Coast Range Farmhouse Oasthouse IPA

Formerly brewed at Coast Range Brewing Co.
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Gilroy, California USA

22 oz bottle from BevMo: Deep burgandy-amber color with a small, fading tan head. Aroma is barley wine sweet and hoppy. Flavor starts rich and tropical fruity followed by some light citrus and burnt caramel. Finish is lightly orange rind bitter and somewhat dry. Full body is rich and creamy with moderate carbonation.

22 ounce bottle purchased at BevMo. Floral, grassy, slightly citric orangey hop aroma. Some sweet caramel is also present. Aromatic and quite pleasant! Mildly hazy ruddy amber body with a smallish off-white head. Earthy, dry, grassy hops to start, which becomes a bit metallic in the middle. Finishes with a barleywine-like swampy cardboardy maltiness. It’s ok.

Absolutely, brilliantly clear, the beer pours with a pretty, bright copper color and is topped by a frothy, initially fat-two-finger thick, tan colored head. Aromas of crystal malts (caramelized malt sugars, biscuit-like notes and toasty grain) mix with hop notes of citrus and pine. The hop character is not as pronounced as I would have expected; in fact it seems a bit muted. There are notes of orange peel and grapefruit as well as sharper notes of pine, grassy herbs and perhaps a touch of menthol. There are lots of malt aromatics here though.

Lightly sweet up front, the beer has a soft citrus character to it, but finishes with an astringent, grassy bitterness; the grassy note almost leans towards a sort of plastic flavor that, while subtle, is not all that appealing. The body has a certain lightness to it that does not quite have enough heft to carry the hop notes. The beer is perhaps a little cool right now; as it warms it softens up a bit, but is still a bit too astringent in the finish. The malt character plays a big role in the flavor, but for some reason seems a bit flabby compared to the nose. Hop notes of orange zest and ruby-red grapefruit as well as a green, herbal character are quite apparent. The hop character, while definitely present, is just not well integrated; somehow the malt and hop notes seem to clash in this beer, making for a sometimes jarring session. Having said that, this beer is not nearly as bad as I have perhaps made it out to be, it is certainly drinkable and is something I could drink a pint of while sitting at a pub amongst friends.

Bottle from bevmo; oured a copper color with not much head. Nice aroma of toasted malt, caramel, fruit, pine and citrus. Flavor was much of the same; good beer. I had a longer review but accidently hit back so oh well; very good though. Screw Uruguay.

Bottle 160607. Sweet smell. Well balanced some fruite notes and some spruce needle. Very nice IPA

22 oz. bottle from BevMo (Mission Valley) - Pours a clear copper color with a small off white head. Nice lacing. Aroma and flavor is toasted malt, citrus, floral, and pine. Medium body. Nice, well rounded IPA.

Bottle. Clear orange coloured with an off white head. Aroma of hops, pine needles and grape fruits. Flavour of pine needles, caramel, hops and grape fruits. One dimensional.

Bottle. A amber yellowish beer with off-white head. The aroma is of caramel malt, piny, grape, peach and hops, the taste is the same, great!. Medium body with a dry hoppy finish.