Explosion IPA
Powder Monkey Brewing Co. in Gosport, Hampshire, England 🏴
IPA - West Coast Regular|
Score
6.90
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An authentic West Coast IPA using the classic 'C' hops that helped launch the craft beer revolution. A punchy hop aroma of pine and citrus leaps out the glass, light crystal malt in the body is pushed aside by an assertive bitterness to give a thirst-quenching finish.
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6.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Isle Of Wight Holiday Beer#86. Final beer of my last full day on the Isle. Sticky-sweet darker golden effort, quite strong, with the culmination of the aforementioned giving it initial spirit-like qualities. Its aroma has most to with this, in taste there's more of an associated fruitiness to be found, followed by a late bitterness. Found in a packed Duke Of York in Cowes on a Thursday night.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Sep 2025
at 21:09
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
440ml can from the Taphouse. Pours a dark amber with a white head. Aromas & tastes of caramel, citrus, pine & malt. Medium body. Moderate bitter finish. Highly enjoyable
Tried
from Can
on 19 Jan 2025
at 16:56
7/10
Tried
on 22 Jan 2024
at 19:30
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
22/1/2024. Can courtesy of Painy, cheers. Lived up to its name on opening. Pours almost clear dark orange amber with a frothy off-white head. Aroma is old-school ipa, piney, citrus, leafy, orange, biscuit, malt. Moderate sweetness and medium plus bitterness. Medium body, oily, average carbonation. Well done.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Jan 2024
at 17:10
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Half-pint, draught at Powder Monkey Taproom. Shared with Finn. A pearl white head that laced quite well, over a hazy amber body. Inviting aromas of citrus fruits and mild caramel sweetness. Grain-fruity flavoured, moments of lemon, herbal hops and a backdrop of leafy bitterness to the finish. Fine depth. Pleasing. (Gosport 19.10.2022).
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Nov 2022
at 11:12
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Delt med Rune. Gyldenbrun. Middels høyt luftig skum med litt farge. Daler sakte & etterlater litt lacing. Nesten klar. God ferskenaroma. Smaken tørket tropisk frukt. Tørr bitter avslutning. Gjennomgående fruktig & god!
Tried
on 19 Oct 2022
at 12:07
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can ordered from Twisted Crow, Basingstoke. Aroma is grainy with a jammy resin underbelly. Opaque amber. Frothy blotchy translucent white head. Medium-heavy bitter. There was a slight pause before it came through. Resinous. Grainy. Quinine. A hint of jam. Underlying malts. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Soft-fizzy carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent finish. Nice enough but basic... there's no depth to it.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Dec 2021
at 19:22