Hope Estate Brewery – Red Rye Imperial IPA

Brewery: Hope Estate Brewery in Hunter Valley, NSW Style:  Red Rye Imperial IPA ABV:  9% Rate Beer:  not listed on Rate Beer Pour:  Toffee amber in colour with a fast fading slightly off white head.  The rye malt really dominates early on with this beer. It masks any hop bitterness or sweeter malts that you’d associate with a red IPA. This beer certainly […]

Sauce Brewing Co – Double IR

This iteration has upped the rye malt adding a dryness and bitterness more associated with rye IPAs

Tumut River Brewing Company – Deliverance

Brewery: Tumut River Brewing Company in Tumut, NSW Style: Imperial Red IPA ABV: 8% IBUs: 100 Rate Beer: Not listed on Rate Beer at time of publishing Pour: Deep ruby red colour with no head on pour A theme I’m finding with their beers is a sweetness on the tongue on first sip. A smooth red IPA that doesn’t have much […]

Bacchus Brewing – Red Bellied Black Imperial Red IPA

Brewery: Bacchus Brewing Company, in Capalaba QLD Style: Imperial Red IPA ABV: 10.8% Rate Beer: no rating on Rate Beer Pour: Deep dark red with thin, decent head on pour Beautiful aroma and quite sweet on first taste for a red IPA. The flavours are almost candy like with slight IPA piney tones. A beer this big in ABV should not […]