Redemption IPA Ratings
Published by Doug April 6th, 2006 in Ale, I.P.A., ratingsAll ratings are performed on a 0(awful) to 5(great) scale
- Color - 4
- Nose - 3
- Body - 4
- Flavor - 4
Tasting Notes: This beer sort of sneaks up on you. It looks unassuming but it’s rather hefty. The alcohol is certainly present. I really get the hop flavor on the back-end though they are hard to distinguish. I feel that a truly great beer should show all it’s subtleties with distinction. Great beers are like listening to SACD, good beers are listening on my stereo and bad beers, well that’s like using sony products.
The one falt that is apparent to me is that there is a scorched malt characteristic. I’m quite sure that it’s attributed to the fact that I only did a 2 gallon boil so I most likely scorched some malt 
Now that i’m doing full wort boils, it should come out great next time. I really have to move on from extract because it leaves behind a residual flavor that I’m not fond of. The master brewer I know says that the flavor i’m talking about is a penalty of using extract since it’s a twice cooked product.
Overall though, i’m quite happy with the way it turned out. It should drink well for some time. I think it needs a little more time to age.
But SACD is Sony!!
Anyway - sounds really tasty, wish I had an iPint or an eMug
That’s true, but it’s so different that it’s like they didn’t make it. I guess it was a bad analogy but it made sense at the time?