Hopfest
Legend Brewing Company in Richmond, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - West Coast Special|
Score
7.10
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This distinctive unfiltered pale ale is brewed especially for hop lovers. It is assertively hopped with Mt. Hood, Amarillo, and Ahtanum.
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6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Easy drinking and well balanced. Light bitterness. Light citrus. Pours clear orange. Good malt backbone. Touch of mint on finish. Stomach purifying hops. Tap at jackpot.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Apr 2015
at 20:25
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
From notes, consumed on 5/28/13. Bottle poured into a tulip. Pours dark gold/amber with 2 fingers of off-white head. Head fades moderately, good head retention and lacing. Bits of floating sediment throughout. Aromas of toast, pine/resin, light lemon/lime, apple, caramel. Tasting notes of big hops, pine, grapefruit, citrus fruit and rind, toasty malt. Medium body with a bitter dry finish. Good carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Feb 2014
at 02:07
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap. Pours clear light amber with a medium head that lasts. Light aroma - faint citrus notes and a litte maltyness. Flavor is malt dominated, sweet and bready with backnotes of citrus and pine and a mildly bitter finish. Overall a good beer, but a little strong on the malt.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Apr 2012
at 18:40
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours a pale amber color with a longlasting off-white head. Has a fruity malty hoppy citrus aroma. Fruity malty hoppy bitter grapefruit flavor. Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter finish with hints of grapefruit.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jul 2011
at 05:18
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bomber courtesy of GODiSSOUTHERN, thanks Daniel. It pours clear copper with off white head. The aroma has spicy hops, some caramel malts and a touch of butterscotch. The taste offers up similar notes with equal strength levels of spicy bitter hops, caramel malts and sweet maltiness. Seems like it may have been on the shelf for a bit.
Tried
on 01 May 2011
at 12:41
7.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Immensely piney aroma with lightly roasted chestnuts and caramel. Sparkling clear copper pour with a thin peach colored head. Bitter and clean finishing pine needle, but rather weak. Good, but severely lacking in something. The hops are good quality, but the malt doesn’t thrill me. The rating is very generous.
Tried
on 26 Apr 2008
at 11:29
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Botte from Beer Run in Charlottesville. Pours copper colored with plenty of head that sticks around. Floral hoppy aroma. Taste is straightforward hoppiness (kinda metallic) balanced at the end with a bit of sweetness at the end. Blah... 6/4/5/3/11/2.9
22 ounce 2008 bottle from Whole Foods Market Charlottesville. Pours a dark amber color with a large head. Good head retention and lacing. Sweet aroma with fruity floral hop notes. Taste is sweet, ligjhtly toasted malts with bitter spicy and minty hops. Medium bodied. 5/4/7/4/12/3.2
22 ounce 2008 bottle from Whole Foods Market Charlottesville. Pours a dark amber color with a large head. Good head retention and lacing. Sweet aroma with fruity floral hop notes. Taste is sweet, ligjhtly toasted malts with bitter spicy and minty hops. Medium bodied. 5/4/7/4/12/3.2
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Feb 2008
at 21:44
6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Deep amber coloured body with a short tan head and trillions of bubbles. Aroma of pure hops, malt, caramel and raisins. Light-bodied; Fresh hops up front with no backbone at all. More of straight citrus and herbal characteristics noticeable in the taste. Aftertaste very bitter and very light - no harsh characteristics at all. A nice IPA - clean and simple beer. Pure to the style as well. I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from Whole Foods in Clarendon (Arlington), Virginia on 10-March-2007.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Mar 2007
at 23:40
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On tap at the brewpub. Deep ruby amber body with a small off-white head. Sweet citrus hops aroma. Sweet citrus and floral hops flavor, lots of bitter, and a gentle caramel background.
Earlier Rating: 2/18/2006 Total Score: 3.7
Medium creamy off-white head with a clear brown body. Relatively hoppy aroma. Flavor of bitter hops mixed with sweet malt.
Earlier Rating: 2/18/2006 Total Score: 3.7
Medium creamy off-white head with a clear brown body. Relatively hoppy aroma. Flavor of bitter hops mixed with sweet malt.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Feb 2007
at 10:48
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Thanks to Numenor for this one! A large, light tan head tops this dark amber IPA. Bready malt aroma combines with nutty caramel and resiny hops. Moderately bitter with a good support from the malt, long, well balanced finish.
Tried
on 16 Aug 2006
at 07:34