Kona Brewing Company Castaway IPA

Castaway IPA

 

Kona Brewing Company in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, United States 🇺🇸

  IPA - West Coast Regular
Score
6.79
ABV: 6.0% IBU: 50 Ticks: 173
Take a sip of this copper-colored India Pale Ale and you’ll taste bold, citrusy hops with a touch of mango and passionfruit balanced by rich caramel malts. Castaway IPA has a clean, crisp finish that’s as fresh as the wind in your face when you set sail for adventure.
 

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7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
12 ounce bottle into pint glass, bottled on 12/9/2014. Pours slightly hazy deep golden yellow color with a 1 finger dense off white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, peach, mango, passion fruit, lemon zest, orange peel, pine, light honey, bread, and floral/grassy earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of citrus/tropical/piney hops and moderate pale malt notes; with solid strength. Taste of big grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, peach, mango, passion fruit, lemon zest, orange peel, pine, light honey, bread, and floral/grassy earthiness. Good amount of pine/citrus rind bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, peach, lemon/orange peel, pine, light honey, bread, and floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice robustness, balance, and complexity of citrus/tropical/piney hops and moderate pale malt flavors; with a good malt/bitterness balance and no cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a smooth, crisp, and moderately sticky/resinous mouthfeel that is good. Alcohol is well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is a very good IPA. All around good balance, complexity, and robustness of citrus/tropical/piney hops and moderate pale malt flavors; and very smooth and crisp to drink. A nicely enjoyable offering.
Tried from Bottle on 14 May 2015 at 20:55

7.4/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Clear dark golden colour, average fluffy white head, recedes after a while, good lacing. Fruity aroma, grapefruit, tangerine, peach, lime, pine, floral. Mild taste, medium bitter, light fruity sweetness, fruity. Medium body, oily texture, average carbonation, aftertaste mild bitter; a well-balanced and very smooth IPA.
Tried from Bottle on 13 May 2015 at 10:00

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
A relatively lightly hopped IPA, but still a nice representative of the style, slightly sweet, metallic from the bottle cap (rather stale, I think bottle in 2014), okay beer.

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Tried from Bottle on 09 May 2015 at 18:11

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle 355ml @ Sommerhuset
Pours clear golden with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel, citrus, orange, grape and pine. Taste is medium sweet and medium bitter with a long caramel, citrus, grape and pine finish. Body is medium, texture is oiiy, carbonation is soft.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Apr 2015 at 03:30

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
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Tried from Bottle on 13 Apr 2015 at 06:07

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
Bottle. Pours a hazy earthy dull orange with a white head that dissipates quickly to the edges. Aroma combines citrus with musty pine and has some bread and earthy grains backing. Flavor has some musty citrus with a hint of earthy pine and a bland grain note underlying.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Apr 2015 at 20:40

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
0.355l bottle. Clear golden body, thin white head. The aroma had a bready malt base with a nice piny and grassy hop character. Taste is similar to the aroma. Bready malts, pine, grass and some stone fruits. The the finish is dry and hoppy. It’s a bit too watery for me, but it’s still an OK beer.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Mar 2015 at 10:15

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle from Super Brugsen , CPH - colour is golden with a white head. Aroma and taste is subdued citrus and tropical fruits, grassy, medium malty, bitter finish. Ok.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Mar 2015 at 15:31

3.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 2
Man, I’ve been so IPA’d out lately, seems every new beer is an IPA, WTF? This bottle is slightly odd shaped. Like a Hinter but smaller. Pour is somewhat cloudy IPA. Lots of bubbling action baby on the eye. On the tongue its a rather medium strong IPA. Now I look at the label, it says New Hampshire, Oregon and Washington, how misleading is that? WTF PMO. Up top here it says Hawaii? No way. What’s beer selling up to these days? Not impressed. Typical IPA and I don’t care for them. Good co2 bite anyway.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Mar 2015 at 11:19

8/10
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Tried on 07 Mar 2015 at 12:44