West Coast Trail IPA
Vancouver Island Brewing in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
IPA - West Coast Regular|
Score
6.18
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
473mL can. Pours clear gold with a white head. Biscuit malts and pine on the nose. Flavour has a lot of biscuit malts, fairly sweet, dry pine; very light on the bitterness. Moderate carbonation. Not bad.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 5.5
Can. Unclear pale amber, ~ a cm of white head. Muddled yeasty kumquat and grainy aroma. So it tastes with kind of sharp pine and herbal notes mixed with moderate bitterness. Confused but brusquely refreshing in its way.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Hazy gold, fluffy white head. Light citrus nose. Muddled palate, dull citrus and pine. Acetic and boozy
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
473 ml can. Pours a dull amber with moderate head. Aromas of soapy citrus and doughy malts. Flavors of same with a bit of muted pine. Heavy.
Oakes (33770) reviewed West Coast Trail IPA from Vancouver Island Brewing 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
They released a similarly-named beer last year. Without a technical description I really couldn't say if there's any relation between the two. Slight haze, dullish tan colour. Head froths up but dies out. The aroma is actually kind of stale, cheesy. On the palate, grassy, cheesy, definitely lacking brightness. Malts are ok, maybe a bit dull, and there's a prominent alcohol character in the finish. The balance is all of whack here, really. Disappointing, this brewery had been on an upward track lately.