Fins & Faultlines
Alvarado Street Brewery in Monterey, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - West Coast Regular|
Score
7.38
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Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5
Pint can pours with a crystal clear pure gold body that supports a white head. The aroma offers up citrus notes that has edges of tangelo, tangerine and a bit of grapefruit as well has faint notes of mango and kind of a berry like sensation. The taste delivers a fine range of tangy to bitter citrus hops basically as described in the nose as tangy tangelo and tangerine like notes lead to an increasing but moderate level of grapefruit hop bitterness. Behind the citrus are softer thinner sweeter mango to a bit of cantaloupe layers of hop flavor. This is clean and crisp with only mild sweetness. Solid brew.
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bb (18428) reviewed Fins & Faultlines from Alvarado Street Brewery 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Can. Amber beer with a cream head. Grapefruit and pine aroma. Grapefruit and orange flavor with pine. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Grapefruit and orange linger with pine.
bhensonb (22605) reviewed Fins & Faultlines from Alvarado Street Brewery 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Can from Bottles N Bins in Monterey, CA. Pours gold with a foamy white head. Aroma of floral with a touch of earth. Med body. It's tropical - like melon and passion fruit, yet prosaic enough to have citrus. There are sharp bits (not hot bits) for tongue tingling. Slightly roasty malt in support. Deliciously bitter.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
16oz can pours a crystal clear dark gold with some clumpy head that faded quick. Nose is fruity, floral, some melon, a little lavender, hand soap, simple grist, dandelion, sun tea. Flavor is nice, sweet, malty, floral, herbal. Everything is in balance. Finishes dry. West Coast in spirit but with more of an Eastern hop profile. Easy drinker too.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
22nd December 2019
Can. Very light haze on this pale gold beer, small bubbly pale cream colour head. Light malts, nicely sweet but purdy thin. Light smooth pine. Very mild savoury skunk. Reasonable but thin bright citrus. Smooth cooling piney citrus finish. Clean and drinkable ipa but just feels a tad thin.
Bytemesis (16229) reviewed Fins & Faultlines from Alvarado Street Brewery 6 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Can. Pours clear golden, large creamy white head, good lacing. Aroma is grapefruit, pine, hint of herbal tea. Flavor is light sweet, light plus bitter. Medium body, soft mouthfeel.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Tap at Gourmet Haus. Clear light gold white head that patterns well. A bit piney on the hops.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Poured from a 16 oz can. Aroma is hop forward with lots of grapefruit, orange, pine and hints of tropical fruit. Light cracker malt notes in the background. Pours a slightly hazy, yellow gold with a medium sized, moderately thick, frothy, white head that recedes slowly but steadily to the edges where it lingers. Medium lacing and faint legs. Flavor is slightly sweet with a dry finish and light cracker malt notes. Medium to medium high bitterness and a hint of alcohol spice. Moderately strong citrus hop notes of orange, grapefruit, and tropical citrus. Lighter notes of tropical fruit and pine resin. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth. Overall, a nice, dry IPA with solid citrus hop notes. Noticeable bitterness but not overpowering.