Off Season
Trap Door Brewing in Vancouver, Washington, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Hetty Alice BrewingIPA - West Coast Regular
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Score
7.01
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Bursting with bright pineapple and citrus, Off Season is a highly drinkable West Coast IPA designed for a smooth, aromatic-forward experience. A standout lot of Oregon-grown Chinook leads the aroma with intense pineapple notes, supported by a heavy dry hop of Citra, Krush Cryo, and Nelson. The mouthfeel is exceptionally clean thanks to a 50/50 malt split of pilsner and 2-row, while a refined bitterness level allows the oily hop flavors of Mosaic and Citra Dynaboost to shine through a crisp, refreshing finish.
This beer is a collaboration with Gavin at Hetty Alice, whose approach to highly drinkable, refined IPAs has been an inspiration for us. To blend our styles, we built a citrus-heavy kettle base of Motueka, Citra, and Krush Cryo, then dialed back the bitterness to create a profile that is approachable for everyone. Named "Off Season" as a nod to brewing outside the pressure of the competition circuit, this release isn't about chasing medals, it's about getting back to the simple joy of making a great beer that we and our friends love to drink.
This beer is a collaboration with Gavin at Hetty Alice, whose approach to highly drinkable, refined IPAs has been an inspiration for us. To blend our styles, we built a citrus-heavy kettle base of Motueka, Citra, and Krush Cryo, then dialed back the bitterness to create a profile that is approachable for everyone. Named "Off Season" as a nod to brewing outside the pressure of the competition circuit, this release isn't about chasing medals, it's about getting back to the simple joy of making a great beer that we and our friends love to drink.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at Trap Door, pours a clear blonde with a small white head. Aroma is fairly restrained, with light oily pine, some allium, and hop tang. Flavour reveals a nice melony hop tang, some oily resins, and biscuity malt. Melony, tangy, oily finish with almost no bitterness. Really nice combo of hops coming through well. Good.
Tried
from Draft
at
Trap Door Brewing
on 15 Jun 2026
at 18:06
7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
On tap at Trap Door. Pours clear blonde with a white head. Bright pine, some resin, and tangy fruit on the nose. Flavour profile is fairly sweet and fruity, nice white wine grape character from the nelson, some bright pine. Pretty minimal bitterness. Nice, I like the hops, but would have liked more bitterness. Very solid.
Tried
from Draft
at
Trap Door Brewing
on 14 Jun 2026
at 03:22