Coronado Brewing Company 18th Anniversary Imperial IPA

18th Anniversary Imperial IPA

 

Coronado Brewing Company in Coronado, California, United States 🇺🇸

  IPA - Triple Series Out of Production
Score
7.23
ABV: 10.0% IBU: 80 Ticks: 42
Part of the brewer’s Crown Series, the 18th Anniversary Ale is a double IPA with a spicy tropical flavor balanced by clean breadiness in the finish.
 

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7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Bottled. Slightly hazy gold amber. White foam. Smell is piney citrus. Resin pine. Bitter kick with citrus.

Tried from Bottle on 20 May 2025 at 01:31


6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle: Cloudy amber with a creamy, just-off-white head. Orange, grains, fruit aroma. Flavour is orange malt, caramel malt....with a slightly petroleum/pee; bittering....a bit oily.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Jan 2016 at 18:29


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Dark golden color with a white head with medium duration. Aroma has notes of peach and grapefruit, resin hops and resins. Flavor has a medium bitterness, some caramel and peachy notes with resin hints. MIld bitterness with fruity notes.

Tried on 26 Nov 2015 at 16:12


7.3
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Earthy, lightly funky orange malt and grapefruit peel/pine aroma. Cloudy golden yellow with large off-white head. Sweet orange malt flavor quickly overwhelmed by strong bitter metallic grapefruit peel. Decent body. A bit rough.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Oct 2015 at 22:26


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Very hazy golden coloured body with a honey glow and a thinnish, half centimetre tall off-white head. Aroma of alcohol, resin, pine, floral hops, turpentine, honey, oak, dry grass and a bit more alcohol - pungent, for sure. Full-bodied; Strong rich malty flavour with a definite pine and deep grassy hop note showing a lot of alcohol, some warm sugars and a rather dry and oaky finish showing some barrel in the mix. Aftertaste is quite complex, especially for the style with the dryness front and centre, also with a good deal of alcohol, malt, yeast and of course, hops. Overall, a nice Imperial IPA with a solid profile and even nicer complexity on the end. Great to sample, and perhaps still good to age! I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from Crystal City Wine Shop (12th Street Location) on 28-November-2014 for US$11,99 sampled at home in Washington just a few steps away on 15-October-2015.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Oct 2015 at 00:57


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle 22fl.oz.. [ As Coronado 18th Anniversary Imperial IPA ].Clear medium orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, citrus, dried fruit, orange - citrus. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, orange, citrus, dried fruit, malty. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. Quit easy to drink. [20150722]

Tried from Bottle on 29 Sep 2015 at 08:43



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

Draft @ Taproom, Malmö. Pours a hazy orange color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty piney citrus hoppy aroma. Fruity malty citrus hoppy bitter piney flavor. Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter citrus finish.

Tried from Draft on 05 Sep 2015 at 06:44



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

(Bottle, 0.65 l, at Tommyknocker Helsinki, 20150722) The beer poured golden and hazy. Its head was medium sized and white. Aroma had fruitiness, pine, sweetness and malts. Palate was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were malts, sweetness, grass, fruitiness, saltiness and bitterness. Aftertaste was sweet and bitter. A rather nice strong and hoppy pale ale.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Aug 2015 at 13:39