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

On tap at the brewery. Black with beige head. Chocolate, coffee, some vanilla, sweetish, some bitterness in finish. Smooth texture. Nice one.

Tried from Draft at Bearded Iris Brewing on 05 Dec 2022 at 06:21


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

On tap at the brewery. Clear golden with medium white head. Malty, grainy, some citrus notes. Easy drinkable.

Tried from Draft at Bearded Iris Brewing on 05 Dec 2022 at 06:19


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

Notes of white grape, papaya, grapefruit, and a little chive, with a hint of cracker malt and a dry, modest mineral bitterness on the fade. Kinda dull, but drinkable.

Tried on 05 Dec 2022 at 02:26


8.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8

16 oz can poured, shared by Tcon. Thanks! Juicy golden orange haze, with little foam head. Balanced flavor with juicy tropical hops, and gritty biscuit grain. Soft, fruit hop aroma. Lingering melon fruit and tropical character. Nowhere near imperial flavor. Exceptional hazy double here.

Tried from Can on 05 Dec 2022 at 02:00


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

On tap at Duke's, Nashville. Cloudy golden with small white head. Malty, grainy, somewhat herbal, dry, some vague bitterness. Light bodied.

Tried from Draft at Duke's on 02 Dec 2022 at 22:00


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Strong initial notes of tangerine, mango, and citrus zest, followed by a little pine and a firm mineral bitterness. Finishes a bit weak, with no real malt depth and a lingering tinge of grapefruit pith in the fade. It’s fine.

Tried on 30 Nov 2022 at 01:21


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Tall can. Hazy dark yellow with a sticky white head. Aroma of tropical fruit, damp clean straw. Lightly sweet on the front with low bitterness and some dryness in the finish.

Tried from Can on 14 Nov 2022 at 22:45


8.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Ridiculously hazy, super pale golden coloured body with a slight ghostly white glow, all about 95 per cent opaque, with a thinnish, one centimetre tall, oily head that tops the beer, but fades fast! Aroma of oranges, tangerines, flowers, soft sugars, light malt and a good deal of hop bitterness from the alpha acids, in the nose, at least. Medium-bodied; Rich malts show at first with a touch of melons and tropical fruits, but then the hops hit immediately afterwards, with a nice crisp, floral and grassy note, before some tangerine and kumquat notes hit and provide some complexity. Aftertaste is very crisp and dry with the fruits all around and providing a nice complexity, but the malt and especially the hops do the heavy lifting here and give this the structure it needs for the long-haul. Overall, a very nice, elegant and complex New England IPA - nowhere close to Imperial Status of course, but robust and very enjoyable. As my first from this brewery, I'll be looking for others in the near term! Great to have, especially super fresh! I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from Dominion Beer and Wine in Falls Church, Virginia on 28-September-2021 for US$4,99 with the tagline 'Corncob TV', canned on 24-August-2021 and sampled at my house here in Washington on 15-October-2021.

Tried from Can on 14 Nov 2022 at 06:37


7.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Keg at woodworkers. Pours deep orange, nose is sherbert lemon, mango, pine, taste is juicy fruit, sweet, floral notes.

Tried on 09 Nov 2022 at 16:31


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Pint can from Wine Cellar Depere, 10/20/22. Hazy yellow, medium off-white head, average retention. Aroma of pineapple, mango, pale malt. Taste is pineapple, vanilla, mango, lactose. Thin, juicy. Decent.

Tried from Can on 28 Oct 2022 at 00:57