West Coast IPA (formerly: Afterburner)
Old Yale Brewing in Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
IPA - West Coast Regular|
Score
6.82
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HOPS: Citra, Galaxy
MALT: 2-row pale, Crystal
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
On tap at brewery. Pours clear dark gold with small white head. Aroma has a lot of pine and floral notes. Flavour predominantly pine and resin with malt and floral notes; some oily resin lingering on the finish. Mouthfeel could be a bit more aggressive, but was very drinkable as is. Good beer.
A golden ipa with a thin lacing white head. In aroma, nice biscuit malt with resinous dank hops, light mineral notes, treacle, pleasant. In mouth, a nice biscuit malt with resinous hops, light treacle, cereals, pleasant. On tap at brewery.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
On tap at the brewery. Okay cloudy orange body with minimal head, big juicy pineapple hops on the nose. Flavour is soft sharp hops with minimal malt character. Dry finish. Okay but a little thin.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draft - Caramel and weird fruit that reminds me of medicine. Clear gold with a decent white head. Piney bitterness with a decent caramel backbone. Solid.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
On tap. Pour amber with moderate head. Aromas of ripe peaches and toasted malts. Sharp flavors of nectarine, light resins and malts. Fruity and refreshing.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Tan colour with a touch of haze. Thin head. Definitely chewy and then there’s a big whack of dank that comes in over top. It’s aggressively hopped, almost to the point of grassiness.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
On tap at St. Augustine's, pours a hazy copper with a small white head. Aroma is certainly West Coast, with lots of piney hops and a delicate malt backing. Flavour is quite fruity, with piney hops, a pronounced fruitiness, and just enough dry biscuity malt backing. Now this is a very good local IPA. Well-balanced, hoppy and dry - making it highly drinkable. Very good stuff.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draught at St. Augustine’s, Vancouver
The amber color is almost clear, it’s bright, and it has a creamy head. the aroma is very hoppy, fruity, fresh; peach and a dash of tropical fruits. Lean body; yet the malt and caramel flavor is slightly too pronounced, sweet and chewy compared to a world class IPA; the good malt flavor is followed by a strange ashy feeling; strong bitterness level, with plenty of soft hop resins and enough hop fruitiness; a bit dusty in the final.
A solid IPA, but somehow heavy.