Bear State
Thornbridge Brewery in Bakewell, Derbyshire, England 🏴
IPA - West Coast Regular|
Score
7.23
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Bear State is a classic IPA brewed in the spirit of the West Coast of the USA. This is a massively hoppy beer, balanced perfectly with a touch of malt sweetness and an intensely citrus hop character to finish.
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7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sampled @ Tilquin English Beer Festival 2015 Klare kräftig goldene Farbe, schöne weiße Schaumkrone. Geruch grasig hopfig, dezent bitter, fruchtig. Geschmack sehr hopfig, grasig bitter, frisch, Citrusfrüchte.
Tried
on 03 May 2015
at 08:38
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Thornbridge West Coast IPA (by Thornbridge Brewery):
Aroma: 9/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4.3/5
2/V/15 - on tap @ Tilquin English Beer Festival - BB: n/a (2015-571) Thanks to the ratebeer crew and other people for sharing today's beers!
Clear yellow to blond beer, creamy off-white head, stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: very sweet, fruity, passion fruit, grapefruit, caramel, malty. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: citrus, lots of exotic fruits, resinous, piny, bit sweet, very nice. Aftertaste: bitter, grapefruit, citrus, more citrus, bit grassy, lovely stuff!
Aroma: 9/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4.3/5
2/V/15 - on tap @ Tilquin English Beer Festival - BB: n/a (2015-571) Thanks to the ratebeer crew and other people for sharing today's beers!
Clear yellow to blond beer, creamy off-white head, stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: very sweet, fruity, passion fruit, grapefruit, caramel, malty. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: citrus, lots of exotic fruits, resinous, piny, bit sweet, very nice. Aftertaste: bitter, grapefruit, citrus, more citrus, bit grassy, lovely stuff!
Tried
from Draft
on 02 May 2015
at 14:02
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from The Beerhive. Clear golden body a thin white head. Steady carbonation. Light lacing. Aroma of pine needles, orange and peach. Flavour of grass, sawdust, orange and apricot. Spicy hop finish. Medium body with an oily texture. Soft fizz. Not as punchy as I expected but it’s very drinkable and well balanced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Apr 2015
at 16:19
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle as Bear State West Cost IPA, from Beermoth, Northern Quarter, Manchester, purchased and consumed later at Holiday Inn Express, Oxford Road, after Godspeed You! Black Emperor gig on Friday 17th April 2015 I have poured this into a green glass so determining the colour is a tad awkward but I am guessing golden with a white head. a touch of pine on the aroma with some late citrus (grapefruit) coming through. Sweet and malty but not too malty and a bit dry. A dab of tropicana about this as well. Like it. A7 A4 T8 P4 Ov15 3.8
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Apr 2015
at 17:34
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draught @ Black Door, Helsinki (as Bear State) Pours dark orange with a smooth head. Aroma of fresh juicy fruits, orange peel, citrus, pine, resin and caramely malts. Taste is smooth, malty and fresh hoppy with loads of bitter fruits, pine, resin, hints of orange peel and herbal notes. Finish is malty, fruity and lingering bitter with some herbal hoppiness and caramely notes. Fresh and quite tasty malty IPA.
Tried
on 16 Apr 2015
at 09:05
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Cotteridge Wines; clear golden amber pour with a big frothy off white head, fresh pine aroma, taste has light caramel, tangerine, bitter grapefruit, decent bitterness, excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Apr 2015
at 15:53
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Archer Road Beer Stop, Sheffield. As "Bear State". Clear gold. Bubbly, messy, lasting, white head. Lovely, fusty orange. Peach. Pine resin. Something a little tart, along the lines of red gooseberry. The sweetness comes across as vanilla, and chewy toffee. Zesty, fruity, sweet, and smelling fantastic. Drinks soft, chewy, spicy, fruity bitter. Full bodied, but fresh. Finishes lingering, slightly chewy bitter. Lovely.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Mar 2015
at 14:48
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draught @ Craft Beer Co., 82 Leather Lane, London, Greater London, England EC1N 7TR.Clear medium orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate hoppy, orange - citrus, grass, resin notes. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, orange, citrus, fruity, caramel. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20130118]
Tried
on 30 Jun 2013
at 08:52
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Keg at Craft, islington, 12th April 2013, very nice IPA, well balanced, lots if citrus and pine, could drink lots of this
Tried
on 13 Apr 2013
at 05:20
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 9
On tap at Craft Islington. Clear mid gold with lasting white head. Yes now us a nicely hoppy ipa. Almost on the radox side of piney. Not a huge aroma. Sherberty hops in mouth. Just a crash of piney grapefruit and lemon. Pretty damn good and a sublime ipa from an English brewer. Lovely. More please barman. Hides abv well.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Feb 2013
at 06:28