Coronado Hoppy Daze IPA

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

Very tropical and very metallic, all at the same time. The flavor is a swirling abundance of pineapple and papaya, very sweet, with acidic grapefruit hugely at the finish. A little back-of-the-throat smack-smack, if you know what I mean. Tinny - some crazy metallic tones that tingle my teeth.

Smell is pretty typical grapefruit - a lot of rind aromatics.

Thanks stefanje.

Bottle courtesy of Ibrew2or3. Pours a clear golden with a small white head. Aroma of fresh tangelos, yeast, sweet malt, and tropical fruit. Taste is the same as aroma but not as prominent. Medium mouthfeel with a moderate amount of bitterness and well hidden alcohol. Very good.

Orangey-amber with slight haze. Liquorice root, pomegranate, and somewhat cherryish nose. Deep taste - almost like a dubbel with dark fruits and liquorice in a pale beer. Slightly bitter, but moderately sweet in the finish.

(22oz bottle) Pours a lightly hazy orange body with a small off-white head. Complex aroma of pineapple, apricot, toasted grain, biscuit, banana, rye, light ginger, coriander, and grapefruit. Flavor of hops (pineapple, apricot, orange), caramel malt, and Belgian yeast.

Pours a hazy amber with a tanned head. bitter and sweet. High on hops and bitterness. Belgian yeast aromas with peachy aromas. High carbonation. Medium bodied. Long bitter finish with a hint of alcohol warmness.

22oz bottle from BevMo Mission Valley. Personally I think this should classify as a Belgian Strong Ale. Hoppy nose with hints of Belgian yeast and spice. A good brew, not my favorite from Coronado.

Bottle from South Bay Liquor. Pours a nice orange, a little hazy with a thin lasting head. Aroma had a good amount of pine and grapefruit, a little bread, pale malts, a touch of booze, and some nice spicy Belgian Yeast. Up front, the flavor was a nice blast of bitterness in the form of pine, grapefruit, and pepper followed by some bready pale malts, some sweeter malts, and banana, clove, spicy esters from the yeast. A little bit of alcohol in the finish, but overall this was a pretty nice. Some spice from the yeast and herbal/piney notes from the hops were left over and lingering. Pretty solid.

Bomber bottle and served in my Duval snifter: Clean deep golden hue with a lasting frothy head and left excellent lace upon the glass. The aroma has notes of piney and herbal hops, grapefruit and banana, biscuity malt, hint of earthy Belgian yeast esters and a touch of medicinal alcohol vapours. The taste starts quite acidic and fruity before a mild dose of pale malts and caramel comes about. Yeasty and a tad wheaty before a moderately spicy and herbal finish. The mouth feel is slightly sharp and lively, chalky ashy finish did lessen the enjoyment however. This brew leans more towards the American IPA style with the Belgian characteristics more a background player. While this is still quite good, for a true Belgian IPA I would recommend Chouffe Houblon Dobbelen IPA Tripel.