Bent Nail
Red Lodge Ales in Red Lodge, Montana, United States 🇺🇸
IPA Regular|
Score
6.37
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Bent Nail IPA is a tribute to the hard-working contractors who make their living in Red Lodge. The IPA is high in alcohol and hop flavor. We use copious of American cascade hops to give the IPA intense grapefruit and citrus aroma and flavor.
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4.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Crisp clear light copper and honey coloured body with a nice and smallish two centimetre tall tan head. Aroma of a lot of caramel, some earthy malt, a touch of grass, a little soap and a hint of floral and perfumey hops. Light-bodied; Strong grassy and herbal flavour up front with hardly any malt at all, some light sugars and very little else - a touch of hops. Aftertaste is pretty mellow as well with a little grassy herb flavour, some stale hops and a bit of grain. Overall, not such a great beer and definitely missing a few aspects to make this decent, but sadly, still nice for me to try given it’s a long way from home, and it’s a local beer, but if you can get this beer and others regularly, pass this one up, this isn’t worth your hard-earned money! I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Vintage Sellers in Great Falls, Montana on 20-June-2016 for US$1,75 sampled at home in Washington on 16-July-2016.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Jul 2016
at 00:34
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pours a dark amber from a bottle, heavy white head with lots of lacing. Aroma of pine hops, flavor of lemon, some caramel, rather bitter but well-balanced. Good beer.
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Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Oct 2015
at 19:17
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Yellowstone Grocery at Old Faithful. Pours amber with a white head. Aroma of citrus and light caramel. Med body. Flavor is fairly citrus with some mildly roasty malt backdrop. Clean. Nicely bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 May 2014
at 18:12
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
I bought a 6 pack at Star Liquor in Sheridan. Bottled on date of Sept 20, 2013.
A slow pour brought a 2 finger head of foam sitting on a deep golden coloured brew.
The smell is hoppy with notes of grapefruit and orange backed by a mild malt sweetness.
The taste is mildly bitter hops, again grapefruit and orange, the malt is kind of nonchalant; sometimes a sweetish flavour comes into play and then is gone. I think the hops are just beginning to fade from, what I’d think they were like, when fresh but not enough to where you get that grainy, kind of sickly sweetness old IPAs usually end up suffering from.
Nice mouthfeel here and it is certainly easy to drink. It’s a good brew and decent IPA.
A slow pour brought a 2 finger head of foam sitting on a deep golden coloured brew.
The smell is hoppy with notes of grapefruit and orange backed by a mild malt sweetness.
The taste is mildly bitter hops, again grapefruit and orange, the malt is kind of nonchalant; sometimes a sweetish flavour comes into play and then is gone. I think the hops are just beginning to fade from, what I’d think they were like, when fresh but not enough to where you get that grainy, kind of sickly sweetness old IPAs usually end up suffering from.
Nice mouthfeel here and it is certainly easy to drink. It’s a good brew and decent IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Dec 2013
at 07:28
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draft. Amber body. Off-white head. Aroma of caramel, toasted grain, grapefruit, pine, orange. The flavor is moderately sweet and lightly bitter. It finishes lightly to moderately sweet and lightly to moderately bitter. Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation. Average IPA. Bitter finish. Taste of citrus, grapefruit and pine.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Nov 2013
at 17:51
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On draft at the grizzly bar in roscoe mt. Pours amber with a frothy off white head. Grassy hop aroma. Significant maltiness to this ipa but it really hit the spot after two days in the Beartooth backcountry.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Jul 2013
at 20:16
7/10
Tried
on 10 May 2013
at 06:10
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
12oz bottle-pours amber with a light tan head and trailing lace. Aroma is pineapple/pine, sweet light/medium malt-caramel. Taste is dry/light pine hops with some bite, 2nd light/medium malt-roasty/bready/caramel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Feb 2012
at 17:51
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle thanks to John. Pours amber gold with off white head. Nose is pleasant caramel malt, hops and pineapple. Taste is mostly barley and cereal grain with caramel. Little hops. Light to medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Oct 2011
at 15:01
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12oz Bottle thanks to JohnGalt1. Pours out amber topped with a sand head. Aroma was citrus and pine hops along with a little sweet caramel malts. Taste was more of the citrus some light grapefruit peal and toast malts.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Apr 2011
at 20:24