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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7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle pour into tulip glass from One Stop Market. Aroma is tropical fruit and citrus, mild herbs/pine. Appearance is gorgeous clear golden yellow with minimal sparkle, three finger width frothy head with good retention and sudsy lacing. Taste is as aroma, pine and herbs stronger in flavor than in aroma but still fruity/citrus dominant. Alcohol hidden well. Palate is light bodied with thin texture and average to soft carbonation. Overall, this is as advertised--an IPA that evokes the islands and fruity drinks. Certainly not your standard IPA in terms of bitterness and for those who like bitter, resiny IPA’s are likely to be disappointed. Could have used a little bit more balance to be more interesting but it is true to itself.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 May 2016
at 18:57
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can from Foodshow in Shibuya. Grapefruit forward nose with some light pine and biscuit malts. Well-balanced on the palate with a hint of malty sweetness and pithy, citrusy bitterness. Finish is balanced and leans a bit towards the sweet side. Nice, but simple IPA.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Apr 2016
at 07:50
Tried
on 24 Mar 2016
at 21:05
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Nass hopfiger, würzig bitterer Antrunk. Bitter würzig, zum Ende heller, etwas grasig, spritzig bitter. 11/11/10/10//10
Tried
on 28 Feb 2016
at 01:48
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle at Drie Dorstige Herten. Golden pour. Aroma of hops, grass and some caramel. Nice fresh taste of tropical and passion fruit, citrus and mild caramel. Tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jan 2016
at 10:23
7/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap at Cimmeria. Clear golden-orange colour. Unnecessarily much alcohol. Hops flavour is somewhat covered by the booziness. Also there is too much biscuity maltiness also covering the hops. Bitterness is high but the hops flavours not as strong as it could be.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Oct 2015
at 14:15
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
From tap at the the Local Pub, Athens. Clear golden color with white head. Malty and hoppy aroma, citrusy fruity, orange, pine, grass. Sweet and bitter taste like aroma. Medium oily body with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Oct 2015
at 14:32
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Keg at de molen . hazed golden lasting thin white head. Aroma is grassy hop, pine needle, hint of tropical fruit. Flavour is tangy orange rind, light caramel malts, grassy hop with a little resin. Palate is semi crisp , highish carbonation, assertive hop bitterness. Pretty well balanced.
Tried
on 26 Sep 2015
at 11:24
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft at Beer Temple. Pours clear golden to copper with a medium white head. Aroma of wet grass, weedy hops, light fruits and light malt. Flavour is light to moderate sweet and bitter. Light to medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Sep 2015
at 13:29
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap @Buskers Pub (Rome). Pours deep golden with a big white head. Aroma is malty with some hops presence, not so fresh. Flavour is medium sweet and malty with a light bitter end. Unbalanced. Medium body, medium carbonation. So so...
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Sep 2015
at 10:46