Vallejo
Half Acre Beer Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - West Coast Rotating|
Score
7.42
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Beer and coastlines. Condensation bleeding down the can, water washing over rocks. Our warm weather seasonal is pure Vallejo – west coast crisp, Carr’s® cracker clean, white grape jelly, under ripe peach, fastidious IPA that’s sure to unbutton every bit of tension you’ve been lugging around town. The warmth is close. Drag a four-pack out the water’s edge. Beer was invented for this.
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7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Can to becher glass.
Appearance: murky orange to ruddy amber color with a two finger white foamy head which slid off at a nice pace to leave some light messy lace
Aroma: deep piney hops throttling down some citrusy hop aspects; clean malts back up the balance of it all
Flavor: nice enough blend of the prior aromas: mild aftertaste of the citrusy and piney hops
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable; moves fairly nice and quaint along my tongue - light stickiness but not really bothering; finishes briskly with the citrus and pine
Overall: nice enough AIPA worthy of coming back to.
Appearance: murky orange to ruddy amber color with a two finger white foamy head which slid off at a nice pace to leave some light messy lace
Aroma: deep piney hops throttling down some citrusy hop aspects; clean malts back up the balance of it all
Flavor: nice enough blend of the prior aromas: mild aftertaste of the citrusy and piney hops
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable; moves fairly nice and quaint along my tongue - light stickiness but not really bothering; finishes briskly with the citrus and pine
Overall: nice enough AIPA worthy of coming back to.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Jan 2026
at 21:19
1.5/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 0.5
Flavor 0.5
Texture 4
Overall 0.5
Big pounder can for $3 at chalet premier. Hazy pale, thin white head. Oddly, not much aroma but if I really sniff it, maybe I get some milky malt, not sure. Taste is big time IPA of course, bitter as ever and terribly on style. Decent level of carbonation too! Makes it just a little more tolerable for my girlie macro lager loving taste buds. Middle is building bitter. Slight warming sensations. Rising to the level of unpleasant, disgusting, awful, rudely obnoxious and vile. What is it with these IPAs? Tropical hints? IDK. Just straight up ass impolite, discourteous, disrespectful, ill-mannered, and uncivil. There, you have it. Good thing it has some ABV, makes this tick worthwhile for the 3$.
Tried
from Can
from
Chalet Premier
on 15 Jul 2025
at 18:31
7/10
Canned from DBW c clearish golden 4 white lacing grapefruit tropical notes pretty darn good
Tried
from Can
on 20 May 2025
at 01:40
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can. Hazy amber beer with a cream head. tropical fruit aroma with light berries. Tropical and berry flavor. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Tropical fruit and berry linger with light grapefruit.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Aug 2023
at 19:58
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can. Pours slightly hazy yellow. Grapefruit, orange, light toffee, lemon, biscuit. Medium body. Decent.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Mar 2021
at 23:29
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Can @ Mikkeller Bar Aarhus. Aromas of dank hops, floral, resin, fresh hops, citrus. Taste is tropical, bitter, dank hops, apricots, citrus, orange peel.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Nov 2019
at 16:55
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pretty good American style IPA. Aromas are fresh hops caramel and pale malts. Flavors are pine resin, malt, citrus. Good body and finish, nice drinking beer.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Oct 2018
at 06:16
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
473ml can. Pours clear orange amber with a white head. Aroma of citrus fruits, resin, pine. Taste is citrusy, bitter, crisp, grapefruit, resin, pine, lingering bitterness. Medium bodied, smooth, soft carbonation. Great IPA.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Oct 2018
at 19:14
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Unclear, golden colored, medium white frothy head, good lasting. Aroma is of some pale malt, bit caramel, some orange, citrusy and pine moderate+ hops. Taste is medium sweet malt, some caramel, light orange, moderate+ citrusy and piney hops, medium+ bitterness, dry finish, lasting bitter aftertaste. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, oily. (can)
Tried
from Can
on 22 Sep 2018
at 00:05
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pour is a slight chill haze golden with a large white head. Aroma is bitter orange peel and a wee bit of pineapple. Flavor is more orange peel with some lime juice. Finish is clean and not a bitter as I thought it was going to be. This is a simple easy drinking IPA. No exotic bells or whistles here. Just pale malt and and some slightly bitter hops.
Tried
on 15 Sep 2018
at 19:43