Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Limenka 0,33L - poklon iz Spicy daysa - suha, pomalo čudnog okusa, nije ništa specijalno..

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Canned from Kroger Savannah. Pine, citrus, fairly bitter and dry. Medium carbonation. Clean.

Excellent ipa

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

0.5 l can from Pivoteka, Zagreb, summer 2017. Hazy golden, medium off-white head. Moderately to heavily hoppy, resin, pine, some fruit. Intense. Very fresh and bitter. Light body, moderate carbonation. Drinkable. Nice finish. This is a true IPA!

Malt forward. Nb.

Plenty of hops.

Cantina 76, Greenville SC

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Canned, 355 ml, courtesy of JFK10000. Hazy golden, medium white head. Vague hops, fruity, citrus, malty, caramel, bitterish finish. Medium bodied. Pretty much dead which is understandable considering the bb. Candidate for re-rate.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Unclear, yellow-golden colored, medium white frothy head, nice lacing. Aroma is of some malt, bit caramel, medium- pine, citrus and herbal aroma, but a bit stale. Taste is medium sweet malt, caramel, bit orange hard candy, floral, pine and citrus, medium aroma and bitterness, dry finish. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, oily. Seems to be harmed by the Atlantic crossing, another victim of transportation! Should rerate... (can, Pivoteka, Zagreb)

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 9

Westbrook’s regular IPA, from a can bought at Bierhalle Deconinck, canned early March so about five months old - just a little bit too much for this style perhaps, but anyway. Very thickly cobweb-lacing, frothy, thick, egg-white head, foamy but coarse in structure with relatively large bubbles, opening in the middle but clinging tightly to the edge of the glass and remaining very stable in a milky, moussy and elegant way, over a lightly and equally hazy, peach-hued ’old gold’ beer. Still lush and fragrant, exotic, very citrussy, strongly New World hoppy aroma of freshly squeezed lime juice, lime zest even, fresh maracuja, kumquat peel, Meyer lemons, rambutan, granadilla, green banana peel, Thai lemongrass, fresh white bread, lavender soap, freshly crushed wormwood leaves, white grapes, spruce shoots, jasmin blossom, pear. Lively fruity onset, a basket of exotic citrus fruits, very crisp and refreshing, lime, pomelo, tangerine - but granadilla and a dash of starfruit as well, sweetish in its core but with elegantly souring edges; quite sharpish carbonation, minerally, accentuating the sourish aspect and filling the mouth cavity with quite coarse bubbles, perhaps a bit much for the style. Cereally, very lightly ’white’ bready and even faintly caramelly malt core, but no sweet biscuity treats here, all the credit goes to the hops, which swiftly establish a long, wormwood- and very yellow grapefruit-like bitterness that sits on the tongue for a long time without becoming too abrasive; more importantly though, they yield a wealth of retronasal citrus flavours, again very thoroughly grapefruity but also a tad piney and exotic, with impressions of tropical sweet-and-sour fruit species. Some juiciness lingers at the back, very appetizing and refreshing. The retronasal aromas last for quite a while even if this is five months old - I wonder how intense this was at about one month or so. In any case: Westbrook is a very accomplished brewery that handles its recipes with great care and attention to detail, and this IPA is no different; classic West Coast profile, sure, in that sense perhaps already a bit obsolete these days to the hordes of NEIPA addicts, but West Coast style at its best (even if made at the East Coast), with a delicacy, fragrance and expressiveness I have not encountered in quite a while. The aroma is downright addictive if you have a thing for citrus fruits - I have rarely come across them in such a vivid, perfumey, luscious way. A truly stunning example of the general American, ’new’ India pale ale style, one I’d happily present to anyone trying to get acquainted with it here in Belgium, where beers of this profile are often attempted at - as is the case in large parts of the worlds today - but hitherto never really achieved. My faith in Westbrook is once again confirmed.

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Can. Cloudy golden. Huge rocky head. Nice fruity aroma. Peach, mango. Dried pear. Medium minus body. Clean pale malts and massive hops form the taste. Grapefruit, walnut, resin. Long lasting medium bitterness. Very good.