Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
375 ml bottle. Gold wax. The beer is black with a small light brown head. Some pretty good legs on it. Nice mix of vanilla and fudgey stout. Well integrated bourbon barrel. Mild spice - I’d love to try the rye barrel version. Some nice caramel and molasses baseline richness. Nice and sweet. Full flavor but not quite as punchy as expected. Perhaps, the barrel just took a little bit off of that creamy mouthfeel, which washes out the flavor. Still, it’s nice and chocolatey with a good amount of vanilla. Vanilla doesn’t take over but is strong enough to make you believe this is a vanilla variant. The barrel is a bit stronger but still nicely balanced against the stout. The feel is fairly full and creamy, though I imagine it was better pre-barrel. Not up to the best that I’ve tried from Alpha Acid but quite solid.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Part of a blind tasting of 10 hazy IPAs at Harry’s Hofbrau during SF Beer Week. Hazy straw with moderate clean white head. Dank and bitter with slight juice.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
On tap at ale arsenal. Pours out a pinkish purple topped with a pink head. Nose is berries raspberry strawberry wine barrel notes tartness and some sweetness. Taste is more of the sour tartness berries a nice wine barrel pucker.
Buckeyeboy (18941) reviewed Zest Coast from Alpha Acid Brewing Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
On tap at alpha acid. Pours out a crisp golden topped with a white head. Nose is lots of citrus orange juice hops and some floral notes. Taste is more of the citrus hops orange lemon juice melons and grapefruit.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
On tap at alpha acid. Pours out a crisp amber topped with a sand head. Nose is nice malts nutty notes some caramel sweet notes. Taste is more of the nice sweet malts light wood and nutty notes.
Buckeyeboy (18941) reviewed Cocomo from Alpha Acid Brewing Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
On tap at alpha acid. Pours out a hazy straw color topped with a white head. Nose is toasted coconut milk citrus some tropical fruit hops and a nice sweetness. Taste is more of the nice coconut tropical fruit light toast and a nice malt.
Buckeyeboy (18941) reviewed 650 IPA from Alpha Acid Brewing Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
On tap at the alpha acid. Pours out a golden topped with a white head. Nose is nice melon tropical notes and some sweetness. Taste is more of the melons some citrus and nice malt balance and a bitter pithy end.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
On tap at alpha acid. Pours out a crisp golden topped with a small white head. Nose is big dank hops a nice caramel sweet malt and some pine. Taste is more of the nice rich dankk hops pine citrus caramel sweetness and a nice end.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
On tap at alpha acid. Pours out a hazy pink topped with a white head. Nose is big strawberry lemonade lots of jammy sweetness and a tartness. Taste is more of the strawberry lemonade a nice sweetness.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
On tap at alpha acid. Pours out black topped with a small tan head. Nose is coffee milk chocolate sweetness some vanilla. Taste is more of the nice coffee notes chocolate and a nice ash try.