Coronado Hoppy Daze IPA

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

22oz bottle. bottled a couple months ago but I’m told this was stored in a fridge. pours hazy golden with creamy white head. the aroma is not as hoppy as i was expecting, peach, melon, and earthy hop notes. some spiciness seemingly coming from the yeast. flavor isn’t that bitter either with more sweet candi sugar and biscuity-cookie malts meeting the earthy-dried fruit notes and peachy and apricot hop notes. slightly spicy and dry finish. smooth body and pretty easy drinking. i’m not sure if this is much different and hoppier if it was a bit fresher or on tap (although rates donbut as it is here it seems to fall more on the belgian tripel side with some rather sweet simple candi sugar notes just kissed by PNW hop profile. a much bigger hop profile would help this out a lot as like the idea of a IIPA fermented with a belgian yeast strain, just wish this was a IIPA.

My oh my is this a stellar brew! cloudy amber color with a decent white head. Aroma is malty, hoppy, chardonnay and flavors are malty and hoppy wtih flavors of a dry riesling. I really loved this one...yes indeed! Bravo!!

Bomber courtesy of DarkElf. Pours copper with a white head. Smells of resin, citrus, earth, some sweet malt, doughy. Tastes of citrus, resin, dry malt, some touches of pepper, light tartness also there. Finish yields some spicy resin.

Bomber from South Bay Drug. Slightly hazy orange tinged amber color with a minimal white head that quickly degenerated into a few bubbles. My nose knows there’s a lot of pine in here, but it’s not sure whether there is also grapefruit. It’s a very strong aroma. Very full bodied with creamy carbonation. The flavor is like chewing pine needles, with a little malt sweetness. Finish is quite definitely bitter, but it’s smooth, balanced, not harsh. There’s a lot of hop, it’s just not harshly bitter. Damn, but it’s a fantastic drink.

22oz Bottle: Pours a hazy medium orange with a small ivory head. The aroma is very Belgian like with notes of Orange and sweeter citrus. I get a good mix of spices, orange and tropical fruit in the taste. There is effervescent quality here too. This is a nice medium to heavier mouth feel and really feels right. While I find myself really liking this beer I have a hard time with the IPA or DIPA category because of the minimal hop presence.

22oz bottle. The aroma was of flowery hops, citrus zest, apricot, pale malt, and spices. Poured a clear medium orange color. The head was short and off white with decent retention and lacing. Surprisingly fruity with distinct peach and grapefruit up front supported by pineapple, pale malts, and a hint of clove. The pineapple asserted itself even more toward the end and there was a hint of graham cracker. Ample sweetness mitigated the hop bitterness somewhat, which peaked at about 3-4 out of 10. Good stuff.

Bomber from Stepahnje in trade. Gold to coppery pour with dense whit fizzy head that vanishes. Nose is of passionfruit and piny hops. Resin of hop contiues into body which is more fruity than malty and has a tight twisted bitternss of orange rind for finish. MMMMMMM.

Golden ale with a white good head. Aroma of belgian yeast, lemon and cloves. Medium smooth mouthfeel with a bit of carbonation .Flavors of differing bitter hop flavor and some nice sweetness. Pretty nice flavor retention. Good brew.