Firestone Walker Union Jack IPA

Brewed by Firestone Walker Brewing Co.
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Paso Robles, California USA

12 ounce bottle from South Bay Drugs ($1.79). Pours a cloudy amber with small layer of off-white foam. Aroma is sweet and fruity hops (peach, pineapple, citrus). Flavor tends more toward sweetness than bitterness, especially when compared to other California IPA’s. Sweet hoppiness (more fruitiness) combines very well with a solid malt backbone in this one. Medium body and only a small amount of bitterness in the finish. A small amount of detectable alcohol, but otherwise a really good IPA.

Shared by our Beer Pimp Brian! Shared with Uncle Steve. The hypocratic Drbayern, The amazing beer Pimp Brian and The King of the Celts, Celticbrew. Incredible beer! A great hop aroma. Poured a clrystal clear dark yellow with a great white head that was lacy and stayed and stayed. The hps were smooth and balanced. Probablly balanced as well as they could ever be! The back end was just as nice. the mouthfeel was like velvet. this beer is as good as sex! Very easy to drink

Bomber. Clear, gold body. Frothy, white head, mostly diminishing. Pleasant hoppy aroma of pineapple, orange peel, citrus, pine. Hints of caramel, apricots, grapefruit. The flavor is moderately sweet and moderately bitter. It finishes lightly to moderately sweet and moderately to heavily bitter. Moderately acidic. Mostly hop-driven taste, but enough sweet malts below the bitterness to add balance — except in the finish which is long lasting and bitter. Medium body, velvety texture, moderate carbonation. Not as well balanced or as interesting as Alpha King, for example, but still a nice, bitter IPA.

Golden with a small white head. Aroma of tangerine, peach and caramel. Very sweet with a chalky, acrid bitterness

Meh. I think I might need to try it again. Felt just a touch to alcoholic to be a session IPA, not quite enough to be a DIPA. Weird middle ground. Palate was off due to the place serving it. Consider this a PSA for the Red Room in Santa Cruz to get their shit together and carbonate their beers properly.

Bottle pours yellow gold, almost orange, with a healthy off-white head. Aroma is peach, grapefruit, pine, and grass. Flavor follows up with additional notes of caramel. Floral, crisp, and leads into a long-lasting, bitter finish. Good stuff, but nothing really deserving of the hype.

Bomber from Total Wine. Aroma is heavy citrus and I got a lot of sweetness as well - mainly plums and honey. Flavor is well-balanced - more toasty and caramel malt than I was expecting, given what I’d read about the beer, a nice piney note to it. ALl in all - I was a little let down. Still a very good beer, but very different in profile than I was expecting - the bready malt taste and mouthfilling quality of same overtook the citric hops from the nose really quickly. Quite possible I had an older bottle, I suppose. I’ll give this one another shot. All in all - still a very drinkable IPA.

citrus and pine smells. big hop taste. golden/amber color. coats the tongue effectively