Coronado Hoppy Daze IPA

Brewed by Coronado Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Coronado, California USA

Bottle; poured an orange/goldish color with a white head. Based on the aroma would have guessed this was a Belgian style IPA. Beligian malt and yeast, fruit, grapefruit and bread. I still don’t think I am love with this type of take on an IPA. Not that I hate it, but the parts don’t seem to make a better whole. Very Belgianish, perhaps more than Stones. The hop flavors are of citrus and earth, not really grassy though. Taste reminds me a bit more of an IPA than a double.

22 oz bomber from beastiefan given to me after BCTC 2008, thanks Dorothy (it’s the Kansas thing Eugene). Pours a nice looking orange/amber with an average size foamy off white head. Super fruity aroma with notes of peach, apricot, pears, slight breadiness and an underlying hint of alcohol. Medium bodied with average carbonation and a slightly bitter finish. Flavor isn’t quite as fruity as the aroma would lead you to believe, notes of citrus rind, yeast, dough, some tropical fruit. This one is actually pretty solid for a Belgian IPA, I will say Yay for this IPA.

22oz bottle. Very tasty brew, nice dark gold color, big white head. Nice bitterness, with a hint of the belgian style thrown in there, but not overpowering. Very well done.

Pours a clear orange with a light beige head. Smell is fresh and hoppy with some sweetness as well. floral, fruity and spices from the belgian yeast coming through. Nice. Taste is very soft and balanced with light sweetness, subtle, smooth hoppy bitterness and a belgian yeasty spiciness in the end. Medium bodied. Medium carbonation. Nice beer and the alcohol is hidden pretty well but shows a touch.

Appearance is orange amber hue with a modest layer of soapy white foam that sustains, light lacing. Aroma is a mix of sweetness and hops, hops are piney and floral grassiness, sweet bread malts are quite bold, light fruits, Belgian yeast and candi, citrus and peaches, honey, delicious. Taste is initially thick toast malts, piney hops, floral tones, and alcohol, midway enters hints of honey, peaches, Belgian candy, grass, and light citrus, finishes dry and resinous with a hint of chalk. Mouthfeel is medium-bodied, thick and resiny texture, moderate carbonation. The sweet malts overwhelm the restricted hop profile, the Belgian aspect is different and exciting although the IPA-ness is sort of drowned out here.

This Imperial IPA pours a deep copper gold color from a 22oz bottle. Small to medium sized white foamy head, nice lacing with decent retention. The aroma is fruity (peaches and pineapples) and sweet with some citrusy hops. A medium bodied Imperial IPA. The malts are fruity and sweet, lots of peach and tropical fruit flavors. It’s very Belgian like in the fruitiness and yeasts. The hops are grapefruity and citrusy. Not as much hop bite or bitterness, as one would expect from a double IPA. That might be because of the big fruity sweetness than due to a lack of hops. A little sticky tasting. Good carbonation. Hides the 9% alcohol very well. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly sweet.

Bottle. AMber beer with an off-white head. yeasty, citrus aroma. Grapefruit, spice, yeast, malt, and caramel flavor. Medium bodied. Grapefruit, yeast, spice, caramel linger.

22oz from South Bay - thanks, Joey! Clear orange/amber pour, with less carbonation than I’d have expected. The aroma is really very fruity, almost like a "tropical" confection. But it kinda works with the Belgian yeast, especially backed by just a touch of bitterness from the hops. I’d like it to be slightly more dry on the finish and slightly fuller bodied, but I did enjoy this.