Western Seaboard Project #3
Beak Brewery in Lewes, East Sussex, England 🏴
IPA - West Coast Series|
Score
7.31
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The Western Seaboard Project is a series of IPAs inspired by contemporary Pacific coast beer culture, focusing less on bitterness and more on crisp malt profiles with modern, ultra-vivid hop character. Our third release is saturated in super fresh, hand-selected Citra in four forms: T-90, Cryo, Hyperboost and Dynaboost. Spritzy, resinous and dank in all the key areas with flavours of pot, Seville Marmalade and blood orange negronis.
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8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
13th September 2025
Panda thanks to Cloin. Pretty much a clear gold beer, small bubbly off white head that doesn't last that long. Light smooth palate, decent fine carbonation. Light bodied smooth pale malts, just the right amount of sweetness for this brew. Lovely hoppage. Light smooth cooling pine. Resinous but light and bright tangerine, orange and mandarin fruits, a mild mild savoury skunk lurks down at subterranean levels. Light finish. Yeah, that is one quaffable brew. Could keep this company all night and the some.
Panda thanks to Cloin. Pretty much a clear gold beer, small bubbly off white head that doesn't last that long. Light smooth palate, decent fine carbonation. Light bodied smooth pale malts, just the right amount of sweetness for this brew. Lovely hoppage. Light smooth cooling pine. Resinous but light and bright tangerine, orange and mandarin fruits, a mild mild savoury skunk lurks down at subterranean levels. Light finish. Yeah, that is one quaffable brew. Could keep this company all night and the some.
Tried
on 13 Sep 2025
at 18:09
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can at home picked up from HOTM. A A clear golden orange coloured pour with a lasting sticky white head. Aroma is nice bright pine, light weed, dank, dank orange. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, piney hop, medium dank, funky tangerine, light bark. Palate is semi sweet, light resin, moderate carbonation. Decent enough.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Sep 2025
at 22:23
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7
On tap at Radnor Arms Folkestone Tap Takeover. Clear deep gold colour lasting white head. Pink grapefruit aroma. More pink grapefruit in the mouth. Some light toffee flavour.. moderate bitterness on the finish. Very tasty west coast style ipa.
Tried
from Draft
at
Radnor Arms
on 05 Sep 2025
at 10:00
7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
440ml can. Clear golden amber, unusually thin white head. Aroma of orange, resin, light herbal. Taste is very orangey, lots of marmalade, resinous, some dank herbal notes, mild bitterness. Medium bodied.
Good again, but still left scratching my head about this Bright IPA style. Westies without bitterness just don't seem right!
Good again, but still left scratching my head about this Bright IPA style. Westies without bitterness just don't seem right!
Tried
from Can
from The Fuss Club
on 18 Aug 2025
at 23:12
7/10
Tried
from Can
on 18 Aug 2025
at 10:43
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Spotty beige head on a clear amber coloured body.
Pine, malt & dank aroma.
Medium, sparkling with a smooth cloying back.
Orange, malt, perfume & berry tastes.
Nice to drink - WC??
Pine, malt & dank aroma.
Medium, sparkling with a smooth cloying back.
Orange, malt, perfume & berry tastes.
Nice to drink - WC??
Tried
from Can
on 16 Aug 2025
at 20:13
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draft at the brewery. Poured a clear golden colour, with a few bubbles and a lasting frothy white head. The aroma is grainy, herbal, grassy. The flavour is moderate bitter, with a smooth, herbal, light orange marmalade, grassy, light hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with average to soft carbonation. It’s ok, but not world class.
Tried
from Draft
at
Beak Brewery Taproom
on 15 Aug 2025
at 20:43
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can at home from Fuss Club. Clear golden colour with a white head. Aroma and taste are pine and slight citrus. Decent sweet to slight bitter finish. Medium to rich body.
Tried
from Can
from The Fuss Club
on 13 Aug 2025
at 19:47
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can at home, from HOTM online, 09/08/2025.
Clear golden topped with a good sized lasting white head.
Nose is bitter orange, grass, grapefruit, pineapple, mandarin, tangerine.
Taste comprises orange zest, peach, grapefruit, pine needle, grass.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spiked with balanced juicy come grassy hop bitterness.
Tidy well balanced WC affair.
Clear golden topped with a good sized lasting white head.
Nose is bitter orange, grass, grapefruit, pineapple, mandarin, tangerine.
Taste comprises orange zest, peach, grapefruit, pine needle, grass.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spiked with balanced juicy come grassy hop bitterness.
Tidy well balanced WC affair.
Tried
on 09 Aug 2025
at 14:59