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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8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
2013-11-05, bottle, bb 2014-07-31 (Swedish tag), 8-4-8-5-17=42
Hazy blond color with rather small head. The aroma is hoppy, pungent, with some citrusy fruits, manure. The body is lean, the mouthfeel is rather dry, it has dry toffee flavor, strong but balanced bitterness, with plenty of resins, pungent character, some bitter oranges.
Fresh and very well brewed.
2009-06-12, blind tasting at Papsø’s
Hazy deep blond color; big creamy head. Good fruity, Simcoe aroma, some sweat, medicinal. Toffee flavor, the strong hopping brings it on the dry side; quite resiny and fruity, bitter orange peel, digestive. Strong, powerful, long final. An excellent hop bomb.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jul 2009
at 12:11
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 65cl. @ Papsoes blindtasting. [ Bottle #11. ]Unclear medium orange color with a average to large, creamy, good lacing, fully lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, light caramel, light heavy hoppy, orange, light yeasty. Flavor is light heavy sweet, light citrus - orange acidic and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090612]
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jul 2009
at 04:54
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
22 oz bottle purchased at Chris’ Liquors in San Diego, California. Pour is slight hazed golden with a nice full formed white head. Aroma of resin pine and some grainy maltiness. Orange peel bitterness. Taste is big and fresh resin hops, with the citrus orange peel and a nice layer of toasty malt holding it up. Hop is pretty dank. Palate is medium, with a long straw bitter finish. Quite drinkable, nice one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jul 2009
at 13:48
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle 65 cl. Courtesy of yespr/Ungstrup. Slightly hazy golden with a dense off-white head. Fresh hoppy aroma of peach and grapefruit. Medium body, lightly sweet malt and fruit with a distinct citrusy hop finish. 120609
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jun 2009
at 07:03
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Rerate 19/10/2015. Léger orangé, col blanc-cassé crémeux. Arôme offre un petit rétro rappelant le sac de houblon restant centré sur les agrumes, léger bouquet de pin rappelant le Chinook. Palais malt pâle,a grumes avec un côté citron vert-pamplemousse et pin, fini sec avec un malté concassé-grains qui balance et couvre un peu le caractère des houblons. Cependant, le côté houblons type C perdure et est plaisant. Comme quoi le palais est à, mon score est le même qu’il y a 6½ ans Initial rate: 05/19/2009. Sample at the brewery. pours golden/orange, frothy white head. Aroma / taste, well hopped, some pine with notes of caramel malts, citrus fruits. Pine hop profile seems to remain prominent.
Tried
on 19 May 2009
at 23:23
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Re-rate 1/14: Bottle sample at a tasting at the Beer & Beyond shop. Thanks zvikar. Clear golden. Aroma of stale hops, a bit citric. Flavor has a bit of sweetish malt, stale hops, a bit citric, and mild bitterness. Medium-bodied. Too old, not calculated in score. 5/3/6/3/11=2.8
(11/5/08) Draught sample at the brewpub in Coronado. 7.2%. Clear amber color. aroma of floral hops, citrus and caramel hints. Bitter hoppy flavor with some malt, caramel notes, grapefruit and fruit notes. Medium-bodied. 7/3/7/3/14=3.4
(11/5/08) Draught sample at the brewpub in Coronado. 7.2%. Clear amber color. aroma of floral hops, citrus and caramel hints. Bitter hoppy flavor with some malt, caramel notes, grapefruit and fruit notes. Medium-bodied. 7/3/7/3/14=3.4
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jan 2009
at 17:34
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap. Pours with a large fluffy white head with a clear golden body. Great lacing and good retention. Aroma is all fresh grapefruit hoppiness with light caramel notes. Taste is a ton of hops with caramel toastiness and cereal. Bitter finish. Water like mouthfeel, moderate carbonation. Some alcohol as well.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Dec 2008
at 02:27
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from South Bay Drug. Darkish gold color witha nice off-white head. Fresh floral and fruit aromas. Medium body with mild, near creamy, carbonation. Flavor is very floral with some citrus fruit, and it is a bit astringent. The hop is strong and persistent, but not burningly bitter. Until some time passes. The hop is really fresh, really tasty and really builds up bitter. A much better than average IPA. And Joey ships fresh stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Oct 2008
at 21:05
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On tap at Toronado during the RBSG Pub Crawl Tour on 08/01/2008. Very clear golden amber body with a medium creamy off-white head that persists. Big floral and citrus hop aroma. Big hop flavor, citrus, floral, and some caramel. Medium full body with moderate carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Aug 2008
at 18:37
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
From tap at Liars club. Pours golden and clear yellow. Lacing white head. Peachy and orange fruity aroma. Smooth fruity and hoppy flavour. Light bitterness. Smooth fruity into the far finish.7-4-8-4-16=3.9
From bottle, blind #11. Pours cloudy orange with a huge white head. Aroma is crisp citrusy hops aroma. Peachy and mild grapefruity too. Mild herbal, dry and slight spiced. Peachy and crisp hoppy base flavoured. Rather dry finish. Light bodied. Very smooth, elegant and crisp fresh hoppy brew.9-3-8-3-17=4.0
From tap at the brewpub. Pours clear and golden orange with a small off-white head. Smooth hoppy and light malt aroma. Fruity hoppy base flavoured with a subdued malt base. Light chinook hoppy fruity flavoured. Bitter and fruity flavoured finish.7-4-8-4-15=3.8
From bottle, blind #11. Pours cloudy orange with a huge white head. Aroma is crisp citrusy hops aroma. Peachy and mild grapefruity too. Mild herbal, dry and slight spiced. Peachy and crisp hoppy base flavoured. Rather dry finish. Light bodied. Very smooth, elegant and crisp fresh hoppy brew.9-3-8-3-17=4.0
From tap at the brewpub. Pours clear and golden orange with a small off-white head. Smooth hoppy and light malt aroma. Fruity hoppy base flavoured with a subdued malt base. Light chinook hoppy fruity flavoured. Bitter and fruity flavoured finish.7-4-8-4-15=3.8
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Aug 2008
at 11:34