IPA
El Toro Brewing Company in Morgan Hill, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.11
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Tawny colored, this IPA is true to style. It is very generously hopped with Tomahawk, Centennial, Cascade, and Amarillo hops for and intensely hoppy aroma, flavor and bitterness with a balanced malty flavor.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Nice hazy light copper coloured body with a bit of an amber glow and a thin, one centimetre tall tan head. Aroma of bright citrusey and grapefruity hops with a hint of pine and earth, some alcohol and tons of honey notes - smells sweet! Medium-bodied; Nice deep grassy, floral, piney, citrusey hop flavour throughout with a perfect malt backbone showing an excellent balance. Aftertaste shows a bit of flowers, some honey, alcohol and a good light hop bitterness. Overall, a very well made IPA with a great balance of bitter hops and strong malt, leaving a perfect finish of depth throughout. Definitely nice to sample - if you can find it, try it now! I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Belmont Station in Portland, Oregon on 25-April-2013 for US$2.90 sampled at home in Washington on 19-July-2013.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Jul 2013
at 22:45
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap. Pours clear light amber, medium off white head, great lacing. Aroma is muted grapefruit, pine and herbs. Flavor is grapefruit, lightly spicy and sprucy, light bitter finish. Buttery and full bodied in the mouth. Nice IPA.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Oct 2012
at 22:25
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Picked up a bottle at John’s Marketplace, in PDX. Pours a dingy yellow beige with a huge pillowy off-white head. Nice fresh citrusy hop aroma with a slight husky papery note. Perfumy soapy hop flavor, plenty bitter na d a lingering background grainy malty profile. Quite strong hop character, but more of the soap and chemical kind. A bit of a let down for such a highly rated beer. But still a decent IPA... and that’s no "Bull"
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Aug 2012
at 20:29
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask. Amber beer with an off-white head. Grapefruit aroma. Grapefruit and light pine flavor. Medium bodied. Grapefruit and light pine lingers with light malt.
Earlier Rating: 1/29/2010 Total Score: 3.7
Draft. Amber beer with an off-white head. Grapefruit aroma. Resin and earthy flavor with pithy grapefruit. Medium body. Good bitterness. Pithy grapefruit lingers with pine resin and light earthiness.
Earlier Rating: 10/11/2005 Total Score: 3.6
Draft. Orange amber color with a low whitish head. Citrus aroma. Nice grapefruit flavor with some smooth malt backing and good bitterness. Good IPA
Earlier Rating: 1/29/2010 Total Score: 3.7
Draft. Amber beer with an off-white head. Grapefruit aroma. Resin and earthy flavor with pithy grapefruit. Medium body. Good bitterness. Pithy grapefruit lingers with pine resin and light earthiness.
Earlier Rating: 10/11/2005 Total Score: 3.6
Draft. Orange amber color with a low whitish head. Citrus aroma. Nice grapefruit flavor with some smooth malt backing and good bitterness. Good IPA
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Nov 2010
at 11:25
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
12oz bottle. Thick orange-brown color. Respectable head. Bitter hoppy aroma. Rich toasty malt backbone saturated in a syrupy hop bitterness. Pretty good and tasty, quite well balanced. I almost get a touch of amber malt in there, but it could be the thick, soapy hop profile. Pretty good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jun 2009
at 21:23
6.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle 35,5 cl. Courtesy of KimJohansen. Very cloudy orangey golden with a small, rough off-white head. Fresh and citrusy hop aroma. Medium body, dominated by the very fresh and citrusy hop accents with a slightly unclean edge. Very bitter finish. 270509
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jun 2009
at 17:22