Weka Island

Loch Lomond Brewery in Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Collab with: Big Trip Brewery
IPA - West Coast Special

Score

7.04

ABV: 5.5%

IBU: -

Ticks: 4

Our brewer Scott working this time with the amazing guys at Big Trip in Manchester. IPA brewed with hops from either side of the pacific coast but mainly with lashings of Motwueka for a nice juicy yet balanced IPA.

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7.6

allmyvinyl (21224) reviewed Weka Island from Loch Lomond Brewery 1 month ago

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Can from Appellation Wines. Pours hazy golden amber with a thick white head. Aromas of orange, melon, peach, and mango. Taste adds pine and grass. Creamy texture, bitter finish.

Tried on 01 Mar 2026 at 13:22

7.8

McCash (16153) reviewed Weka Island from Loch Lomond Brewery 2 months ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Can from Appellation Wines.
Appearance - cloudy amber with a soft lacy white head.
Nose - orange, melon, peach, mango with an edge of pine.
Taste - peach, apricot, melon and grassy.
Palate - creamy in texture, close to medium bodied, dry, zesty finish.
Overall - good stuff!

Tried from Can from Appellation Wines (Comely Bank) on 06 Feb 2026 at 19:56

7.3

Scopey (25220) reviewed Weka Island from Loch Lomond Brewery 5 months ago

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Can from Westhill Service Station. It pours clear amber with a lasting bubbly white head. The aroma is sappy, oily, tangy, plenty of citrus, clementine, orange marmalade, kumquat, orange blossom and dull caramel. The taste is firmly dry, punchy bitterness, touch green, pithy, zesty, bitter citrus peel, kumquat, grapefruit, orange marmalade, waxy rind, spicy, pine and resin with a lingering bitter citrus peel finish. Medium body and moerate, prickly carbonation. Quite an old school malty IPA with very nice punchy bitterness. Rather nice.

Tried from Can from Westhill Service Station (Hop Shop Aberdeen) on 02 Nov 2025 at 11:40

6.5

Olut (22183) reviewed Weka Island from Loch Lomond Brewery 8 months ago

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6

The Weka isn't a bird that will ever make big trips given it's flightless. Slightly deeper golden coloured with a steady hoppy pale ale aroma and taste at sessionable levels. A little bit of golden style in here too.

Tried from Cask at Factory Tap on 09 Aug 2025 at 12:43