Crossroads
Ilkley Brewery in Ilkley, West Yorkshire, England 🏴
IPA - West Coast Regular|
Score
6.56
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West Coast IPA. Choose your path. An intersection IPA, where the US meets the UK. Big Floral notes complement flavours of pine and mandarin, with a dry and spicy finish.
Malts: Golden Promise, Munich, Wheat (all UK)
Hops: Amarilo, Chinook, Equanot, Bravo (All US), Southern Cross (NZ)
Malts: Golden Promise, Munich, Wheat (all UK)
Hops: Amarilo, Chinook, Equanot, Bravo (All US), Southern Cross (NZ)
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7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottled (from Alko Web). Amber colour, small off-white head. Aroma is nutty, some toasted malts, floral and wooden notes along with mild grains. Flavour is floral, grassy, herbal and mild grainy and some herbal notes. Quite English hopping to this, though made quite nice and big time on the bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Oct 2023
at 18:17
05/03/2016. ROYAL OAK, 42-44 Woodstock Road, OXFORD, Oxfordshire, England
Tried
on 15 Dec 2022
at 15:59
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled 330ml (Alko web)
Amber-copper colour, small off-white head. Some resin, caramel, cracker in the nose. Light to medium-bodied. Light pine and resin, sweetish malts in the flavour. Very easy but clean. Leans more to UK than US in the flavour.
Amber-copper colour, small off-white head. Some resin, caramel, cracker in the nose. Light to medium-bodied. Light pine and resin, sweetish malts in the flavour. Very easy but clean. Leans more to UK than US in the flavour.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Mar 2020
at 20:39
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Misty gold, two fingers tall white head. Aroma: not that intense, biscuit, resin, honey. Medium minus body. Taste: dense malts, resiny hops. Medium bitterness. Rather calm as a west coast IPA.
Tried
on 28 May 2019
at 18:04
3.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Bottle, 500 ml, shared with JFK10000 and Max. Clear orange with small white head. Stinks like hell, light bodied, malty, maybe touch of citrus, somewhat grainy, vague bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Aug 2018
at 18:10
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Sample at the Six Chimneys. Medium creamy white head. Hazy golden pour. Lovely bitterness.
Tried
on 04 Aug 2018
at 17:37
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle at panaretto. Golden color, clear, fair white head. Aroma is prominently hoppy with american hops over sticky pale malts, taste balanced and quite bitter, leftover of grapefruit, citrus, light tropical. Finish dry, bit sticky, bitter, long. Nice dry wc style ipa.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 May 2018
at 20:23
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled 500ml. -from Pivoteka Zagreb. Golden coloured, medium sized white head, light grassy nose. Sweetish malty, light grassy and fruity with discreet citrusy touch. Pretty strong bitter finish. Nothing special here.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Apr 2018
at 20:06
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle at Pivoteka, thanks Hrvoje! Shared with IHC. Clear dark golden body, lasting white head. Interesting, full aroma, though not West Coastish, creamy, full apricot notes mixing with grainy maltiness. The taste, however, is way gone. More so than an even older APA we'd had at the same time... Creamy grainy malty taste, vague bitterness, vague citrus maybe, all gone. This should've been on the shelves months ago - and I'll most definitely rerate it once I get it fresh. Honestly, I held back from scoring this lower as it's definitely not fresh - it clearly does not age well at all, even way within the date (which is to be expected from the style, but this is surprisingly much).
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Mar 2018
at 08:51
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask (handpump) @ Craft Beer Co - Clerkenwell, 82 Leather Lane, Clerkenwell, Greater London, England EC1N 7TR. [ As Ilkley Crossroads ].Clear medium orange yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, moderate to heavy hoppy, grass, citrus, fruity, hops. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, citrus, hoppy, fruity, pale malt, hop bitter. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20151207] 7-3-7-3-15
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Dec 2017
at 04:02