Counter Strike
Iron Fist Brewing Company in Vista, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - West Coast Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.04
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This is no sneak attack on your taste buds! Counter Strike is a refreshingly perfect mix of Galaxy’s citrus and passion fruit blended with the intricate and varied fruit profiles of Citra. Treat your buds to the taste of apricot, peach and a myriad of tropical flavors and aromas. The perfect counter to a rough day, when a little escape is in order.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
22oz bomber pours with a hazy dirty copper body that supports a thin off white head of foam. The aroma offers up grapefruit, lime, tangerine and some grassy hops. The taste delivers notes similar to the nose like bitter grapefruit and lime and then juicier tangerine like tangy citrus hoppiness. Nice stuff.
Tried
on 02 Aug 2018
at 00:56
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draft pour into shaker pint glass. Appearance is clear light orange with no sparkle, finger-width foamy off-white head with fair retention and no lacing. Aroma is citrus, floral, earth, over malt backbone. Taste is as aroma, with late bitterness. Palate is light-to-medium bodied, frothy texture, lively carbonation (stinging with spicy food) and mostly bitter finish. Overall, not as fruity and sweet as I was expecting. Fairly standard West Coast IPA.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Feb 2018
at 05:03
7/10
Big Bottle from LaVista Liquor. Cloudy Golden/orange with white head. Hoppy aroma and taste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Nov 2017
at 01:10
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draft @ the brewery. Pours a golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty grassy citrus hoppy aroma. Fruity malty grassy citrus hoppy flavor. Has a fruity malty grassy citrus hoppy finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Apr 2017
at 08:06
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Golden with a white head - Good fruity hop aroma with citrus notes - Malt body to support a good hop profile with grapfruits and some pine - The hop goes into the finish that is dry and lasts - This was good
Tried
on 08 Aug 2016
at 11:22
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On draught at Kraft House No. 5. The beer pours a hazed orange color with a medium off-white head that dissipates steadily to a film. Strings of lacing on the glass. Aroma of tropical fruit, hops and malt. Medium body with flavors of citrusy hops, pine and toasted malt. The finish is moderately bitter with a fruity hops aftertaste. Above average overall.
Tried
on 26 Apr 2016
at 11:40
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft, Alehouse on Winslow. Very cloudy, medium head. Really rich hop nose. Dank hop but with malt and a really yeasty character.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Oct 2015
at 13:59
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Amber beer with a cream head. Grapefruit and earth aroma with light summer fruit. Grapefruit and pine flavor with earthiness. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Grapefruit and pine linger with light spice and light dark malts.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Aug 2015
at 11:19
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bomber from Total Wine in Sacramento, CA. Pours gold with a rather creamy near-white head. Aroma of citrus, light stone and tropical fruits. Med body or so. Flavor is bitter citrus and lots of fruit. The bitter is intense, and the fruit is delightful. Really nice at the end of a hot day.
Tried
on 11 Jul 2015
at 20:08
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft pour at the collective. Pours a lighter golden color with a fading head. Super pine aroma. Really piney and a little floral. Nice hop character. Pretty good IPA. Not a whole lot on the unique side, but that’s okay with me Tasty. Good beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Dec 2014
at 20:59