Weka Island
Loch Lomond Brewery in Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland 🏴
Collab with: Big Trip BreweryIPA - West Coast Special
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Score
7.04
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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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7.6/10
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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
7.8/10
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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!
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
7.3/10
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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
6.5/10
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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