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Bridge Road Brewers – NEeD West Coast IPA vol 2

Brewery Bridge Road Brewers in Beechworth, Victoria Style IPA ABV & IBU 6.9% Tasting Notes Golden orange colour with a white head. Bubblegum and pine aromas. This is a malt driven, traditional American West Coast IPA. Think Ballast Point Big Eye or Sierra Nevada’s Torpedo. Resiny bitterness and bold malty flavours making a nostalgic IPA. This […]

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Colossal Brewing – Hopmosphere

Brewery Colossal Brewing (Pinnacle Drinks) in Surry Hills, NSW Style West Coast IPA ABV & IBU 7% Rate Beer No rating yet Tasting Notes Deeper golden/orange colour with a big white head. Slight pine aroma backed by a malty sweetness with a little bitterness pushing through. Typical American IPA flavours, citrus and pine. Not a bad beer by […]

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Balter – Cryomofo

Brewery Balter in Currumbin, QLD Style West Coast IPA ABV & IBU 7% Rate Beer No rating yet Tasting Notes Deep yellow/light golden colour with a big, foamy white head. Initially wasn’t picking up hop aroma but it certainly hits you on the tongue. Light, crisp malt backbone with a tropical hop flavour. Nice bite and bitterness from […]

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Dangerous Ales – West Coast IPA

Brewery:  Dangerous Ales in Milton, NSW Style:   IPA ABV:   6.2% Rate Beer:   Not listed on Rate Beer Pour:   Lovely golden colour with a thin white head on pour. I’m getting a little bit of piney resin on first sniff. Subtle stone fruit flavours come through on this one. A little bit of malty sweetness. It’s definitely got […]

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Monteith’s Brewing Co – West Coast IPA

Brewery: Monteith’s in Greymouth, New Zealand Style:  IPA ABV:  6.5% Rate Beer:  No Rating Yet Pour:  Golden orange in colour. With a small white head. Big piney, hoppy, citrus aromas. Nicely balanced with sweeter maltier backbone with hoppy bitterness. I’m getting orange and grapefruit and little bit of pine flavour. A nod to old school West Coast IPAs and a good reminder […]

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Old Wives Ales – West Coast IPA

Brewery: Old Wives Ales in Thornbury, Victoria Style: IPA ABV: 6.5% Rate Beer: not listed yet Pour: Tangerine orange with a creamy white head. The can art is a nod to NWA record sleeve and just like NWA, this beer is Straight Outta Compton! Smooth, easy drink IPA. Hoppy and slightly piney. Not very gangsta but […]

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Epic Brewing – On A Stick IPA

Brewery: Epic Brewing in Auckland, New Zealand Style: West Coast IPA ABV: 6.7% Rate Beer: no rating yet Pour: Light golden, beer colour with a big fluffy white head. Slightly hoppy with a nice piney bitterness finish. Not sure what I was expecting but this is cool take on the US West Coast IPA with NZ […]

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Pōhjala – Bag Of Bones

Brewery: Pōhjala in Tallinn, Estonia Style: West Coast Double IPA ABV: 8.2% Rate Beer: 90/100 Pour:  Light orange/mandarin with white head. I can’t say I’ve ever had a beer from Estonia before but if this is an indication of their beer scene, sign me up and get me over to Estonia. This is a collab beer […]