Rise Premium India Pale Ale Økologisk

Brewed by Rise Bryggeri
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Ærøskøbing, Denmark

Pours clear yellow golden with white frothy head. Light malt, flowers, fresh herbs, faintly mettallic on the nose. Sour sweet in the mouth. Tastes a bit off, like a mixture of broth and fermented pear. Light to medium body. Syrupy texture. Soft carbonation and light alcoholic finish.

Medium offwhite head. Coppery body. Raisiny roasty linoleum aroma with gasoline notes. Sweet-dry raisiny perfumy taste with plastic earth notes. Mid-bodied. Sharpish mouthfeel. Dry roasty perfumy baking soda aftertaste with cinnamon notes. Not really very successful. (0.5l bottle, wine monopoly.)

Bottle. It pours a clear, golden body under a small, off-white head. Citrus, grass, some cheesy notes and a doughy, grainy maltyness in the back. Quite nice though. Slightly lemony-sour fruity flavor with pale malts and a herbal-like bitterness. Dry and medium-bodied. Not much bitterness, neither initially nor in the very end. I think it’s to push it to name it IPA, but it’s a quite refreshing one, leading my thoughts more to a golden ale, except it’s bigger. Even though it’s not a very good one, I could easily down a few in the summer heat. 091005

0.5 L bottle from Vinmonopolet. Golden orange color. Low greyish head. Modest aroma of sweet, doughy malts, perfume and grassy hops. Sugary malt flavor with a sourish twist. Noticeable, but unfresh grassy and herbal hop bitterness. Some lemony fruitiness. Body is light plus. Mouthfeel is diluted and sourish. No bitterness in the ending. Not very good, and certainly not a genuine IPA.

Bottle from Vinmonopolet. Golden beer. Some grassy hops, men not well balanced, herbal and medical flavours I didn’t like much. Not a successful attempt at an IPA, I think the organic mark on the label is the main reason for anyone buying this.

Bottle from Vinmonopolet. Clear golden, small head. Flowery and grassy hops aroma, hints of metal. Rather sweet bonbon-like flavours, very little bitterness. Unimpressive.

500 ml bottle, now available in Norway at Vinmonopolet. ABV is 5.5%. Organic, ingredients include sugar and ascorbic acid (E300 - vitamin C). Deep golden colour, moderate white head. Brewed with English ale yeast. Weak aroma of floral hops, some "dusty" notes too. The flavour is first fairly sweet and malty, with a "dusty" finish. Some metallic hops in the aftertaste, with notes of wet cardboard to boot. Ridiculously poorly hopped for something going under the name of "IPA". Would not be a great beer, whatever name they had chosen. Nope, this is simply not good enough.

Flaske 0,5l fra Vinmonopolet på Langnes i Tromsø. Gyldenbrun farge. Pent hvitt kremaktig skum. Svak duft av humle. Smaken er avdempet fruktig. Avrundet. Lite kullsyre. Maltig og litt bitter avslutning. Som øl var det ok. Som IPA var det en stor skuffelse. KI=5