Lighthouse Brewing Shipwreck IPA (formerly Switchback IPA)

Shipwreck IPA (formerly Switchback IPA)

 

Lighthouse Brewing in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦

  IPA - West Coast Regular
Score
6.74
ABV: 6.5% IBU: - Ticks: 21
Shipwreck is a true West Coast style, hop-forward IPA with a little down-under to it. Featuring a unique combination of northern and southern hemisphere hops, Shipwreck is balanced with stone fruit, citrus notes, and a decidedly refreshing finish.
 

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6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

355mL can. Pours clear gold with a white head. Pine, tropical fruits, and sweet malts on the nose. Flavour has bitter pine, bright tropical fruits, citrus peels. Decent WC IPA.

Tried from Can on 14 Nov 2025 at 02:56


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

part of a 6er of beers from BC at the LCBO.
Clear copper pour, small white head. light citrus, grass, and some wet paper. seems like all the other beers in this 6er, this beer is quite old. The hops have faded quite a bit, i can see where there was promiss at one point. The bitterness is there, its nice and pithy. Some more citrus notes, with touches of pine in the finish. The hops have gotten quite earthy, but arnt totally unpleasant.

Tried from Can on 28 Feb 2025 at 05:40


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Poured from the tap. Clear gold with small white head. Fruity berry-like floral hops with a hint of pine. Okay.

Tried from Draft on 30 May 2023 at 06:51


6

Mostly just bitter. Nothing special.

Tried on 27 Jan 2023 at 03:54


7.2

Quite nice, traditional, balanced with a good malt body. Clean hops and quite drinkable. Costco variety pck

Tried on 25 Dec 2022 at 01:57


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Sweet heavy fruity hops on the nose, has a clean orange body with modest foam. Flavour is bright piney hops. Mouthfeel has good oiliness, full with nice balance. This is nicely done, clean and well crafted.

Tried on 19 Oct 2019 at 15:43


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

355 ml bottle. Pours a pale, clear gold with a medium, short-lived, white head that laces. Nice citrus hop aroma with pine and some tropical fruit. Sweet fruity flavour of grapefruit and tropical fruit with a dry, bitter, resiny, pine finish. Medium body with a slick texture and average carbonation. Nicely done, I enjoyed this brew.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Apr 2015 at 00:19


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Cask at the Pump House, Solihull. Poured a crystal clear medium amber with a frothy white head. The aroma is skunky malt, light citrus hop. The flavour is moderate bitter with a smooth yeasty, zesty citrus, spicy hop bittter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.

Tried from Cask on 21 Mar 2015 at 13:36


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Hazy dark-ish golden color with a small off white head. Caramel malty, toffee, mild fruity and mild citric aroma. Medium body. Tad sweet and a moderate bitterness. Soft to flat carbonation. Caramel malty, mild resinous, fruity and mild citric. A bit to mild and dull. Probably because it was to flat.
[Handpull at Moon Under Water (JDW) in Watford, England]

Tried on 18 Mar 2015 at 07:39


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Dull amber, thin head aroma is caramel and fruity, slightly citrusy hop. Has some nice sweet lychee character, soft caramels, and maybe a little overripe peach. Ok.

Tried on 25 Mar 2014 at 12:00