Redoak India Pale Ale

Hazy amber colour. Piney, minty, grapefruity hop nose. Moderate bitterness is herbal and earthy. Dry, woody finish. There’s balancing caramel throughout. A well-structured, highly drinkable brew.

Draught@Redoak. The hoppiest beer they’ve made, and a very pleasant one. Even while being fairly hoppy, its still quite balanced between the hop and malt, which actually, i guess, makes it more drinkable, but perhaps less what i expect in an IPA. This shows some lovely lightly floarl, citric hops, while never going over the top. Nice.

bottled, brewtopia, melbourne. tasted in early may, a fair while before its official release so it may well be a pretty different beer now. anyways, it reminded me of what i would like to expect from an english ipa when i read all that boring crap on the label about how all the hops were chucked in so the beer would survive the long blah blah blah. actually has plenty of bitterness, a touch metallic but also some nice floral notes. amber, full in the mouth, a pretty good effort

On tap at the brewpub. Pours golden amber with a thin and fleeting white head. has a berry-like aroma with a bit of a medicinal bling. A very nice peppery hop bitterness settles on the tongue. The palate is quite drying for a beer with such a medium level of boiling hops. A strange splash of quinine emerges mid palate. A mild hop citrus lingers on the palate long after the beer leaves you. Overpriced and under produced. The beer at this place is by no means the best in Australia.

I really really wanted this to be my new favourite beer. One that I could turn to when I felt like giving myself a big treat every now and then. Well, it falls short of that but it is still a very good beer nevertheless. It has a fine look in the glass with a clean coppery hue and creamy head. The evidence of a high hopping rate is seen in the delicate lacing in the glass via the sappy viscosity of the hops. The nose is toffee and sweet nuttiness that is rounded out by the hop aroma. This is certainly a distinctive flavour that sets it apart from some of the US style IPAs as there is none of the pine needle flavour that other types of hop impart. Rather there is a soft fruitiness backed up by the marmalade flavour idenfied by the previous reviewer. As always, this beer has to be cradled for a fair while to warm it up to a point where the significant character of the beer can be appreciated. As it warms the palate seems to become thicker in mouthfeel which succeeds in giving a pleasing character to a well produced beer. I would be happy to partake of a session of tthis beer.