Angel City Belgian IPA

Brewed by Angel City Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Torrance, California USA

pretty good for a local. kind of an entry level belgian ipa that was produced because everybody was doing it. worth a try.

Bottled and Stockholm Beer Festival 2009. Hazy orange color. Sweetish perfumed aroma with orange, lemon, toffee and pepper. Sweetish flavor with toffee, orange, tart fruitiness and peppery spiciness. Not very bietter, no hop bite. Could be either dryer or hoppier.

Bottled@SBWF2009
Hazy orange color, not much head. Fruity yeasty, sugary aroma. Very sweet, caramelly - fruity, fruit sugars, apricot - some hops and alcohol in the finisj. Needs ageing.

Bottled@SBWF2009. Hazy orange colour, small white head. Aroma is apricot, alcohol, mildly toasted notes as well as some spices and nuts. Flavour is fruits, marzipan, some wheat and mild grassy hops as well.

Bottled at Stockholm Beer Festival. Cloudy golden, small head.Pney floral marzipan aroma. Sweet and fruity, medium-full bodied. Marmelade and pine. Growing late bitterness. Quite interesting.

Bomber for $3.49! Pours with a murky golden body and a just barely off-white head. Aroma is spicy belgian yeast with, banana, vanilla and clove phenols, pear and, very light citrus hops that are very far in the back ground. Tastes like a hopped up hefe to me. Clove, vanilla, banana, spices, and an aftertaste of what seems to be centennial to me, but I could be quite off. Lingering earthy bitterness, but this beer could do with a lot more aroma and flavor hops to downplay the belgian yeast, and probably 40% wheat malt bill. Medium bubbles, dry. Meh, a confused beer that is good if you really dig yeast based clove phenols.

On tap at Boonville Beer Fest. Hazy golden color with a white head. Aroma of sweet malt, Belgian yeast, fruity esters, and some citrusy hops. Flavor is sweet pale malt, light fruits, spices, and a citrusy hop finish. Medium body, medium-high carbonation, and a dry finish. Solid example of a great hybrid style.