yespr (55501) reviewed Hop Juice from Left Coast Brewing Company 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Blind tasting at Papsoes place, another great session, thanks Henrik! Beer #15: Pours hazy orange with a fully diminished white head. Dry pine and woody hops aroma. Flavour is solid woody and hops. Light liqourice note. Ends with a light sweet caramel malt base complimenting the dry and slight liqourice hops note on top.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Thanks to decaturstevo for sharing this one. Fairly clear orange/amber body with a fleeting white head. Minty hop aroma, some malts in the background. The big malt flavor is kept in check by the hop brakes. Big and complex, this ventures into the border territory of a Barleywine.
Ibrew2or3 (10819) reviewed Hop Juice from Left Coast Brewing Company 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9.5
Rating Number 1000
I love this beer. I wonder if I could marry it?
On tap @ Oggis Santee. Pours a clear gold with off white head and white foam lacing. The aroma is both sweet caramelized malts and freshly picked citrus hops. Wow, I mean wow! The taste starts off sweet and chewy to almost sticky malt goodness before the hops enter with a smooth blend of grapefruit hop bitterness, hints of floral hops and pine hop bitterness. Then I get a nice late addition hop sweet orange juice flavor mixing wonderfully with the malts. The malts also bring forth mild caramel candy goodness and toffee. This beer is big hops backed up by wonderfully rich and varied maltiness. The late addition hops and hop complexity really work for me. The flavor is near perfect. There is a slightly buttery – breadiness that adds an extra level of flavor that really complements the experience. A bit bigger aroma and this would be my number one beer. Why can’t this beer be something I can quaff just down the street like the way the San Diego crew has it? I should move.
notalush (7339) reviewed Hop Juice from Left Coast Brewing Company 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle from footy (thanks!) - hazy copper beer - strong resinous hop aroma - fairly sweet taste, that the hops, naturally, add a citrus aspect to - there isn’t much to say - lots of sweet citrus and stong, almost metallic hop bitterness - not offensive or anything, just not that great (of course, my notes were pretty much scribblings by this point in the tasting).
bhensonb (22605) reviewed Hop Juice from Left Coast Brewing Company 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Draft at Oggi’s, Liberty Station Point Loma. Got a beer mat that says it could be "Left Coast". Strong pine aroma. Dark orange tinged amber color. The white head quickly filmed. Starts with strong pine, a little malt, and a citrus hint. Medium bodied with at least mild carbonation. Heat at the finish. Quite dry finish, and the mouth drips with evergreen oil bitter. Fantastic.
Irishboy (4674) reviewed Hop Juice from Left Coast Brewing Company 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Draft at the Bistro’s 7th DIPA Fest: Nose of citrus hops; hazy copper with a medium off-white head; flavor of citrus and nice hop bitterness.
Ungstrup (52110) reviewed Gold from Left Coast Brewing Company 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
[At GABF 2004] A yellow beer with a fine white head. The aroma is very clean and sweet malty combined with notes of hops. The flavor is also clean but leaning more towards the hoppy side than the malty, with a dry bitter finish. Reminds me of a Czech pilsener.
Ungstrup (52110) reviewed Pale Ale from Left Coast Brewing Company 20 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
[At GABF 2004, I’m not 100% sure this is the right beer, since it has no prior ratings. The one I had was labeled American Style Pale Ale] A golden beer wirh a disappearing white head. The aroma is very crisp and quite hoppy. The flavor is very grassy and fresh with a bitter end. Hoppy and bitter enough to be an IPA IMHO.
Ungstrup (52110) reviewed Hop Juice from Left Coast Brewing Company 20 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
[At GABF 2004] A clear yellow beer with a huge beige head. The aroma is sweet and very hoppy, but also with loads of grass-notes. The flavor is sweet grassy combined with sticky caramel flavors. It dries out the mouth, just like eating hops.
omhper (44752) reviewed Hoppin Fresh from Left Coast Brewing Company 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Sampled draught at O’Brien’s, San Diego.
Hazy deep golden. Appley grassy aroma. The malt profile is clean with some cookie malt flavour. Above that there are green, orangey hops. Bitter finish, but not terribly so by O’Brien’s standards.