S•S19 - West Coast IPA
(Batch of West Coast IPA)
Cloudwater Brew Co in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England 🏴
IPA - West Coast Regular|
Score
7.41
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The West Coast IPA is a modern classic that changed perceptions of what beer could be, and paved the way for today's craft beer scene. Our own approach is informed by experiences working with trailblazing brewers and diving deep into their celebrated beers, so this delivers the hallmark layered bitterness and a clean, dry, resinous finish alongside punchy flavours provided by a blend of modern and classic hop varietals.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can at Pien, Helsinki. Hazy dark golden with a small white head. Aroma and taste of hops, grapefruit, some orange and malt. The finish was bitter. A pleasant one.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Jul 2019
at 09:24
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
29th June 2019
Can. Light haze on this gold beer, tidy cream colour head. Smooth and semi dry palate, decent fine carbonation. Light maotts provide some sweetness but nowhere nesr enough to combat the citric peel bitterness on this one. Like taking a bite on some fresh orange and pink grapefruit peel. Smooth pine delivers some relief and there is a trace of sweeter tropical fruits but overall this is a bitter bastard, a little too much so.
Can. Light haze on this gold beer, tidy cream colour head. Smooth and semi dry palate, decent fine carbonation. Light maotts provide some sweetness but nowhere nesr enough to combat the citric peel bitterness on this one. Like taking a bite on some fresh orange and pink grapefruit peel. Smooth pine delivers some relief and there is a trace of sweeter tropical fruits but overall this is a bitter bastard, a little too much so.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Jun 2019
at 15:49
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Minimal head on rich marmalade coloured still body. Medium bodied, sharp on the palate with a cloying back. Bitter pine, pith, grapefruit, resin & jammy tastes.
Tried
on 22 Jun 2019
at 13:55
8.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 9.5
Can from Grumpy Goat, at home, 20th June 19. Pours clear and orange. Aroma is pithy orange marmalade. Taste is bitter, pithy, orange and grapefruit, bitter linger. Great one, thank god for a bitter IPA again!
Tried
from Can
on 20 Jun 2019
at 18:56
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can at home from cloudwater 73 enid Street. A mostly clear deep orange coloured pour with a lasting medium off white head. Aroma is sticky orange, pine, floral grapefruit, sticky orange. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, rounded toffee toasted malts, douglas fir, piney hop, orange rind, sticky hop ,pine resin. Big bold resinous bitterness. Pine resin. Palate is semi sweet, resinous, moderate carbonation. Proper old school, west cost bitterness. lingerine bitter pine sap. Fucking solid.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Jun 2019
at 21:52
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can, 7.5%. Clear amber with medium off-white head. Aroma is malt, fruit, hops, caramel and pine. Flavour is malt, caramel, toasted, pine, peach, grapefruit, medium sweet and bitter.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Jun 2019
at 19:12
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Can 440ml. @ home.[ As Cloudwater West Coast IPA (S•S19) ].Clear medium yellow orange colour with a large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, fruity malt, moderate to heavy hoppy, fruity hops, tropical fruit, licorice hops - pine. Flavor is moderate sweet and moderate to heavy bitter with a long duration, fruity hops, tropical fruit, licorice hops, dry, apricot - zesty, light pine. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20190531] 7-3-8-3-17
Tried
from Can
on 02 Jun 2019
at 05:27
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at the Star and Garter, Bromley. Amber/gold pour with a white head. Apricot, sweet citrus and peach nose. Flavours of peach, sweet citrus. Bitter finish.
Tried
on 01 Jun 2019
at 22:43
7/10
Tried
on 01 Jun 2019
at 08:38
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
(473ml can from Mikkeller Webshop) Pours clear amber with a tight stable eggshell head and lace. Notes of sticky orange marmalade and zest, some grapefruit, sweet bready malt with a bit of caramel, resinous pine, mid-sweet on the nose and through to mid-sip, warming from either booze or just resinous hop heat, becoming rather drier with quite high resinous and fruity bitterness lingering in the aftertaste. Medium bodied, a bit oily, softly carbonated. Resolutely old school in this juicy era, but well-made all the same and a good 'pizza beer'.
Tried
from Can
on 27 May 2019
at 19:36