Smog City Brewing California Love

California Love

 

Smog City Brewing in Torrance, California, United States 🇺🇸

Collab with: 21st Amendment Brewery
  Amber / Red Ale - Imperial Regular
Score
7.03
ABV: 7.7% IBU: - Ticks: 10
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Tried on 26 Dec 2022 at 01:08


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Can. Mahogany beer with a tan head. Citrus and light berry aroma. Citrus and toasted malt flavor with light dark malts and light berry. Medium bodied. Citrus and grapefruit linger with pine, light dark malts, and light berry.

Tried from Can on 13 Nov 2022 at 23:36


6

Tried on 28 Dec 2018 at 18:23


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Draft pour at Smog City, Torrence. A mostly clean reddish pour, tons of foam head and lacing. Certainly a hoppy red. Rich malt, grassy hops, but has a dark fruit sense going on. Interesting brew as it's a huge hoppy red up front, but has such a big fruit linger. Multi dimensional brew here, interesting, and well made.

Tried from Draft on 10 Dec 2018 at 03:26


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

Amber with off white head - Malt aroma with some caramel notes with fruity hops as well - Malt body with some notes of caramel with a good fruity hop flavour with bitterness - The fruity flavour with hop bitterness goes into the finish - This was good

Tried on 09 Aug 2018 at 17:56


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7

(Tap) clear, bright orange brown colour with a small beige head; aroma of citrus, then jam; balanced flavour with a long, light bitter finish --- Beer merged from original tick of (collab with) 21st Amendment California Love on 14 Sep 2014 at 21:43 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6. Original review text: (tap) very dark, clear brown colour with a small brown head; aroma of coffee, vanilla, tobacco, candy; balanced flavour, bit boozy

Tried from Draft on 07 Oct 2017 at 19:30


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

17th July 2017
Hazy deep amber beer, tidy cream colour head. Palate is light and has a fine minerally crispness. Light malts, light cream and caramel, trace of toffee. Good juicy marmalade and a little fresh orange. Airy finish. Can’t say I noticed the oak and grapes other than added smoothness and sweetness. A delightful Imperial Amber/DIPA, juicy and smooth. Super quaffable.

Tried from Can on 22 Jul 2017 at 06:12


5

Tried on 16 Jan 2017 at 17:08


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Draft @ Bishops Arms Savoy, Malmö. Pours a dark red amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel hoppy bitter aroma with hints of grape. Fruity malty spicy caramel hoppy bitter flavor. Has a fruity malty spicy caramel hoppy bitter grape finish.

Tried from Draft on 01 Dec 2016 at 05:38


8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

50cl bottle pours with a clear amber to rosy red body that supports a nice dark tan head. The aroma offers up malts, molasses, a bit of roasted malts, earthy spicy hops and then a blend of mild fruity ester notes. Smells nice. The taste delivers malts, a bit of nuttiness, a dash of molasses and then varying hoppy notes. The hops are spicy earthiness, some pine hops and then herbal like hops. This is all coming together really nice. The malts and lightly roasted malts and hops are just right and scratching me right where I itch. I like it. I didn’t get much in the way of oak or grapes in the bottle format and no wine sensation at all.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Nov 2015 at 10:51