Upslope Brewing Company's India Pale Ale

I've been seeing Upslope around for the last few years.  They are another craft beer brewery that cans their beers instead of bottling them.   Upslope Brewing Company is another Colorado brewery, located in Boulder.  Go local, bro.

This IPA is described on the can as, "Bold, Deep, Bitter."  I have some serious problems with that description.  The smell is a nice, but slightly muted, hop-smell.  The beer pours a red amber with an average head.  Yeah, that means I poured it into my Becker Pint Glass.

The ABC is 7.2% and the IBUs are 65.  It is served all year round, like a boss.  So how does it taste?

It is good.  It seems very light and easy to drink.  The bitterness is even less than I might expect at 65 IBUs.   The aftertaste sits in the back of your tongue and is pleasant.  I feel this would be a fantastic starter IPA.  I do like the lightness of it, which does make me think that the IBUs are appropriate.   I suggest giving it a try.

My score: 73/100

Beer Rating Key

100-90: The best beers.  Beers that I go out of my way to drink often.

89-70: Recommended beers.  Beers that I drink when the opportunity presents itself.  

69-50: Average beers.  Mostly drank only when nothing better is available. 
49-30: Below average beers.  Only drank out of desperation. 
30-0:  The worst beers.  Only drank so I can say how terrible they are on this blog.

Paradox Beer Company's Red Red Rye

I was sent to Veteran's Liquor the other day to bring home wine.  I did so dutifully, and also decided to sneak a bomber home.  I did that, and quite successfully.

Paradox Beer Company sits up in Woodland Park, CO, just west of Colorado Springs.   It really is shameful I haven't been up there yet.  I give myself a Natural Light-esque rating for that.  That is, as you might expect, very bad.

Red Red Rye is served in a bomber with a champagne (or sparkling wine as I learned in my wine club) style cork.  A quick aside, my wine club did champagne the first month, and the hosts had all the champagnes or sparkling wines identity concealed.  Nearly everyone picked Andre, which goes for about 7.99 a bottle, as their favorite.  Americans, we have no taste.

Anyway, back to the beer.

Honestly, when I look for information on Red Red Rye, I cannot find much at all.  Most of the information I have comes from the label.

"Beer aged in oak red wine barrels.

Red ale brewed rye, pale, crystal and aromatic malts, el dorado hops bottled conditioned."

Red Red Rye is 9% ALC.   The beer comes from a Pint + 9.4 FL OZ bomber.   The beer pours a significant head at first, with a very muted sweet smell.  It does not appear overly red, as the color is more a brownish-red.  The taste is more rye and red, but I like the combination.  Unfortunately, the taste is rather tame like the smell.  It is easy to drink, and I could probably put quite a few of these down.  I do like the combo of rye and red, but I wished there was more I could research about the beer.  I'm a fan of how easy it is to drink as well, I would recommend this to a newbie craft beer drinker.  I drank this guy out of a Becker Pint glass.

My score: 70/100

Beer Rating Key

100-90: The best beers.  Beers that I go out of my way to drink often.

89-70: Recommended beers.  Beers that I drink when the opportunity presents itself.  

69-50: Average beers.  Mostly drank only when nothing better is available. 
49-30: Below average beers.  Only drank out of desperation. 
30-0:  The worst beers.  Only drank so I can say how terrible they are on this blog.