The Cascade Lakes IRA pours a slightly-hazy blood orange color. Very solid, uniform color; nice looking beer. Little head on this one. Not a ton of hops in the aroma like you might expect. Getting some very strong esters; banana and tart cherry. Intense malt sweetness. The hops the do shine through are woody and spicy.
Hits the tongue just a little sweet and quickly evolves into a very tart bitterness. I'd say the most defining characteristic of this beer would be the esters, which is definitely not what you might expect from an India-style ale. Finishes with some herbal hop notes and an intense cherry flavor similar to some cough syrups. Some pleasant caramel flavors linger. Decent carbonation; thick body.
Can't say I'm too crazy about this one. It's not a bad beer by any means, but I can't see myself picking it up again.
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