Sonoma Springs Brewing Company
Microbrewery
in
Sonoma,
California,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Sonoma Springs Brewing Co.
Established in 2008
Contact
19449 Riverside Dr, Sonoma, CA, 95476, United States
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Super hazy golden and straw coloured body with a thinnish, single centimetre tall off-white head that fades slowly but leaves a thin lace on the sides. Aroma of citrus, grass, mangoes and a dash of flowers with a light dose of malts, but this really does show the grassy and especially citrusey scents right up front. Medium-bodied; Rich orange, mango and tropically papaya notes dominate with a little bitterness from the alpha acids with a smooth sweetness at the end from the fruits and a slight dryness from the grass and hay elements with a touch of bready notes from the yeast, too. Aftertaste shows some light toffee and caramelised sugar notes, but mainly a dry and grassy punch to couple with the citrus and grassy notes, but fairly balanced, robust and pretty rich! Overall, a nice, dry and herbal IPA that has glimmers of a New England IPA, but almost more of a brut IPA (if your eyes were closed) or a pure West Coaster, but regardless, it was a nice beer that is balanced nicely and has some good characteristics. I sampled this sixteen ounce pint on draught at Slanted Tree Kitchen & Taproom in Fairfield, California on 08-March-2022 for US$8,00 sampled while eating dinner.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Mar 2022
at 05:11
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can from Corti Bros. Pours slightly dirty, hazy gold with a large foamy/creamy white head. Orange/pine aroma. Med body. Flavor is earthy orange/pine. Paleish malt support. Not really tropical, but juicy; surprisingly towards dry. More than moderately bitter. Very slightly astringent. Flavor becomes more orange with time.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Feb 2022
at 02:30
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can from Total Wine in Folsom, CA. Pours gold with a large creamy foamy white head. Grapefruit wafts from the pour. Med plus body. Flavor is grapefruit and perhaps pine over a mildly roasty malt - very mildly. Fruity, yet dry. More than moderately bitter. Excellent.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Jan 2022
at 00:53
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Tap at University of Beer in Vacaville, CA. Pours hazy gold with a creamy white head. Fruit/peach aroma. Med body. Flavor is peach, light citrus/pine. Not really sweet. Decently bitter. Good flavor.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Jan 2022
at 21:46
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from Total Wine in Folsom, CA. Pours dark and ruddy amber with a decent creamy tan head. Amber malt aroma. Med body, moderate carbonation. Flavor is amber malt with a little floral hop. Dryer than expected. Almost bitter enough for me. European tmavy malt - in that direction.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Dec 2021
at 00:18
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from Total Wine in Folsom, CA. Pours translucent gold with a large creamy white head. Aroma of passon fruit and pale stone fruit. Med plus body. Flavor is citrus, passion fruit, perhaps green guava. Caramel/toffee support. Not dry, but moderately bitter. Flavor is a bit unusual, but good.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Nov 2021
at 01:14
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft. Amber beer with a cream head. Summer fruit aroma. Summer fruit and grapefruit flavor with light earth. Medium bodied. Godo bitterness. Summer fruit and earth linger with grapefruit and light pine.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Oct 2021
at 22:22
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can from Total Wine in Folsom, CA. Pours hazy gold with a creamy/foamy white head. Aroma is somewhat juicy, has citrus which may include tangerine. Some herbal notes. Med body or better. Dry, not so juicy as expected. Tangerine, herb/green stuff, light roasty malt support. Lots of flavor. Very nicely bitter. Almost biting. Good stuff.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Aug 2021
at 23:44
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Can. Rich amber beer with a cream head. Malt and tropical fruit aroma with rum. Rum and tropical fruit flavor with yeast and light caramel. Medium bodied. Rum and tropical fruit linger with yeast and caramel.
Tried
from Can
on 27 May 2021
at 21:08
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft. Amber beer with a cream head. Light spice and light citrus aroma. Grapefruit and summer fruit flavor with light malt. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Grapefruit and summer fruit linger.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 May 2021
at 20:35