Sierra Nevada Flipside Red IPA

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I picked this up on a whim last weekend and was glad I did. Was mostly clear, slight hazy, copper to auburn color. Really pretty to look at when held up to the light. Nice creamy head with a moderately aggressive pour.

Aroma starts with lots of hops in usual Sierra Nevada fashion (probably from the Centennial), some pine, mild resin, grassy and earthy, hint of citrus (Citra) and a bit spicy/fruity (Simcoe). When tasting, had a slightly toasty malt, a little caramel note, touch of chocolate flavor, roasty.

That gave way to the hops, quite a bit of pine and spicy hops, hint of fruity hop not really citrus maybe a stronger Simcoe hit, fairly bitter overall (60 IBU). Just a bit of some kind of dark fruity flavor too interestingly. Finish is still a bit sweet, more candy and reddish malts lingering, long lingering spicy slight pine hop bitterness with the Simcoe aftertaste.

Mouthfeel is medium to a bit bigger body, nice carb, little creamy.

Overall not bad, nice malt character, decent hop profile and good balance, I like the way the caramel creaminess and chocolate malt flavors mix with the spicy slight pine hops, and the strange but interesting dark fruit like characters and Simcoe kick.

From their site:

Malts: Two row Pale, Caramel, Wheat and Chocolate

Hops: Bittered with Magnum, Finished with Citra, Simcoe, Centennial.