Shine, Dream, Smile
Breakside Brewery in Milwaukie, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - West Coast Regular|
Score
6.97
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What is the most famous trio in the world of food and beverage? Bacon, lettuce, tomato? Straw-berry, chocolate, vanilla? Campari, vermouth, gin? Lime juice, rum, and pretty much anything else? Can you imagine an ice cream parlor or a sandwich shop or a bar not serving those classic combinations? It would be crazy not to. Why would any business pass on serving something so inarguably delicious?
In the world of hops, the undisputed holy trinity of modern brewing is Citra, Simcoe, and Mosaic.
And shockingly, shockingly, we never have made an IPA with just these three hops until now.
Maybe we were trying to march to our own drummer, to prove a point that you could make delicious and modern West Coast IPA without defaulting to using the trinity. Regardless, we’re changing that now with Shine Dream Smile. We’re going heavy on our selected lots of these PNW hops and leaning into multiple forms of each: classic pellets, concentrated lupulin charges, and even some isolated, lot-specific terpenes. Shine (Mosaic) Dream (Simcoe) Smile (Citra) is our portrait of the modern American IPA in its purest form.
In the world of hops, the undisputed holy trinity of modern brewing is Citra, Simcoe, and Mosaic.
And shockingly, shockingly, we never have made an IPA with just these three hops until now.
Maybe we were trying to march to our own drummer, to prove a point that you could make delicious and modern West Coast IPA without defaulting to using the trinity. Regardless, we’re changing that now with Shine Dream Smile. We’re going heavy on our selected lots of these PNW hops and leaning into multiple forms of each: classic pellets, concentrated lupulin charges, and even some isolated, lot-specific terpenes. Shine (Mosaic) Dream (Simcoe) Smile (Citra) is our portrait of the modern American IPA in its purest form.
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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
16 oz. can, pours a clear golden with a medium white head. Aroma has an actually pleasant allium character to the hops, along with some tropical melony notes, citrus, and crisp biscuity malt. Flavour is more balanced between the Citra and other hops, with melony, bitter citrus peel, pine, and allium. Would still prefer this without the Citra, as it’s fundamentally well-brewed beer—good balance, nice vibrance—but that allium character does get on the nerves a bit. Good overall.
Tried
from Can
from
Chuck's Hop Shop - Seward Park
on 15 Apr 2026
at 04:03
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7
Pint can. Pours a mostly clear yellow gold color with a medium sized white head that has good retention. The aroma is strong with fresh pineapple and some other mixed citrus. The taste is mixed citrus and pine resins. The palate is medium in viscosity and a bit oily. Finishes long with lingering bitter pine. Overall: Decent--really nice west coast IPA.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Jan 2025
at 21:04