Review #118
Here is what the Brewer says:
Here is what the Brewer says:
I could not find anything regarding what the Brewer has to say about this beer other than the story printed on the side of the bottle.
My Thoughts: This beer poured a very dark and cloudy copper, almost a rust color with a large amount of tan colored head. The smell was all caramel malt sweetness with a hint of breadiness, nothing signaled IPA at this point because I didn't get one scent of hops on the nose. The taste of this beer had me puzzled too. If I was doing a blind tasting I wouldn't even be able to tell this was an IPA. The hops are nonexistent. The flavor totally followed the nose into a caramel malty sweetness. The end of this beer had a metallic taste to it. I don't know how this beer is labeled an IPA. Mouthfeel and carbonation were both very light. Drinkability of this beer for me was horrible. I didn't even finish the 22oz bottle. I'm really not sure what Rust Belt Brewing is going for with this IPA. They did achieve a rust colored, sweet metallic tasting beer, just not an IPA. Maybe I got a bad bottle (no date anywhere to be found), but I won't be buying another one any time soon.
Serving Type: 22oz bottle
My Rating: Overall 16.50/100
Look: 2 | Smell: 1 | Taste: 0.5 | Feel: 1 | Drink: 0.5
From what I heard from pretty good sources that beer that sits on the shelves is around 2 yrs old. I had one when it was fresh(er) and it was like an amber. Was it a 2.99 bomber?
ReplyDeleteIt was more than $2.99...but not more than $10. (I forget the price.) The lady at the store I got it from said they just got the shipment in too. Do they age it 2 years at the brewery?
ReplyDeleteNo it changed distributors hands and the distributor that carries it now bought the left over unsold inventory. They had marked it down from 4-5 bucks to $2.99. I wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole!
ReplyDeleteEven if I got it back in PA in late February?
ReplyDeleteI am not quite sure on purchasing it in PA. They would have different dist. So it's possible that it was fresher. Either way though I did not think it was an IPA when I had it over a year ago, to me it seemed like an amber.
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