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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6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught at the brewery. Pale bronze color with lace. Ok citrus hop nose, grassy. Light malt flavor with decent citrus and grassy hops. Pretty ok.
Tried
on 22 Jul 2012
at 09:33
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
CBC 16oz can-pours gold with an offwhite head. Aroma is pine/resin, some light/medium malt. Taste is perfumy/pine hops, some light/medium malt.
Tried
from Can
on 22 May 2012
at 06:22
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Acquired in a trade. Canned March 12th, 2012. Put it right in the fridge and poured into a Hill Farmstead Glass
A - SRM of 8. Golden orange appearance, some cloudiness on the pour that looked pretty resinous. Slightly off-white head of 2 fingers that subsided slowly leaving behind a super sticky lacing on every corner of the glass.
S - Gigantic citrus notes. A hint of resin and a minor bit of pine but very little.Nice big hop characteristics followed by some herbs.
T - Spicy Vanilla is what I get first. Peppered Vanilla? Not too sure. Backbone of pine, grass and tangerines. Lemon zest and some basil.
M - Medium body, 80% carbonation on the mouth swish. Lingering orange peel taste
O - Delicious. It’s a solid IPA with extra points for being canned. Would be a great fishing companion.
A - SRM of 8. Golden orange appearance, some cloudiness on the pour that looked pretty resinous. Slightly off-white head of 2 fingers that subsided slowly leaving behind a super sticky lacing on every corner of the glass.
S - Gigantic citrus notes. A hint of resin and a minor bit of pine but very little.Nice big hop characteristics followed by some herbs.
T - Spicy Vanilla is what I get first. Peppered Vanilla? Not too sure. Backbone of pine, grass and tangerines. Lemon zest and some basil.
M - Medium body, 80% carbonation on the mouth swish. Lingering orange peel taste
O - Delicious. It’s a solid IPA with extra points for being canned. Would be a great fishing companion.
Tried
from Can
on 14 May 2012
at 16:01
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from Bine & Vine. Pours light golden amber with a transient fizzy white head. Aromas of warm caramel and floral/citrus (or maybe floral/resin). About med body. Moderate carb. Flavor is a little papery, a little peppery, a little malty, and floral, maybe with citrus. It’s certainly bitter, but it reminds a bit of the old Beeman’s gum. Spicy/peppery. Finishes with bitter and flavor, but somehow it lacks substance. I putting this down as a great session beer, assuming the session doesn’t last too long.
Tried
from Can
on 13 May 2012
at 20:36
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can @ home. Clear, dark orange appearance with a big, off white head. A little spicy, toasted citrus fruity, floral hoppy, toasty malty aroma. Toasty, somewhat bready malty, earthy, spicy hoppy flavor. Pretty good but I probably should have drank this fresher.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Apr 2012
at 22:32
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draft. Amber beer with a cream colored head. Grapefruit aroma. Nice grapefruit and tropical fruit flavor with spice. Medium bodied. Nice bitterness. Tropical fruit and grapefruit lingers with light earthiness.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Nov 2011
at 13:00
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap. Pours with a clear bronze body with a lasting off-white head. Retentive with good lace. Aromas are citrusy, lightly spicy hop presence. A bit of tropical fruit, a bready maltiness and some caramel sweetness to balance (apparently there isn’t any crystal malt in it...I’m not so sure). Flavors are grainy, a bit full and sweet for the IPAs on the west coast. Medium to slightly assertive bitterness, lightly floral and fruity qualities, mild esters. Medium bodied, and somewhat sweet. Feels bigger than 5.2%. Medium to light carbonation. Good first beer!
Re-rate: they have really started to dial this recipe in. Slightly hazy golden orange hue with a lasting white head and good lace. Big and punchy citrusy, hoppy aroma, lightly bready, but mostly hops. Flavors are medium to lightly balanced bitter (much more in balance than the first batch). Big floral and citrusy hop flavors. Still a touch malty (mostly bready and sweet), but much more hop balanced than before. You don’t notice the lack of alcohol in the flavor. Vastly improved.
Re-rate: they have really started to dial this recipe in. Slightly hazy golden orange hue with a lasting white head and good lace. Big and punchy citrusy, hoppy aroma, lightly bready, but mostly hops. Flavors are medium to lightly balanced bitter (much more in balance than the first batch). Big floral and citrusy hop flavors. Still a touch malty (mostly bready and sweet), but much more hop balanced than before. You don’t notice the lack of alcohol in the flavor. Vastly improved.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Sep 2011
at 13:41