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Companyia Artesana Maians - Espiga in Sant Llorenç d'Hortons, Catalonia, Spain 🇪🇸
IPA - West Coast Special|
Score
7.27
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This bright golden West Coast IPA is the result of a 13-year partnership built on trust with Yakima Chief. The aromatic profile is an explosion of innovation, featuring the European debut of Strata® Cryo®, which brings a complex array of strawberry, passion fruit, and herbal sage notes. This foundation is amplified by the intense character of the New Zealand Riwaka™ hop, flooding the nose with strong grapefruit and passion fruit aromas, while Simcoe® Cryo® rounds out the blend with its signature peach fragrance.
On the palate, the beer is clean with the resonant bitterness typical of the style. The Cryo® technology ensures that the passion fruit and grapefruit zest shine with crystal-clear purity, free from vegetal interference. The balance between Strata’s bubblegum and sage nuances and Simcoe’s fruity peach sweetness creates a vibrant, dry experience. A high-level technical collaboration that brings together the world’s most sought-after hop varieties for the first time in a single glass.
Malts: Barley malt.
Hops: Strata® Cryo®, Simcoe® Cryo® and Riwaka™.
Doble Dryhopping: Strata® Cryo®, Simcoe® Cryo® and Riwaka™.
On the palate, the beer is clean with the resonant bitterness typical of the style. The Cryo® technology ensures that the passion fruit and grapefruit zest shine with crystal-clear purity, free from vegetal interference. The balance between Strata’s bubblegum and sage nuances and Simcoe’s fruity peach sweetness creates a vibrant, dry experience. A high-level technical collaboration that brings together the world’s most sought-after hop varieties for the first time in a single glass.
Malts: Barley malt.
Hops: Strata® Cryo®, Simcoe® Cryo® and Riwaka™.
Doble Dryhopping: Strata® Cryo®, Simcoe® Cryo® and Riwaka™.
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8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
Canned, from Systembolaget. Almost clear paleish golden, mid sized head. Generous aroma of grass and grapes. Mid dry with medium body and crisp, rounded and. Slender bread. Apricot , spicy grass and grapes. Long bitter finish. Refreshing, hoppy. Quffable and flavourful.
Tried
from Can
from Systembolaget Beställningssortiment
on 05 Jun 2026
at 17:18
7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can from Kvickly Odder @ Home. Pours clear yellow with a white head. Aroma of malt, grass, citrus, grapefruit, pine. Flavor is light bitter, malt, fruity hops, citrus, grapefruit, piney. Medium body, average carbonation, light bitter finish. Nicely oldschool. 030526
Tried
from Can
on 03 May 2026
at 16:01
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Draught Very huge & dense, lightly yellowish head over hazy yellow-golden beer. Dry lupulin nose, rather intense; citrus, citruspeel, ever so slightly perfumey. Bitter lupulin, dry orangepeel, other dry fruit. Long lasting dry-fruity flavours. Bit rootspices. Medium bodied, quite hopoilslick, good carbonation. Quite good West Coast IPA!
Tried
from Draft
at
Billie's Bier Kafétaria
on 28 Apr 2026
at 05:50
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Clear golden copper with a white head. Dank notes right off the bat followed by citrus, pale malt sweetness, a hint of caramel, some lemon. Medium bodied. Finish is pine resin. Straightforward and well made.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Apr 2026
at 16:03