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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6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Samples at Callahan’s in San Diego. This beer pours a clear orange-gold color with a medium thin off-white head that dissipates steadily. Thin rings of lacing on the glass. Light piney hops and citrus in the nose. Medium-bodied and lightly bitter with flavors of hops and citrus, with some sweeter fruits (tangerine) and sweet malts underneath. The finish is mildly bitter with a lingering fruitiness left behind. Sweeter than a lot of IPAs, and slightly above average overall.
Tried
on 23 May 2008
at 14:58
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draught Light orange-amber, some lace from yellowish head. Sharp bitter oranges and impression of fatty acids. Caramel and then a push of sharp, very resiney hops. Very sharp MF, burning and metallic tang. Not Coronado’s best.
Tried
on 24 Apr 2008
at 04:37
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Thanks to decaturstevo for sharing this one. Pours clear medium gold, with a firm, smallish head of white. Malt aroma with solid, citrusy pine hops bitterness that runs right through to the finish.. The flavor is well balanced, plenty of malt sweetness with a solid hop bitterness to accompany it.
Tried
on 15 Mar 2008
at 08:55
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
on tap-pours a ring off white head and yellow color. Aroma is (cascade. OK description says Chinook and Centennial), citrus-grapefruit hops. Taste is dry (cascade) citrus-grapefruit hops-some bitter, faint sweet medium malt.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Jan 2008
at 14:07
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bomber consumed at The Local in San Diego cause the tap selection was weak. Pours clear deep gold with impressive lumpy-pillowy white head. Medium nose of mild sweet malts and citrus hops. The taste has some nice malty sweetness mixed with the more dominant citrus hops like orange rind and grapefruit. The hop profile moves into more of a pineapple note approaching the finish. Nice IPA balanced between hops and malts, leaning more into hops.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Nov 2007
at 00:24
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Rich amber beer with a ncie off-white head. Low citrus aroma. Grapefruit citrus flavor with lots of rich caramel malt. Medium body. LIngering malt and grapefruit with a lot of pine. Nice bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Aug 2007
at 17:50
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled. A hazy orange beer with a thin orange head. The aroma is sweet and super hoppy combined with notes of grapefruit - the aroma a bit cloying. The flavor is sweet spicy - especially coriander, combined with strong notes of grapefruit. I find the body a bit on the thin side.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Mar 2007
at 06:28