review: Deschutes Red Chair NWPA

Today's beer adventure: Deschutes Red Chair Northwest Pale Ale (OREGON, USA). 355ml Bottle. 6.4% ABV. Served in my stolen BP pint glass. Purchased during our trip to Plentywood. ~$2.00/bottle.

The pour is orange amber in colour. Slightly hazy. Small amount of solid but quickly dissipating head. Good lacing. Nose is floral hops, citrus peel, grapefruit, orange, spices.

Flavour is all the nose ingredients in spades - the grapefruit, orange, slight lemon..then the spices kick in...pepper, pine, coriander. Solid malt on the back end that evens the flavour right out. The alcohol is not out front or in the back - could be a sneaky one. Just dry enough on the finish. *Very* drinkable.

Rating is 8.25/10 dogs. This is such an incredibly balanced yet crisp hop forward beer. Derek and I made a "mistake" and both put a sixer of this in the cart when we were on our trip, not knowing what it is that we were looking forward to. I think it worked out really well! I will buy this one again in a hot minute. Great beer. Wow.


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