Aurora Hoppyalis IPA
Karl Strauss Brewing Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - West Coast Regular|
Score
7.27
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A bold IPA that showcases hops front and center. A light malt profile allows citrusy aromatics and tropical fruit flavors to shine through a crisp, hoppy finish.
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7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle shared at a tasting at Dancing Camel. Better Beer Of The Month Club. Hazy golden. Great hoppy aroma full of tropical fruits and citrus. Dry flavor with nice juicy fruity hops, moderately bitter. Medium-bodied. Really good stuff, refreshing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Apr 2016
at 08:53
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap. Pours slightly hazy golden, small creamy white head, good lacing. Aroma is quite pleasant, citrus, tropical, mango, passionfruit. Flavor follows, a bit under punched, light sweet, light bitter, dank and juicy. Light body. Good.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Apr 2016
at 20:24
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Pour is a hazy golden with a large white head. Aroma is a nice dank but fruity hop. Lots of mango and fresh cut peaches are coming out of the glass. Flavor is again a big fruity hop with more of a pineapple and other various tropical fruits. This is a very fruit forward IPA with no sweet malt to get in the way of the hops. Lovely and enjoyable.
Tried
on 10 Apr 2016
at 17:42
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle from Total Wine in Folsom, CA. Pours translucent gold with a white head. The hop aroma "burns". Citrus, tropical, earth. Med body at least. Flavor is floral, citrus, tropical, and finally a touch of earth. Too much hop for me to parse. It is smoothly, not at all harshly bitter, and the gentle malt backbone is hardly noticeable. Quite delicious.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Mar 2016
at 20:01
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at First and Main in Los Altos. Aroma was rather restrained. Clear orange-copper with moderate white head. Flavor was very much in moderation on all accounts. I love many of these hops but they just lacked some punch here.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Feb 2016
at 21:39