Steep Coast: Zappa
Oskar Blues Brewery in Longmont, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Rotating|
Score
7.23
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Packed with complex, provocative Zappa hops along with Sabro and Medusa for a total hop load of nearly six pounds per barrel. All three varietals belong to the Neomexicanus family, a hop subspecies native to New Mexico and Colorado. These distinctly American hops, characterized by low alpha acids and high oil content, make for a dank, citrusy, expressive DIPA experience.
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6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Can. Hazy, no head. On the nose, it's got some papaya and overripe fruit stuff. It's fairly sweet, soft, subtropical fruits. Nice basic IPA with a bit of grapefruit and cannabis. So a bunch of random hop stuff, a bit of yeastiness, and a touch of alcohol in the finish.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Dec 2019
at 04:48
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
16 oz. can, pours an opaque golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is very old school, with piney hops, earthy notes, and bready malt - seems a little oxidized. Flavour is sweet and resinous, with resinous hops, sweet bready malt, and some pine. Very, very old school, with plenty of pine and sweetness on the finish. Fun stuff.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Dec 2019
at 04:45
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Pour is a cloudy amber with a small white head. Aroma is full of sweet oranges and tangerines. Very citrus forward and I did not even have to bring the glass to my nose. Flavor is a huge grapefruit with some white sugar and a equally big hit of bitterness. I did not know what to expect with this beer but it was a awesome kind of old school IPA. Lots of citrus with a eye opening bitterness.
Tried
on 12 Oct 2019
at 02:07
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can shared at the Columbus tasting 18/09/2019. Many thanks! A translucent bright golden yellow straw coloured pour with a loose white head. Aroma is nice perfume citrus, background tropicals, white grape, quite unique. Flavour is composed of soft wheat, unique sabro esque hop, white grape, guava, spicy citrus, mango. Palate is semi sweet, soft, airy carboantion, . Really nice. Really unique.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Oct 2019
at 21:31