Windows Up
Alpine Beer Company in Alpine, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - West Coast Regular|
Score
7.38
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Windows Up is a single IPA made with Mosaic and Citra hops. It pours a hazy straw color and is topped with bright white beer foam. Piney aromas mingle with fruity notes, while hints of citrus fruit and an overall lingering resinous quality lend a touch of complexity to this dank IPA.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draught @ Alpine Beer Pub, Alpine. Pours golden with an offwhite head. Aroma of malt, grassy, bitter fruity hops, citrus grapefruit, pine. Flavor is rather bitter, malt, grassy, fruity, citrus, pine. Medium body, average carbonation, dry and lasting bitter finish. 240718
Tried
on 25 Jul 2018
at 05:15
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle @ home. Clear golden color, average sized white head. Smell and taste lightly malts, very nicely hoppy, sticky hops, hop bitter. Old school hoppiness, resinous and piney, yeah I love it. Not this NEIPA sweetness you get everywhere nowadays. Decent to medium body and carbonation. Nice! --- Beer merged from original tick of Windows Up on 11 Jun 2020 at 15:12 - Score: Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7. Original review text: Sampled at Zeezicht, Breda. Clear golden color, medium sized white head. Aroma and flavor are malts, loads of hops, nicely bitter, hop bitters. Some malty bitter notes as well though. Less fruity hoppy than expected.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jul 2018
at 23:28
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
355ml bottle from Beer Republic. 8079 1 0958. Poured golden color, clear with a white head. Aroma has pine, resin, citrusy hops. Inviting. Resiny hoppy, piny, citrusy flavors. Dry finish bitter. Very balanced, clean IPA. Excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jun 2018
at 15:27
6/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jun 2018
at 23:31
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
12fl. oz.
amber color, white head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma has notes of resin hops, grapefruit and orange zest are mostly present. Flavor is bittery, pine and resins, good maltiness, tropical notes. Bittery and slightly citrusy final.
amber color, white head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma has notes of resin hops, grapefruit and orange zest are mostly present. Flavor is bittery, pine and resins, good maltiness, tropical notes. Bittery and slightly citrusy final.
Tried
on 01 Jun 2018
at 14:34
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draught at The Ave, 1/3/18.
Moderately hazy, very light, juju yellow with deep golden hues and a small but fairly well-retained, white head.
Nose is full of the good Mosaic stuff. Juicy nectarine, apricot, dank greenery and only a bit of light pine on the end. Citra contributes indistinct yellow fruit, not really as pineapple-driven as usual, for a very juicy, citrus-tinged aroma featuring light, honey-like malts that gently balance. Clean and no alcohol.
In the mouth it's soft, tightly carbonated and malty in the texture with good dryness. Green, dank flavors combine with nectarine, meyer lemon, pineapple, papaya and melon to produce an almost sweet-like hop character with moderate juiciness and low-to-moderate, pine-tinged bitterness. Crisp and refreshing on the finish with great dryness and just enough citrus. Really excellent stuff, not even buying in fully to the NE IPA craze either. And here I thought Alpine was all washed-up.
Moderately hazy, very light, juju yellow with deep golden hues and a small but fairly well-retained, white head.
Nose is full of the good Mosaic stuff. Juicy nectarine, apricot, dank greenery and only a bit of light pine on the end. Citra contributes indistinct yellow fruit, not really as pineapple-driven as usual, for a very juicy, citrus-tinged aroma featuring light, honey-like malts that gently balance. Clean and no alcohol.
In the mouth it's soft, tightly carbonated and malty in the texture with good dryness. Green, dank flavors combine with nectarine, meyer lemon, pineapple, papaya and melon to produce an almost sweet-like hop character with moderate juiciness and low-to-moderate, pine-tinged bitterness. Crisp and refreshing on the finish with great dryness and just enough citrus. Really excellent stuff, not even buying in fully to the NE IPA craze either. And here I thought Alpine was all washed-up.
Tried
on 17 May 2018
at 20:37
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7
Bottle from Brewklopedia, Leicester. Dark gold and clear with pretty much no head. Strong musty aroma with candied orange and loads of resin. Sweet, fruity taste turns savagely bitter, then rounding off more balanced with citrussy hop oils on the tongue. Overripe tangerine and more resin in the aftertaste. Complex and delicious.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Apr 2018
at 21:37
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
12 ounce bottle from Woodman's Menomonee Falls. Slightly hazy copper, large foamy tan head, good retention. Aroma of strong resin, lime, grapefruit, pale malt. Taste is grapefruit, citrus, tropical fruit, pale malt. Medium bodied, well balanced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Mar 2018
at 04:19
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at Twisted Taps, San Diego. Dark golden with a small white head. Fresh and hoppy with grspefruit, malt and some hay. Medium body and bitterness.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Feb 2018
at 20:30
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Boise Co-op. Medium golden with light Airy head which Fades to just a small skin. Fruity Aroma, mild fruit. Hops come through a little bit stronger in the taste. Some nice caramel malts, a little bit Citrus hops. Nice weight and feel to it. Mixes between the sweet and the bitter leaning more on the sweet side.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jan 2018
at 21:48