Thriving Metropolis #3 - Strata & Chinook
Breakside Brewery in Milwaukie, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Ghost Town BrewingIPA - West Coast Regular Out of Production
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Score
6.94
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Justin, Jason, Jamison, Johannes, Jurgen, Juan, Jose, Juan Pablo, and Jerry. Just joshin’.
But seriously, all of their names started with J and they are serious hop lovers, and it was a no-brainer to combine some of our approaches to making IPA with theirs. We leaned heavy on their preference for Pilsner malt, minimal kettle hopping, and their love of the yet-unnamed hop HBC 586. We brought to the table our preferred lots of Cashmere and Simcoe, as well as our predilection for using small charges of Southern Hemisphere hops in the whirlpool and dry hop. Our approach of layering dry hops adds to the mellifluous and broad flavor profile in this beer: expect notes of dried apricot, lime, strawberry. Hawaiian punch, and pineapple whip with a soft, just-so bitterness in the finish. This is modern West Coast IPA in rare form– you’ll find no Citra nor Mosaic here — but we promise that the Ghost Town and Breakside crews brought their J-game…we mean A-game, to this expressive and aromatic banger.
FLAVOR PROFILE
DRIED APRICOT, LIME, STRAWBERRY, HAWAIIAN PUNCH
AVAILABILITY
Feb-April 2024
Hops: Simcoe Cryo, Riwaka, Columbus, and HBC 586
Malt: GWM Two Row, GWM Pure Idaho
MALT
GWM TWO ROW, GWM PURE IDAH
But seriously, all of their names started with J and they are serious hop lovers, and it was a no-brainer to combine some of our approaches to making IPA with theirs. We leaned heavy on their preference for Pilsner malt, minimal kettle hopping, and their love of the yet-unnamed hop HBC 586. We brought to the table our preferred lots of Cashmere and Simcoe, as well as our predilection for using small charges of Southern Hemisphere hops in the whirlpool and dry hop. Our approach of layering dry hops adds to the mellifluous and broad flavor profile in this beer: expect notes of dried apricot, lime, strawberry. Hawaiian punch, and pineapple whip with a soft, just-so bitterness in the finish. This is modern West Coast IPA in rare form– you’ll find no Citra nor Mosaic here — but we promise that the Ghost Town and Breakside crews brought their J-game…we mean A-game, to this expressive and aromatic banger.
FLAVOR PROFILE
DRIED APRICOT, LIME, STRAWBERRY, HAWAIIAN PUNCH
AVAILABILITY
Feb-April 2024
Hops: Simcoe Cryo, Riwaka, Columbus, and HBC 586
Malt: GWM Two Row, GWM Pure Idaho
MALT
GWM TWO ROW, GWM PURE IDAH
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7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Gold body with white head. Citrusy hop aroma . Hoppy taste with citrus, berry and evergreen notes. Hoppy on tongue finish. It's back
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from Draft
at
Saraveza
on 05 Mar 2026
at 01:18
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can. Pours a clear pale yellow hue with a large white head. A big very pungent fruity nose. Funky, lemons, has hints of lambic funk in it, pears, some light citrus. Very interesting. Round, fruity, pretty funky.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Mar 2024
at 07:46