Barrio Rea's Ruby Red Grapefruit IPA

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 10 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 9

Poured up on tap at AZ Strong Beer Fest 2016 where it exhibits a slightly hop hazed deep gold body that has thick copper hues and supports a near white head of foam. The aroma offers up malt sweetened candy like tangelo, sweet orange candy, and mild mango sort of hard candy sensation rolling around in the background. The taste starts with a bitter citrus hoppiness that climbs right into lightly juicy kind of candy tangelo and tangerine and sweetened pink grapefruit like hoppiness. The bitterness grows to modest levels to midway with citrus hops and a little bit of pineapple. Nice hoppy brew.
Earlier Rating: 12/13/2015 Total Score: 3.8
32oz growler pours with a near clear copper body that supports a light tan head of foam. The aroma offers up candy like grapefruit, orange peel and then citrus hop notes heading toward the end of the draw. The taste delivers bitter grapefruit, sweet orange juice nuanced grapefruit pieces and then tart yet sweet grapefruit flavored gummy bears. The citrusy bitter notes fade into the finish leaving candy like grapefruit and a modest level of sweet malts blended with this earthy grapefruit juice. Pretty nice.