Madewest Brewing

Microbrewery in Ventura, California, United States 🇺🇸

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1744 Donlon St, Ventura, CA, 93003, United States
Description
MadeWest is the result of two lifelong friends and Ventura natives seeking to share quality handmade craft beer with our community. Our vision is inspired by the spirit of our home state—a spirit of adventure, creative thinking and a healthy respect for the great outdoors—and by our passion for good beer, good design and overall good life experiences.

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7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

30th May 2018
Craft Tot Ct Rd. Bottleshare. Big thanks to Leighton for the can. Light haze on this gold beer, small pale cream colour head. Smooth palate. Soft malts, light creamy sweetness. Nice light fresh orange and tangerine, little grapefruit. Touch of tropical fruits. Light and smashable.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Jun 2018 at 07:35


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Can shared at craft beer Co Covent Garden. Many thanks to Leighton for this one. A hazed golden coloured pour with a lasting a loose white head. Aroma is sweet, sticky orange, marmalade, tangerine dank,. Palate is semi sweet, sticky, moderate carbonation,. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, dank, onion, pencil, woody citrus,. Spicy finish. Nice stuff.,

Tried from Can on 17 Jun 2018 at 16:42


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

47,3 cl can @ Timo A. Canned 11.01.2018
Aroma has tropical fruits and intense pineapple juice. Flavour has tropical fruits, minerals, some gluey tones and pineapple juice. Somewhat aggressive hop profile. Good.

Tried from Can on 05 Jun 2018 at 14:16


7.5
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Can. Pours slightly hazy golden, medium creamy white head, dissipates slowly, nice lacing. Aroma is dank, pot, papaya. Flavor is light plus sweet, light plus bitter. Medium body.

Tried from Can on 03 Jun 2018 at 02:16


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

473ml can. Slightly cloudy, yellow-ish, deep golden colour with small to average, frothy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Citrusy and tropical fruity, hoppy aroma, slightly sugary, caramel malty background, notes of passion fruit, orange, mango, hints of yellow stone fruit, pineapple, a touch of candied orange zest. Taste is bitter hoppy, slightly citrusy and chalky, mineral, hints of lemon; bitter chalky finish. Lacks almost completely a malty body to provide a basis for the hop flavours to be embedded.

Tried from Can on 02 Jun 2018 at 19:51


5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Canned from Beer Republic. Canned 12202017. Poured slightly hazy golden color with a thin white head. Old hops, citrus, malts in aroma. Flavor has hops, malts, citrus, dust. Feels old unfortunately.

Tried from Can on 02 Jun 2018 at 16:27


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Can split at CBC St Giles, 30/05/18, thanks to LKS. Lightly hazed golden orange with a decent off white cap. Nose is ripe citric fruits, light hop piss, grapefruit, pine. Taste comprises pine resin, mango, lick of Um Bongo, melon, grass, orange pith. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close laden with semi danko hop bitterness. Decent DIPA.

Tried from Can on 01 Jun 2018 at 12:24


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Tried on 30 May 2018 at 18:19


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Can shared in London - cheers to Blipp. Pours unclear gold with a foamy, white head. Nice aroma, a little dank, some melon, grapefruit. Light-medium sweet flavour with more grapefruit, mellow rindy bitterness, dry pale malts, peach, white grape, tangerine. Medium bodied with fine to average carbonation. Balanced finish, soft warmth, more grapefruit and melon. Great stuff.

Tried from Can on 30 May 2018 at 18:16


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Poured from an undated 16 oz can. Aroma is super hop forward and nice and fruity with some light cracker malt notes, hints of honey and alcohol. Mango, papaya, passion fruit, tangerine, mandarins and light dank and resin notes. Pours a moderately hazy, orange color with a medium sized, medium thick, frothy white head that recedes to the edges where a bit of it lingers. Light lacing and small legs. Flavor is slightly sweet with light cracker malt notes and hints of faint, light caramel. Medium low bitterness, light honey and light alcohol notes. Moderate tropical fruit notes with light stone fruit and citrus. Lighter dank and resin notes. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and low, but present alcohol warmth. Overall, a nice DIPA. I wish it were a bit fresher, but the hop profile is very nice in both the aroma and flavor.

Tried from Can on 29 May 2018 at 05:03