Point the Way IPA
Golden Road Brewing in Los Angeles, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA Special Out of Production|
Score
6.77
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Point the Way IPA is our ode to the hop-crazed patrons of Los Angeles. Its light malt body elevates the citrus zest, tropical and pine notes contributed by a generous hop dosing. At 5.9%, this sessionable West-Coast IPA finishes dry for optimal repeatability.
DIFFERENCE FROM ORIGINAL RECIPE:
To balance these aggressive hop profiles we’ve switched to English specialty malts, which produce a lighter hue and replace the caramel notes with a very slight toast. These changes will bump the ABV from 5.2% to 5.9%, maintaining Point the Way's low-ABV status while optimizing hop flavor and complexity.
DIFFERENCE FROM ORIGINAL RECIPE:
To balance these aggressive hop profiles we’ve switched to English specialty malts, which produce a lighter hue and replace the caramel notes with a very slight toast. These changes will bump the ABV from 5.2% to 5.9%, maintaining Point the Way's low-ABV status while optimizing hop flavor and complexity.
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5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Can. So, I'll say it again. What we have here is yet another IPA. I think my tongue must have hop burn out because they all taste the same to me.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Mar 2025
at 05:57
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tap at LAX. Slightly hazy orange gold pour with minimal white head. Aroma is mild orange peel hops, not much there. Taste is very bitter but not much flavor. Hops are citric sort of, malt is bready like crisp Scandinavian rye cracker. Decent but quite bland.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Jun 2019
at 00:32
6/10
Tried
from Draft
on 21 May 2019
at 11:45
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at LAX. Foggy deep golden with a thin creamy off white head. Lots of pine and citrus in the aroma but the flavors are more muted and mellow. Not bad. Light papery malt trailer
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Jan 2019
at 21:52
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
24/6/2018. Draught at Blondies Bar & Grill, Las Vegas. Pours almost clear pale amber with a small off-white head. Aroma of hops, citrus, tropical fruits, pine and grass. Moderate sweetness, medium bitterness. Medium body, slight oily texture, average to soft carbonation.
Tried
on 24 Jun 2018
at 19:50
7/10
Can at Umami Burger LAX. Clear orange/Golden with little white head. Citrus aroma and taste.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Nov 2017
at 21:23
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
(Tap) clear, bright orange amber colour with a small white head; aroma of citrus; balanced flavour with a long, light bitter finish
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Oct 2017
at 18:18
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can at MC Zurich. Pours hazy amber. Aroma is strong tropical fruit, mango, pineapple, passion fruit, light onion. Body is strong, sweet and quite bitter, but there is not much residual sweetness left. Lively carbonation, but not many flavours, except onion and tropical fruit. Sweet fruity palate. Quite a letdown after this delicious nose!
Tried
from Can
on 03 Jul 2017
at 15:58
6/10
Tried
on 09 Apr 2017
at 16:55
6/10
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Apr 2017
at 18:12