Head Stock
Nickel Brook Brewing Co. in Burlington, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
IPA - West Coast Regular|
Score
7.03
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A bold and loud West Coast-Style IPA, Head Stock rocks a catchy melody of pine and grapefruit notes that perfectly harmonize with undertones of refreshing hop bitterness.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap at the Ottawa beerfest. An opaque gold with a filmy head. It has a bitter pine needle bouquet with a decent malt backbone. Medium bodied with a tongue-scrapingly bitter body. The taste is supremely bitter pine - one dimensional but good for hop heads.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Aug 2014
at 08:23
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft - Grapefruit and pine. Hazy copper with a rich white head. Pine a grapefruit with a nice caramel background. Bitter and pithy throughout.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Jul 2014
at 01:34
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Poured from 473mL can. Orangey yellow with off-white head. Nice hoppy aroma with a little biscuity malt. Flavour same with a bit of citrus, but a little soapy and astringent leaving a drymouth finish.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Jun 2014
at 17:56
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Hazy, light amber. Lots of hop on the nose - piney with sticky marmalade. Taste is sticky marmalade, too, with some clean pale malts.
Tried
on 23 Mar 2014
at 12:53
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Re rated due to a change in packaging and formula. Much more citrus in the new formulation with some mango. Better balance with the alcohol more integrated. Can from the LCBO. Pours a mostly clear orange with a generous white head which leaves some nice lace. Nose is very floral hops and grass. Medium to full oily body with average carbonation. Nice and bitter throughout but could use something more to hide the alcohol in the finish.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Aug 2013
at 19:48
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can at home, 16th June 2013, bought for LCBO, Waterloo. This is a full bodied, well rounded and American style IPA, very tasty and smooth, great bitterness, balanced with sweet malts and a lingering bitter finish. Excellent
Tried
from Can
on 16 Jun 2013
at 12:44
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
(can) hazy honey amber colour with a medium tall whitish head; light aroma of citrus and stewed fruit; mostly bitter, rather simple flavour with a long medium bitter finish
Tried
from Can
on 03 May 2013
at 17:31
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can shared by Karol, thanks. Aroma grassy, grapefruit, earthy. Hoppy. Good, bud quite one-dimensional. Lightly hazy golden colour. Taste initially strong honey-ish malty, after a moment hops kicks in. Grassy, fresh, earthy, grapefruit. Again a bit one-dimensional, well made though. The simple hops character is a bit boring. Finish is earthy, zesty, grapefruit. Good, but not too interesting. Tap at Unortho, everything remains more or less the same.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Apr 2013
at 11:30
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can from and shared with Karol, many thanks. Amber color with medium beige head. aroma of grapefruit, grapefruit zest, oranges, mango, pines. Taste, malt, grapefruit, orange zest, piney hops. Bitter finish. Overall nice bitter beer. Tasty.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Apr 2013
at 10:58
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Canette 473ml. De couleur ambrée-cuivrée et légèrement voilée. Nez de houblon herbeux, moyenneemnt floral légèrement citrique ainsi qu’aux notes résineuses et terreuses, moyen de caramel aux notes rôties et léger de fruits (agrumes, léger de marmelade). Moyenne-mince en bouche avec un pétillement moyen ainsi qu’une texture aux notes crémeuses et huileuses. Goût moyennement amer de houblon floral, légèrement citrique et aux petites notes terreuses (une amertume présente toute la gorgée) auquel se rajoute un gout malté de grains de malt très légèrement rôtis,.léger de caramel sucré avec des petites notes de biscuits au beurre ainsi que des traces de toffee brûlé puis en finale l’amertume de houblon prend une tournure plus herbeuse, légèrement asséchante aux aux faibles notes résineuses. Post-goût long et un peu sec, moyennement amer de houblon herbeux, légèrement floral et citrique avec des petites notes résineuses ainsi qu’avec un léger goût fruité (zeste d’agrumes) et des notes rôties.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Jan 2013
at 23:43