Bearded Iris Metropolitan

If you are keeping track…this is the third Bearded Iris beer in a row that I am reviewing. I recently went down to Nashville and was extremely excited to finally go to one of my absolute favorite breweries, Bearded Iris. Well you may notice the absence of a review for Bearded Iris on this site. I was very (very) upset that once I arrived at this amazing brewery that they had made the choice (I emphasize choice here) to serve their beer in plastic cups. I made the very sad choice then and there to turn around and not review them at this point in time. Now I know you may read this and think that I am an incredibly pretentious beer snob to be so upset over something as small as drinking from a plastic cup, however I would say that if you are a true craft beer aficionado then you are totally into the color, the aroma and the flavors of these amazing brews. AND that my friends is something you will not truly experience in a plastic cup. It is an extremely poor decision on the part of a brewery to do this (serve in plastic). So I left without the experience or the review that I was so looking forward to…however I also left with a bunch of their beer to enjoy and review once I got home (and use a proper glass!). So here we are with Metropolitan IPA! OMG! this is sooo good. The color is beautiful. Thick and orange in the glass. The aromas are so strong. Orange and mango! I was smelling this from at least a couple of feet away before I grabbed the glass. The flavors are very juicy and full of creamy orange and mango goodness. This IPA is only 6.5% so you can get away with drinking more of this amazing beer without feeling loopy. This is the fifth or sixth beer I have had by this brewery and every single one of them have knocked my socks off. This one just keeps the streak going. I will make it back there someday to get the review I want (if they are serving from proper glass ware).

Rating 9.6