Reviews: 160 | Ratings: 345
Reviews by mxchap:4.25/5 rDev +2.7%mxchap, Jun 27, 2013More User Reviews:3.85/5 rDev -7%look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4Appearance  This AIPA has a nice, deep orange color to it. It has a good head that showed some decent retention.
Drinkability  If you feel like an ass-kicking order an imperial pint of this brew. Call me masochistic, but I loved being led through the dance that this Russian River ale offered. 977 charactersRoyalT, Mar 10, 20054.25/5 rDev +2.7%PrimeCake, Aug 17, 20124.3/5 rDev +3.9%look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5Sampled on the wife and my recent SD hop tour, at O'Brians. Arrived cloudy, yellowy amber with a noticeable greenish hue. Nutmeg/grapefruit nose. Fresh HOPS opleanty, medium grapefruit blast. Another great west coast style hoppy brew. Cant miss, give it a try 261 charactersBillolick, Sep 09, 20065/5 rDev +20.8%GarrettB714, Nov 26, 20115/5 rDev +20.8%rob133, Nov 14, 20114.7/5 rDev +13.5%look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5Again mucho respect for the "real" pint. RR is classy!
D: A pure pleasure to drink. I tried this in a vertical with pTe and pTy last [email protected] I forgot how great it was, since it was the first in that line-up. It's too-bad their not bottling this gem! 688 charactersironlung, Apr 29, 20095/5 rDev +20.8%virinow, Nov 17, 20114/5 rDev -3.4%Bike2work, May 29, 20124/5 rDev -3.4%look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4On Tap
A tasty American IPA, though Blind Pig is far its superior. 320 charactersehammond1, Aug 29, 20114.36/5 rDev +5.3%look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25Light bodied gold appearance, amazing clarity, soft virgin white head, about 1/3" deep. Aroma is plenty hoppy in the Russian River vein: dank, fruity, pine and bitter. Taste is heavenly. Super light malt bill that stays out of the way of the hops, probably uses a little sugar in it to stay so light. Really amps up the pine flavors. Extremely bitter and enjoyable. Almost too bitter in the mouthfeel. Still very good, but, dang man. The super dry and grassy malt just allows the massive hopping to thrash your palate with wave after wave of what I suspect to be a lot of simcoe, amarillo, chinook, columbus and cascade hops. Big carbonation. So carbonated and bitter that you'll hallucinate and think there is pepper in here. Being the only guy to review Russian River IPA 100, I figured I should probably review this one, since I've had it more times. Funny how this can be below average for Russian River, and yet still better than 95% of ipas out there. 963 charactersBeerandraiderfan, Apr 19, 20134.45/5 rDev +7.5%look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25On tap served in a pint glass
O - Love it, Russian Rivers IPAs are all money! 423 characterswilliamjbauer, Mar 14, 20124.5/5 rDev +8.7%iSrALE, Dec 18, 20114.25/5 rDev +2.7%MFauver35, Jul 05, 20124.1/5 rDev -1%look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5On-tap at Toronado San Diego.
Overall this my least favorite IPA/DIPA I've had from RR and it's still delicious. It's lacking the in-your-face hops of Blind Pig and the Pliny's but it's a nice, milder version of the style, maybe even a big APA. Well worth a shot. 1,039 charactersglid02, May 14, 20105/5 rDev +20.8%girllovesbier, Nov 27, 20114.65/5 rDev +12.3%look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5Beer21, May 03, 20163.5/5 rDev -15.5%look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5[email protected] River Brewpub. Pretty decent IPA, lots of hops, citrusy, grainy, piney, pretty bitter to finish, not bad. Russian River was one of my favourite Californian Brewpubs and this beer was a near favourite of mine of which Russian River Brewed, just a nice hoppy IPA. 273 charactersrastaman, Feb 02, 20054.25/5 rDev +2.7%Majorge, Jul 01, 20123.62/5 rDev -12.6%look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5This arrived as a bright gold and orange without much head. There was some lacing but nothing special.
This is pretty refreshing, and a good IPA overall. 348 characterswatermelonman, May 05, 20044.1/5 rDev -1%look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5Had this at a Tria Fermentation School event in Philly. Although this is draft only, the beer was bottled for this event and I assume brought from RR. The beer poured a clear golden color with a virbrant but thin white head. The aroma was a nice piney, citrus hop nose but I compared it next to the Elder and Younger and I would say that this is their little brother, in aroma and taste as well. The taste is very hoppy and probably more so than most you could find out there but for a RR beer it was tame but stil very enjoyable. It had some nice piney, citrus notes, a touch of pinnapple. Just overall an enjoyable and drinkable IPA. 635 charactersggaughan, Jan 23, 20074/5 rDev -3.4%RBassSFHOPit2ME, Jun 08, 20134/5 rDev -3.4%LiquorsInc, Jan 02, 20134/5 rDev -3.4%AlexChillton, Mar 19, 20123.8/5 rDev -8.2%look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5on tap at Stone World Bistro & Gardens. Orange colour, great looks. Orange and tangerine taste, syrupy, a palate erase, a sipper. Well crafted IPA, but also very bitter and grassy. Not that complex. I prefer the Blind Pig myself but glad I had it. Was better cold. 264 charactersSammy, Jan 22, 2012