Islander IPA
Coronado Brewing Company in Coronado, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - West Coast Regular|
Score
7.07
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Named after Coronado Island, our original India Pale Ale is a liquid expression of hometown pride. Centennial, Chinook and Columbus hops combine to provide an explosive burst of piney bitterness and luscious notes of apricot, grapefruit and mango that are sure to evoke imagery of swaying palms and sun-kissed shores.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
355ml bottle from Kris Wines, London
Pours dark orange with a smooth foamy head. Aroma of caramel malts, mild exotic fruits and notes of glue and solvent. Taste is malty and sweet with mild fruity hops and glueish notes. Finish is sweet and caramely. Perhaps this would be better from a fresh bottle.
Pours dark orange with a smooth foamy head. Aroma of caramel malts, mild exotic fruits and notes of glue and solvent. Taste is malty and sweet with mild fruity hops and glueish notes. Finish is sweet and caramely. Perhaps this would be better from a fresh bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 May 2012
at 08:45
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle @ home, courtesy of OCBeerSociety. Thanks Ron! Dark golden, orange appearance with a big white head and nice lacing. Big citrus fruity (mango, passionfruit, grapefruit), smarties, a bit organic, a touch resiny hoppy aroma. Big grapefruit creamy, mango/passionfruit, citrusy flavor, a bit organic, fairly bitter hoppy, yet deliciously sweet IPA. This baby’s a winner. (4.3)
Bottle from Wilbur’s that was distributed here during GABF. Pretty tasty but nowhere on the same level as I thought last time. (3.8)
Bottle from Wilbur’s that was distributed here during GABF. Pretty tasty but nowhere on the same level as I thought last time. (3.8)
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Apr 2012
at 21:47
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Kris Wines, London. Clear amber pour with a nice white head. Lovely fragrant/citrus hop nose qualities continued on into the taste, which had some balancing sweet malt and superb hop bitterness/tropical fruit notes. Excellent stuff. Could quite contentedly sup this til the bleedin’ cows come home....
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Nov 2011
at 07:10
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Keg at Euston Tap, London. Pours a slightly hazy, vibrant gold with a small, white head. Bit of caramel and pine in the nose. Flavor is fairly sweet. Lots of spicy hops, some anise and candy, some crunchy grains. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Faint warming finish, reasonably well balanced, bit of light pine, resinous earth, slight oils, some hay and toasted white bread. Pretty good.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Sep 2011
at 10:48
6.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
355ml bottle. Pours a cloudy amber with a nice head. The nose has very pingent grapes and sweet malt. The taste has sultanas and more of that pungent malt which finishes a little dry and burnt. The palate is medium to full in body, there is a fairly thick texture with a clean-ish texture but for some reason, there is a burnt/hoppy note that returns and is a little unpleasant which is a shame since it was set up well from the beginning. Overall, a good beer which is patchy in parts.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Aug 2011
at 14:42
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Draught at Tadg’s. Very nice citrus nose--clean and fresh with lots of grapefruit and tropical fruits. Soft, fluffy mouth. Sweet flavor with mango, passionfruit, grapefruit. Only mildly bitter at first, then it kicks in a bit more later. Very drinkable with great aroma but too thick and syrupy so it becomes boring.
Tried
on 17 Dec 2010
at 18:51
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. This IPA is smooth, lightly sweet and has an interesting hop presence. The beer pours a light-medium orange-amber with a nice off-white head. The aroma is grass, marijuana, tangerines and fresh hop flowers. Mouthfeel is very smooth with a dry/bitter finish. The taste is lightly sweet. Very good beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Nov 2010
at 22:31