Uinta Brewing Company - Cahoots Double Rye India Pale Ale

What's up everyone? Hope things are going well. Spent my dinner at Stone tonight and had a couple of fantastic beers, one of which will be reviewed in the next few days. But that's for another time. I've had this bottle in my fridge far too long and honestly, it's time to get this one opened and see how it tastes.

So with that said, tonight I'm drinking another new(er) release from Uinta, part of their Crooked Line series. This is their Cahoots Double Rye India Pale Ale. In other words? It's a Double Rye IPA. Or, it's a Rye DIPA... or its... well, whatever. The point is, this is a Rye IPA and is actually brewed with two types of malted rye and loads of malted barley... and finally, two hop varieties. Sounds like they're going for a spicy, hoppy, slightly malty IPA. Coming in at 9.4% abv and bottled 5/17/13, let's pop the cork and see how this one is!

Cahoots pours out a really nice amber, mahogany color. Lots of ruby red hues at the bottom of the glass. Not a lot of carbonation on this one, but there is a small amount streaming up from the bottom of the glass. A really nice billowy tan/off-white head. Lots of tiny bubbles. Great retention time with some thick, sticky foam like lacing. This is a really nice looking IPA, DIPA, whatever IPA! Let's get the nose on the Cahoots!

First thing I get on the nose is some nice juicy hop character. Lots of pineapple, peaches, some mango, papaya. Some subtle citrus behind the juicy fruits. A nice amount of pine/resin like characters. The rye really comes through as the head dissipates back into the beer. A nice spice is left behind that plays really well off the big fruits. It does a nice job bringing out more of the citrus, more of the orange specifically. This is a really nice smelling beer. Enough rambling though. Let's do some drinking!

Really nice mouth feel on this. Right away, I get some of the rye malts. A really good spice comes through immediately. It does a good job of driving the hops through the full palate. Clean through to the back of the palate where you get a nice caramel sweetness. There's some bitter grapefruit in the center of the palate. Lingers really nicely. Sides of the palate you get more of that peach, pineapple and papaya character. It's definitely more noticeable on the nose but it's definitely there. Again, the rye on this really carries the beer in my opinion. Cahoots finishes nice and dry and leaves a nice bitter taste in the mouth. Just a really nice, pleasant and dangerously drinkable beer.

So overall, I'm really digging Cahoots. This is pretty much what I want in a Rye IPA. Lots of spice but nothing overpowering the overall juicy characters and citrus characters of the IPA itself. Everything plays together really nicely here. A good malt profile adds a nice mouth feel and some sweetness to the beer. Once again Uinta nails it. They're slowly becoming one of my favorites, possibly top 3 favorite, breweries that I have access to. If you can get Cahoots I think it's worth picking up and checking out. Definitely one to relax with at the end of a long day.

Rating: A

Oh, here's a video of my wife trying Cahoots. It cuts off, but don't fret, it Tastes Like Beer!