7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can at Stone in SAN terminal 2. Pours gold with a white head. Aroma is floral and honey. Medium body. Lightly sweet with some balancing bitterness. Honey on my lips.
Tried
from Can
on 23 May 2024
at 19:15
7.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 6
Golden body with white head. Citrus aroma. Full bodied hop taste and finish
Tried
on 18 May 2024
at 21:40
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Can. Pours a clear dark golden hue with a medium white head. A light sweet citrus nose. Sweet citrus, bigger tropical notes, dank. Quite vibrant.
Tried
from Can
on 08 May 2024
at 05:16
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can. Amber beer with a cream head. Spice and light grapefruit aroma. Spice and grapefruit flavor with light tropical fruit. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Spice and light grapefruit linger with light tropical fruit.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Apr 2024
at 16:27
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can from Trader Joe's in Davis, CA. Pours gold with a large foamy white head. Aroma of roasty malt and resin. Med body. Flavor is the aroma, but add a bit of citrus. Some pale stone fruit and a hint of meyer lemon. Dry and bitter. Works.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Mar 2024
at 01:09
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can from Trader Joe's in Davis, CA. Pours clear brassy gold with a large creamy white head. Tropical aroma - citrus for sure. Med body. Foamy carbonation. Juicy, but fairly dry. At least moderately bitter. Flavor is lightly roastly pale malt supporting, citrus, green melon, passion fruit and more. Bitter but not old school bitter. Good ale / good flavor.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Mar 2024
at 23:36
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Super clear golden coloured body with a ton of effervescence and a thick, billowy and microfoamed off-white and creamy three to four centimetre tall head that fades pretty quickly and leaves a very spotty lace on the sides. Aroma of light citrus fruit, grass, hay, flowers, perfume and a slight metallic astringency with more hops than malt, and seemingly an older school West Coast IPA scent. Light to Medium-bodied; Very crisp, grassy, herbal and floral hops show at first with a lot of bitterness from the alpha acids, with some citrus fruits noticeable, ending with a biscuity and bready bite from the yeast and malts. Aftertaste is fresh, dry, grassy, herbal and balanced pretty nicely, almost showing an APA-like cleanness, but some richer citrus fruits and bitterness bring out some IPA notes, but the yeast and biscuits almost make this seem like a Lager! Overall, a nice and very crisp, herbal and perfumey beer that's sort of all over the map, but is nice and reminiscent of California itself. I was hoping for better with these two breweries, but it was still worth the space in my suitcase from California to Oklahoma and finally back to Washington to be able to sample it on the other coast that it was brewed on. I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from Trader Joe's in Fairfield, California on 23-August-2022 for US$2,25 (great deal!), canned on 22-July-2022 and sampled at my house here in Washington on 07-October-2022.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Feb 2024
at 06:46
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
Very clear golden coloured body with a fairly large five to six centimetre tall just-off-white head that fades pretty slowly and leaves a spotty lace on the sides, all above a mildly effervescent set of bubbles in the clear body. Aroma of lemon zest, light oranges, pepper, a dash of hay and grass with some slightly grainy malt notes, but pretty balanced, in the nose, at least. Light to Medium-bodied; Fairly strong grassy and hay notes show iwth a crisp malt bite showing a little bitterness, but the grassy and citrus zest elements from the hops hit soon afterwards and provide a good balance from the alpha acids of the hops. Aftertaste shows a nicely balanced, very dry, grassy and hop-forward IPA with no sweetness at all, a little hit of citrus fruits but just like the West Coast IPAs of old, in great ways. Overall, a very nice, easy-drinking IPA that focuses on the hops, as it should, and IS bitter, as old-school West Coast IPAs should be - great to have, super fresh and from the West Coast, but enjoyed back on the East Coast - definitely worth the space in my suitcase - be happy if you can find this easily and regularly - especially at this price! I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from Trader Joe's in Fairfield, California on 28-August-2022 for US$2,34, canned on 13-May-2022 with the tagline 'Cheers!' on the bottom, and sampled at my house here in Washington on 13-September-2022.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Feb 2024
at 06:59
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
On tap at Bottleworks, Seattle. Golden with small white head. Malty, some honey notes, sweetish. Light to medium bodied.
Tried
from Draft
from
Bottleworks
on 28 Jan 2024
at 19:28
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
4oz. Appearance: clear pale golden with a white head. Aroma: a grapefruity, citrusy, a bit of onion from the beginning (probably hopped with Citra). Taste: along the same lines, with noticeable onion notes (definitely Citra), good body, and some light sweetness. Overall: ok.
Tried
on 23 Jan 2024
at 03:55