Woodstock Brewery Californicator

Californicator

 

Woodstock Brewery in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa 🇿🇦

  IPA - West Coast Regular
Score
6.77
ABV: 6.5% IBU: 65 Ticks: 13
Crafted in the style of India Pale Ales brewed in the US Pacific Coast. This hop forward American IPA exudes rich tropical and citrus fruit aromas in abundance with a medium to full-bodied mouth feel, and a clean, lingering fruity finish.
 

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7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Super hazy and chunky deep amber coloured body with a copper glow and a large, six centimetre tall very tan head, and as I popped open the cap, some serious bubbles started to emerge. Aroma of tons of biscuits, yeast, grass, bread, flowers, resin, pine and a ton more biscuity malt and pure yeast - nice and fragrant. Medium-bodied; Extremely assertive effervescence; Strong grassy, hay, dry and biscuity flavours at first with a large presence of flowers and hops throughout, all with a relatively easy-to-drink and very well balanced malty quality along with a ton of yeast flavours and a robust finish with alcohol around. Aftertaste shows the bitterness from the hops right at first, gets very dried from the grassy and hay flavours along with some malt, and shows a yeastie and bubbly finish with a robust flavour, perhaps a bit too strong of bread and funk, but ends dry and grassy with a lot of hop bitterness and absolutely no sugars at all. Overall, a nice beer, especially considering that I carted it literally halfway around the world and have been sitting on it for about two years now! I sampled this 440 mL bottle purchased from TOPS Cape Quarter in Green Point, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa on 14-August-2015 for ZAR25,99 sampled at home in Washington on the other side of the world on 20-June-2017 as winter begins in South Africa and summer starts up here!
Tried from Bottle on 21 Jun 2017 at 01:47

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Keg at Beerhouse on Long. It pours clear pale gold with a small white head. The aroma is mellow, sweet tropical fruits, stewed orange, marmalade and muffin. The taste is crisp, bitter - sweet, quite a lot of stone fruit, melon, pithy citrus, light alcohol, bread, straw and some grass with a drying finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. A touch sweet and not as vibrant as I had hoped. Fair.
Tried on 30 Oct 2016 at 07:03

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
Draft at Beerhouse. Clear golden color, thick white head with good retention and solid lacing. Aroma of stone fruit. Taste is lightly fruity. Nice.
Tried from Draft on 13 May 2016 at 09:10