Wanderjack

Breakside Brewery in Milwaukie, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸

IPA - West Coast Regular

Score

7.60

ABV: 7.1%

IBU: 63

Ticks: 10

Tyler Brown is a legend in the beer industry, the godfather of modern IPA in the Northwest, and one of the best storytellers you'll ever meet. We've been lucky enough to soak up tons of knowledge from Tyler and his crew at Barley Brown's, and there's no doubt that Breakside IPA and Wanderlust exist the way they do today thanks to the influence of Tyler, Eli, Shawn, and Marks. It was a no-brainer to host them as part of our 10th anniversary collaborations and also a no-brainer to make a West Coast IPA with them. When we sat down to make this beer, we asked, 'how would we design a new West Coast IPA in 2020' that captures the direction that WC IPA is heading? The resulting beer is filled with three of the fruitiest hops around, Strata, Mosaic, and Azacca, along with a touch of Simcoe to anchor the beer in classic dank and catty West Coast flavor. The bitterness is modest, the malt bill is extremely lean, and the ABV is moderate. It's a contemporary West Coast IPA for the new decade.

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8.3

tfontana (7512) reviewed Wanderjack from Breakside Brewery 3 weeks ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Can (11/20/25) from Whole Foods, Sherman Oaks. Lightly hazy, bright yellow, nice sparkle, decent head with good retention and soapy lacing. Aroma is strong pink grapefruit, orange, pine, musky herb/slight cat piss. Taste mirrors aroma. Smooth, creamy, frothy texture, soft carbonation and dry finish as taste with light bitterness. With these hops, I was skeptical that this would be West Coast and not hazy/juicy but the brewery masterfully achieved what it set out to achieve, along with good complexity. Not my preference but tip of the cap for being well crafted.

Tried from Can on 09 Mar 2026 at 02:25

8.1

BodyByDuff (255) reviewed Wanderjack from Breakside Brewery 7 months ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Imperial pint can. Herbal hop aroma with notes of grassy hops, guava, strawberry, dank grapefruit and floral hops. Pours clear golden colored with a large white head that has excellent retention and decent lacing. Starts with guava, strawberry and grassy hops flavors. Finishes dank and dry with herbal hop, grapefruit and floral hop flavors. Quite delightful.

Tried from Can from Coaltrain Wine and Liquor on 01 Sep 2025 at 07:30

7.6

bhensonb (22726) reviewed Wanderjack from Breakside Brewery 2 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Can from Tavour. Pours gold with a moderate white head. Aroma of citrus, pine and pale prunus fruit. Med plus body. Frothy carbonation in the mouth. It's somewhat fruity, well towards dry, and more than moderately bitter. Pale malt support nearly hidden by the flavors. I'm going with citrus, pine and peach. Nice flavor indeed.

Tried from Can on 19 Jan 2024 at 01:17

8.4

tderoeck (22946) reviewed Wanderjack from Breakside Brewery 3 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

17/I/23 - 1Pt. can from a trade, shared @ home, BB: n/a, canned: VIII/22/22 (2023-64) Thanks to Ryan C. for the trade!

Slightly cloudy gold blond beer, big solid creamy off-white head, little stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: lovely, fruity, lots of citrus, grapefruit, a bit dank, resinous, nice. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: resinous, pretty bitter, hoppy, fruity, lots of citrus, a bit dank, grassy, some marijuana. Aftertaste: resinous, very hoppy, dry, some alcohol, lots of citrus, lovely stuff!

Tried from Can on 17 Jan 2023 at 21:00

Buckeyeboy (18931) reviewed Wanderjack from Breakside Brewery 3 years ago

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

On tap pours out golden topped with a white head. Nose is nice pine resin hops and a bread malt. Taste is great big hop hit pine citrus well balanced malts.

Tried from Draft on 30 Oct 2022 at 18:12

7.8

stevoj (18528) reviewed Wanderjack from Breakside Brewery 3 years ago

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

Taster at Loyal Legion. Clear golden, wispy head. Hoppy, piney aroma, minty notes. Taste is malty before succumbing to the piney hops, sweet. Oily, resinous.

Tried on 23 Sep 2022 at 23:36

pictoman (9831) reviewed Wanderjack from Breakside Brewery 3 years ago

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

Poured from the tap. Clear gold with white head. Biscuit malt, mild dankness, light pine hops. Well balanced.

Tried from Draft on 21 Jul 2022 at 00:44

mcberko (47797) reviewed Wanderjack from Breakside Brewery 3 years ago

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

On tap at Breakside - NW Slabtown, pours a clear copper blonde with a small white head. Aroma brings out loads of dank, pot-like hops, some pine, and biscuity malt. Flavour is dank and biting, with lots of pot-like hops, pine, and crisp biscuity malt. Pot-like, piney, and crisp finish. Excellent WC IPA.

Tried from Draft on 05 Jun 2022 at 03:24

Troopie (5756) reviewed Wanderjack from Breakside Brewery 5 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 6

Dark clear orange with Thin lasting white head. Sweet citrus, tangerine aroma. Citrus taste, tangerine, orange and something like mango. Long citrus finish.

Tried on 11 Jul 2020 at 04:04

7.6

Douglas88 (7984) reviewed Wanderjack from Breakside Brewery 5 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

16 ounce can thanks to David. Pours a clear orange hue with a medium white head. A nice sweet fruity nose, big citrus. Resinous, light perfume, some big mango and tropical fruit, medium bitterness. Super clean. Biscuit base.

Tried from Can on 06 Jul 2020 at 07:24