Starboard East Coast IPA
Slackwater Brewing in Penticton, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
IPA Regular|
Score
6.62
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A golden, unfiltered body with a velvety smooth mouthfeel from hefty additions of oats to the grain bill, layered with late, bio-hop, and dry-hop additions of Nelson Sauvin, Sabro & Mosaic.
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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
While described as golden and unfiltered, it's actually amber and has only a slight haze. Looks closer to a 90s east coast IPA. Thankfully, it smells more like a modern East Coast IPA with bright tropical fruit and citrus notes (as opposed to diacetyl and stale EKGs). On the palate, the malt base is okay, but brings more juicy sweetness than their Fog beer. This helps support the bright hop notes, which are again vague, but tropical and citrusy. I think by the appearance they missed a little bit on what they were after, but I don't mind. It's a decent IPA regardless, and I've always got time for that.
Tried
on 31 Mar 2021
at 02:12