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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7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Pour is a bright hazy orange with a huge white head. Aroma is plenty of tropical fruit hoppyness. Flavor is more a dank resin hop with maybe a little pine. I wish the flavor would of had more of the tropical fruit I got in the aroma. Still this is pretty solid IPA.
Tried
on 31 Dec 2014
at 19:27
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
On tap oro limpida ben agrumata discreta secchezza buon amaro non troppo invasiva discreta beva un lieve caramello
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Nov 2014
at 10:19
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at Yard House - Long Beach, August 2014. Golden with a small white head. Quite soft with hops, grapefruit, hay and malt. Easy to drink with a medium bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Aug 2014
at 10:07
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
LAX can: Pours copper with a nice head. Aroma is grapefruit, pine, and resin. Taste is what you would expect from a west coast IPA that is not overly aggressive, but is also not afraid to show its hoppy side. Nice body. Easy to drink. No complaints.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Aug 2014
at 09:31
7/10
Tried
on 15 Aug 2014
at 17:26
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can at Casper is back tasting. Hazy gold. Thin white head. Pretty decent some toffee. Some decent hop.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Jul 2014
at 07:53
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can shared at chriso’s - thanks to Ethereal. Pours clear yellow with a creamy white head. Pale bread in the nose, some pine, honey, hay. Medium sweet flavor with oily hops, pine, white bread, light bitterness. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Mild resins to finish, further dry pale bread, pine needles. Very decent.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Jul 2014
at 07:53
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can thanks to Caspar. It pours golden with a small white head. The nose is orange, mango, sherbet, lychee, grainy and sticky tropical fruits. The taste is bitter-sweet, grapefruit peel, lemon sherbet, pithy, resin and pine needles with a dry finish. Medium body and average carbonation. Crisp, bitter and pretty drinkable.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Jul 2014
at 07:49
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Purchased at a Vonn’s in Los Angeles, CA; enjoyed after walking around Culver City. Meh, not very good, their Weiss is better.
Tried
on 16 Mar 2014
at 15:27
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
On tap at Redondo Beach at LAX
Clear golden with a medium sized white head and some lacing. Aroma is floral and bready. Flavors is floral, light caramel and citrus
Nice and clean
Clear golden with a medium sized white head and some lacing. Aroma is floral and bready. Flavors is floral, light caramel and citrus
Nice and clean
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Aug 2013
at 17:07