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Ninkasi Believer Double Red

Ninkasi Believer Double Red

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An American Strong Ale brewed by
Ninkasi Brewing Company

Eugene, Oregon USA

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403.61/5.03.58/5.00.426.9%51.8 Trappist glass P  Stats

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Brewed and dedicated to the believers of Ninkasi. Rich dark malt complexity is balanced by a plentiful hop presence bringing together perfection in every sip. Who knew believing had so many rewards.
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 Angeloregon (1260), Portland, Oregon, USA
4.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/104/59/105/520/20
Mar 1, 2007    Updated: Mar 27, 2007
It only takes one Floyd to make a superior beer in Oregon. Jamie’s hyper-honed taste buds combined the utmost spectacular blend of ingredients to give a hop head exactly the beer I need. Medium brown-amber hue, sinister lacing head, and ninja kickin’ bitter finish that must be tasted to be understood. Boo yah!


NickVega (71), Eugene, Oregon, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/105/518/20
Aug 19, 2007  
Super dark and delicious. On tap all around Eugene - Cornucopia - had this one in the Ninkasi parking lot.


 raphael (218), USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/518/20
Nov 10, 2006  
A thin whiff of dark malt immediately blended with resiny hops. Clloud reddish brown w ith thin quick head (on tap at rose & raindrop). i expec ted more of christmas beer, but this is a great (double?) IPA. the hops come on strong and teeter at the edge, kept in balance bythe hops blend & just enough malt to feel near bottom. Surprisingly light in texture & quaffability, deespite low head nice carbonation


 SamuraiArtist (292), portland, Oregon, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/104/517/20
Aug 24, 2007  
Draft at Concordia Ale House: Pours A dark almost black red. From the bottom of the pint glass you get a nice hazy red that turns into black in the top half of the glass. Finishes with a tan 1 finger head. Aroma of chewy malts, coffee and floral hops. Flavor is malty and rich, some stout like coffee and burnt woodyness and a medium hop bitterness throughout. Hops are strong in the flavor also with mostly floral notes and they dont linger. This beer has everything and its balanced, full flavored but not syrupy.


 BillKismet (1308), Seattle, Washington, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/105/515/20
Aug 4, 2007  
Was monikered "Ninkasi Believer" where I consumed it, and am surprised to see it is called a Double Red. To me, this was a fabulous Am. Strong Ale/Double IPA. Deep amber hue with adequate head. Gushing cascade boquet, and a flooding of Cascade rounded out my some of the usual PNW suspects. Adequate bitterness, but it definitely takes a back seat to the later edition hops. I would surmise that this is dry hopped with cascade hops--gives it a desirable, raw, edgy hop leaf flavor. Top notch.




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