Bearded Iris Brewing

Microbrewery in Nashville, Tennessee, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Bearded Iris Brewing

Established in 2016

Contact
101 Van Buren St, Nashville, TN, 37208, United States
Description
WHEN YOU SIT DOWN WITH A BEER, YOU’RE AFTER SOMETHING. Maybe it’s nuanced layers of flavor, the siren call of a favorite hop, or to test your skill identifying stone fruit tasting notes. Maybe you’re chasing the new or craving the familiar, perhaps you just want to kick back for a drink with friends—and order another of the same. At Bearded Iris, our beers meet you where you are and deliver the experience you seek, whatever it might be, because that’s what we believe makes beer worth drinking. CULTIVATE VARIETY DRIVES US AT BIBCO. (WE’RE NOT KIDDING.) With a menu that skews heavily toward IPAs, DIPAs, and pales, it can appear that we don’t, in fact, cultivate much “variety.” But here’s the thing: we’re not looking to bombard you with a checklist of styles. Instead, we know that each hop varietal and every intentionally selected ingredient contains a multitude of possibilities that can be deliberately unlocked and unleashed, then honed and hemmed in tightly, to construct a pint that’s unapologetically itself, memorably composed, and fun to drink. Every time. Regardless of style. To us, that’s the variety worth cultivating. And that’s what we bring to your table.

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6.5/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Rachel brought this one back from her trip to Nashville. +++ Sampled from a 16 oz can this beer poured a murky golden peach color with a huge foamy yellow-white head that lingered and left good lacing. The aroma was bitter floral and fruity hops. The flavor was bitter and tart with fruity and floral hops - a touch rough - and a hint of cactus. Long finish. Medium body. Ok.
Tried from Can on 26 Dec 2017 at 15:58

8.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 8.5
Pretty glorious DIPA from Bearded Iris, tropical and dank and berry-dusted, floral and soapy and earthy, underlined by a toasted-bread-and-caramel malt base and a piney, lingering bitterness on the finish. Lactose adds a subtle vanilla-tinged sweetness on the back end, but clingy hops clear away any lasting sugar notes and pave the way for a firm, resinous fade. Amazing b.o.-and-citrus-salad nose. Pours okay, coming out a hazed gold with a brief head and spotty lacing. Creamy texture is frighteningly easygoing for a 8.3% IPA. Wonderful pint.
Tried on 22 Dec 2017 at 20:09

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Draft at the source. Pours a hazy, deep orange gold with a finger of foam that lingers. Durian, bright tangerine, coconut and papaya aromas. Prickly hopburn, light.booze, papaya skin and slight coconut creaminess. Medium bitterness that lingers. Another solid drop. --- Beer merged from original tick of Double Scatterbrain DDH W/ Nelson Sauvin on 20 Dec 2017 at 20:13 - Score: 8. Original review text: Durian, bright tangerine, coconut and papaya aromas. Prickly hopburn, light.booze, papaya skin and slight coconut creaminess. Medium bitter.
Tried from Draft on 20 Dec 2017 at 22:00

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Draft at the source. Pours a glowing, juicy mango color with a finger of creamy foam that lingers. Passion fruit, peach, dank aromas and light pithy citrus. Hop burn on the palate, tons of hop flavor. Slightly acidic finish, with pineapple and citrus. Solid drop. Nose is pretty insane.
Tried from Draft on 20 Dec 2017 at 21:59

8.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Can from Craft Brewed. Pours a banana juice colored yellow with a finger of creamy foam that lingers. Lots of pineapple, lychee and dragon fruit in the nose. White grapefruit, kiwi and more crushed pineapple on the palate. Maybe a touch too light and thin on the palate, but the flavors and aromas pop. Hopburn on the finish, lingering pith and tropical fruit skin. Very Vermont-like and very good.
Tried from Can on 18 Dec 2017 at 13:01

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Can shared by my man Z! Pours a thick, deep yellow with a finger of foam that lingers. Big, juicy grapefruit, lemon drop and mango nose..light yogurt and cream. Peach all over the palate. Some hopburn, creamy with a bitter finish. Definitely more bitter than expected, but still a nice drop.
Tried from Can on 15 Dec 2017 at 12:57

8/10
Tried from Draft on 10 Dec 2017 at 15:54

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Not sure if you should consider 7.5% an DIPA, especially one so insistent as Offbeat on its casual nature. Too casual, actually, with a hefty dose of Simcoe fruity dankness and Citra lemon-orange-grapefruit goodness, yet never developing much of a back end for these lovely hops to percolate and attack the palate. Grainy malts provide a basic, gentle biscuity base for the fruit to build upon, but Offbeat never really goes anywhere, fading into a bready, citrus-tinged fade lacking much-needed bitterness. Kinda feels like a strong argument for the "unfinished beer" stance against NEIPAs. Not a bad pint, just not a complete one, either.
Tried on 09 Dec 2017 at 18:50

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Tall can. Hazy gold with a large whit head. Fresh grapefruit and pineapple aroma. The flavor follows the fruit from the aroma with lightly sweet start with citrus bitterness in the finish.
Tried from Can on 06 Dec 2017 at 17:45

8/10
Tried on 05 Dec 2017 at 20:45