. Medium body, wheat, floral, citrus, light finish, decent.

Tried from Draft on 12 Aug 2016 at 15:18


6.2
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Odd, I was expecting a whole bunch lot more out of this. Aroma was like stinky feet. Great appearance with a long lasting head and lots of lace. Bittersweet, but not much hope flavor.

Tried on 14 Jun 2016 at 19:42


7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Floral/lactic orange caramel malt and grapefruit peel aroma. Amber with moderate head. Moderately sweet citrus caramel malt and mildly bitter grapefruit peel flavor. Nice body. Pretty sweet and malty - not a lot of hops.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Jun 2016 at 18:54


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 6

Bottle: Amber, with a thick, light tan head. Orange, pine scent. Taste is slightly spicy, orange-peel, orange malt...light toffee malt. Nothing new, but a nice flavour.

Tried from Bottle on 31 May 2016 at 16:32


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

On tap at the Brewpub in Portland. Dark orange with a white head. Fresh with hops, some malt, caramel and light pineapple. A decent one.

Tried from Draft on 11 Mar 2016 at 09:34


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

12oz bottle. Man, Deschutes really is weak these days. Medium to full bodied. Crystal malt heavy, drab APA meets American Strong Ale. Overall just strikes me as cheap, streamlined. Drinkable, but uninspired.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Feb 2016 at 00:42


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

12 ounce bottle into pint glass, best before 11/22/2015. Pours lightly hazy/cloudy orange/amber color with a 2 finger dense and rocky off white head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of grapefruit, tangerine, lemon zest, orange peel, mango, melon, pepper, wood, pine, honey, light caramel, toasted bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of citrus/tropical/earthy hops and moderate bready malt notes; with good strength. Taste of big grapefruit, tangerine, lemon zest, orange peel, mango, melon, pepper, wood, pine, honey, light caramel, toasted bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Good amount of pine/citrus rind/spicy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, lemon/orange peel, mango, melon, pepper, wood, pine, honey, toasted bread, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Damn nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/tropical/earthy hops and moderate bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Fair amount of dryness after the finish from bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately crisp/sticky, and lightly creamy/bready mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is very well hidden with zero warming present after the finish. Overall this is an excellent American pale ale. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/tropical/earthy hops and moderate bready malt flavors; and very smooth and crisp to drink. A very enjoyable offering.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Oct 2015 at 21:14


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Tried on 14 Jul 2015 at 03:20


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

Poured from nitro tap. Copper brown with creamy off white head. Very floral hops, a bit of bread malt, mild caramel malt, subtle piney, grapefruit hops.

Tried from Draft on 13 Jun 2015 at 00:53