Kona Brewing Company Gold Cliff IPA

Gold Cliff IPA

 

Kona Brewing Company in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, United States 🇺🇸

  IPA - West Coast Regular
Score
6.68
ABV: 7.2% IBU: 50 Ticks: 69
Gold Cliff IPA features real pineapple, along with bright, tropical fruit aromas of Mosaic and Citra hops and a hint of smooth caramel malt.
 

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6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle. Deep golden with white head. Aroma of tropical fruity hops, pineapples. Taste is very alcoholic in beginning, ineapples, tropical fuity hops. Too much on sweet side.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Dec 2021 at 18:14

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Very clear golden and peach coloured body with a bright glow and a thick, three to four centimetre tall, just off-white head. Aroma of tropically hops with some very light malts, a dose of alcohol, a hint of sweetness from pineapple and a dry, slightly resinous hop bite that shows through at the end with bitterness noticeable. Light to Medium-bodied; Strong malty flavours show at first with a big hit of biscuits and a dry profile with some pineapple, resin, grapefruit and citrusey qualities, but the balance from the malts seems stronger than the hops here with only a tiny bit of alcohol noticeable on the end. Aftertaste shows a lot of resinous, dank hoppy notes that don't contribute too much bitterness, but the flavours are there with a moderate level of malts, some lighter sweetness and only a touch of alcohol on the end. Overall, a decent enough pure IPA with out many nuances or trying to be 'of the times', while being more of a classic IPA with a nice enough balance and some good flavours that do come from the hops used here. I sampled this twelve ounce can, purchased from Tamura's Fine Wine in Kihei, Maui, Hawai`i on 18-August-2019, sampled at my hotel in Kihei, Maui later in the day on the 18th of August 2019.
Tried from Can on 15 Nov 2021 at 06:47

4.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
Pour is a clear gold with a average white head. Aroma is pineapple with a bit of burnt rubber. Flavor is pineapple juice and not much else. Finish is a bit astringent and harsh. Not real good.
Tried on 24 Oct 2021 at 01:00

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Schöne Fruchtnase, im Trunk ebenso, süffig, Südfrüchte-Korb, lecker aber nicht außergewöhnlich. Schönes Sommerbier.
Tried on 15 May 2021 at 16:40

7.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
opalescent golden colour, medium sized dense off-white head; aroma of piney, grapefruity, orange oily and tropical fruity notes; hoppy bittery taste with the same notes as can be felt in the aroma; good one!
Tried from Can on 11 Apr 2021 at 21:21

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
backlog from 2019 - Pours golden with an off-white head. The hoppy aroma includes citrus and pineapple. The flavor has good, strong hop bitterness with ample pineapple and various citrus fruits. There's a nice malt balance and a medium body. This is a very good IPA.
Tried on 20 Mar 2021 at 17:11

7/10
03-02-21 // 355ml bottle. Clear darker golden. Aromas of sweeter malts, resin, light pineapple. Strong bitterness. Balance not optimal.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Mar 2021 at 21:28

7.8/10
Tried from Bottle on 17 Aug 2020 at 19:13

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Pineapple and grapefruit. Golden pour with good head. Decent malt backbone and a bitter finish. Decent. Bottle
Tried from Bottle on 26 Jul 2020 at 22:49

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle. Hoppy and malty aroma and taste, pineaplle notes, light resin, medium bitter. Medium body, malty and hoppy bitter finish. Ok.
Tried from Bottle on 29 Jun 2020 at 21:49