Alpine Beer Company OBriens IPA

On tap at Toronado SD. Lovely orange amber with medium white head. Great light citrus on top of sweet hoppy nose. Taste is pretty much the same. Bitter sticky piny hops and light citrus sweetness. Great IPA.

On tap at Obriens. Clear amber pour. Grapefruit, citrus, sticky bitter hops, caramel malt, lemon, and some tropical fruit.

Draft at Toronado San Diego (and not at O’Brien’s). Pours a clear orange with minimal head. Aroma is less strong than other IPA’s but is otherwise straight up west coast IPA with hoppy aromas: citrus (mainly the sweet and bitter of ruby red grapefruit) and pine. LIke the grapefruit, there are both sweet and bitter flavors present in here. The malt backbone is strong enough to create a bit of sweetness. But the hops are certainly stronger with a bitter flavor being more predominant throughout -- more grapefruit and pine as well as a notable "spicy" hop character. Dry finish with moderate lingering bitterness.

Draught at Toronado SD. Dark gold with a ruddy tint. The damn bartender didn’t leave a milliliter of space for a head, so only some scant white film remained (well, more Alpine IPA for me so I can’t really complain. Not a super pngent hop aroma, but still nice spicy and herbal hops with a fruity kiwi note. The flavor has a nice and lean toasty malt base with a spicy, juicy hop flavor with that same kiwi note and a resiny bitter finish that is actually on the lower side for the style considering all the aroma hops (typical for Alpine, and part of why I love them). Medium bodied with smooth carbonation. A very nice IPA that definitely falls on the drinkable side. As good as it was, this was actually the least impressive IPA from Alpine that I had while in town. These guys are on it.

From growler. Pours a bright orange with nice fluffy off white head. Nice sticky lacing. Aroma is lemon, citrus, pine hops. Flavor is resiny pine, light citrus, some carmel malts in the backbone. finishes bitter and dry. very smooth and drinkable.

Draft at Obriens. Pours orange amber with a white head and spotty lacing. Nice lemony citrus hop aroma. Pale malt backdrop behind a dry grapefruit rind bitterness, but with some sweetness to balance things out. Not bad

On tap at San Diego Brewing: Extreme amount of grapefruit flavoring which left me craving IPA’s like it for a few days. In a more scientific summary the flavor was a bit sour with domination of bitterness while my aftertaste ended metallically. Fine golden color and small head. Nose detected is of pure hops and notes of citrus.

solid....great stinky hop aroma and tons of hop flavors and super balanced....I dig this a whole lot!