Beach Chalet Presidio IPA

From tap at the brewpub. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is hoppy and light fruity. Fruity hops flavoured, light initial sweetness and decent malt body. Ends fruity and bitter. Plain and simple ipa.

Date: July 09, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: clear gold, creamy beige head, lots of lace
Aroma: sweet crystal malt aroma, citrus hops
Body: creamy body
Flavor: lots of creamy citrus flavor, light bitterness, enough sweetness to accent the hops
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.4/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **+/4

I had this on draft at the Beach Chalet brewpub. This is a clear dark gold pour with nice citric hop flavors.

Draft @ the brewpub. Pours a clear golden color with a small white head. Has a malty hoppy grapefruit aroma. Sweetish malty hoppy grapefruit flavor. Has a sweetish malty hoppy grapefruit finish.

Tap at the brewpub. The body was hazy dark gold with a bright white head. The aroma was grapefruit with some almonds and bread. The taste was bitter grapefruit and almonds. A fairly bitter finish. Good, but nothing special.

Tap at the beach/brew house. Balanced, good malt flavor, buttery, very conservative recipe. Disappointed, thought this was suppose to be one of the better SF breweries, but their beer line is trying for mediocrity. And its the most I have paid for a boring beer (other than stadiums) in a long time.

Medium bronze colored with a healthy ring of head. Mild chinook aroma, not bad. Easy, restrained hop flavor for an IPA, but well-balanced. Uninteresting, but easy drinking. Lacking umphh for a brew of supposed 6.8% ABV.

Sampled at the brewhouse. A very well crafted brew. A good mix of quality malts and well formulated hops. A well crafted bay area IPA.