5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Quite hazy deep amber and bronze coloured body with a nice single centimetre tall just off-white head on top. Aroma of funk, yeast, bread, grain, apples, pears and a touch of caster sugar. Light-bodied; Strong grassy and apple flavours dominate with a mild malt presence and some softer hop notes that are evident on the back, but just don't show much in terms of complexity and depth. Aftertaste shows the grainy malt and especially the fruits with a stale biscuity and nutty flavour that has some earthiness as well and a hint of astringency on the finish. Overall, a dry and relatively straight-forward beer that shows an 'amber ale' about right without much flavours, complexity, depth or pungency - this is a very easy drinking beer that also shows some light fruit, a dose of earth and a hint of soft caster sugar. I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased on the other side of the world at the Turnpike Shell Station (near the airport) in Hagatna, Guam, U.S.A on 22-July-2017 for US$3,50 brought back home to literally the opposite end of America in Washington on 25-April-2019 while planning for this year's summer vacation.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Apr 2019
at 06:03
8.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Clear golden and peach coloured body with a thinnish pure white head that starts at about a centimetre and stays afloat for a while. Aroma of very fresh grassy and citrus hops with some resin and a great supporting cast of malt and light sugars that make this one smell like a great fresh [real] West Coast IPA. Medium-bodied; Strong grassy and dank hop flavours of resin, grapefruit and citrus fruits with a pleasant and large malt backbone with some sugars and a dose of grass and perfume as well, but the balance is sublime. Aftertaste shows a lot of resin and grapefruit bitterness with a touch of tropical fruits and a dose of sweetness, but the balance of hops and malt with a moderate amount of alcohol is great throughout. Overall, a very good [real] West Coast IPA that has a ton of hop bitterness, mixed with a great balance of malts, sugars and complex hop varietial flavours that make this very nice, yet still quite drinkable. I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can purchased from City Beer in San Francisco, California on 13-March-2019 for US$2,99 sampled in my hotel room here in Lake Buena Vista, Florida on 14-April-2019.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Apr 2019
at 12:57
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
473ml can, Antenna America, Shinagawa Station. Pours golden, quite transparent, nice white foam on the top, leaving beautiful lacings. Crisp resiny nose, hop oils and some citrus peels, lemon and some orange marmalade. Tastes crisp and dry, good fresh hop bitterness, light sweetness (really light) and lots of citric spritz. Super light and elevated, uplifting IPA, dangerously sessionable. Goes down too quickly, superb balance.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Apr 2019
at 06:32
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pour is a clear gold with a small white head. Aroma is of sweet oranges and grapefruit hops. Flavor is light bitter grapefruit hops with some dry malts. Almost pale ale in flavor but with IPA alcohol %.
Tried
on 04 Apr 2019
at 00:16
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Poured up on tap at Tipsy Cactus where it exhibits a hazy gold body that supports a thin near white head of foam. the aroma offers up classic notes of spicy dankness, grapefruit and then earthy danky goodness. The taste delivers similar notes with spicy bitter onion and earthy danky notes flowing into modest bitter grapefruit. Solid IPA with lovely dankness.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Mar 2019
at 01:08
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can thanks to Adam! Pours a clear gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a good amount grass and earthy citrus with earthy grains backing. Flavor has earthy citrus and wet grass with a bread backbone.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Mar 2019
at 08:19
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
15th March 2019. On a flight at the San Clemente Pizza Port bar. Golden body, clean and bright, snow white crown on top. Light malty aroma and flavour, mild citrus notes as it warms a little. Not much going on to be honest, refreshing and thirst quenching, but it doesn't test your senses too greatly.
Tried
on 18 Mar 2019
at 17:58
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
500ml can from Bottlecraft in SD at home in HK. Nearly clear golden honey pour with fine white foamy head. Aroma is pine grassy mango biscuit, and some alcohol. Taste bitter grassy piney, not as much tropical fruit but very good. Crisp. Malt is light and biscuity. Crisp for a big DIPA. Lasting warmth and bitter tingle. Very solid SD DIPA. Would probably get again.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Jan 2019
at 16:08
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at GBBF 2015, day 3 - London. Pours clear gold with a frothy, white head. The nose holds rindy citrus, pine needles, minerals. Light to medium sweet flavour, dry bread, orange rind. Light to medium bodied with fine carbonation. Moderate pine resin in the finish, more pale bread, orange rinds. Enjoyable.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Jan 2019
at 14:15
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at Beaverex '18 Day II, 08/09/18. Very lightly hazed golden orange with a decent off white covering. Nose is grapefruit, pine, orange pith, mixed tropical fuits. Taste comprises orange pith, ripe pineapple, pine, toasted malts, mango. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close peppered with semi aggressive hop bitterness.
Tried
on 06 Jan 2019
at 15:21