Left Coast Hoppin Fresh

Brewed by Left Coast/Oggis Pizza and Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Del Mar, California USA

Light orange gold color. Small sized white foamy head. Aroma is wet hops, malty and sweet. A medium to full bodied IPA. Malts are fruity and sweet. Hops are grapefruity, floral and a touch earthy. A major hop bomb. Coats the teeth and sticks with ya for a while. Nicely balanced. Interesting beer. Long lasting bitter aftertaste. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish si clean and dry. Aftertaste is bitter.

THis brew pours with a slightly cloudy ornge body topped by a medium thick head with a good amount of lacing. The aroma and flavor are both slightly sweet yet bitter and hoppy with a slight pine note and a little grapefruit. Great hop flavor and aroma. Medium bodied, smooth and slightly dry.

Bright amber appearance with an aroma that is mostly hoppy along with some softer fruit characteristics. Hops dominate the taste as well, but oddly, there is a bit of nuttiness in there. Dry, bitter finish.

Clear amber body with beige head. Aroma is medium sweet, citrus, some biscuit. Taste is medium sweet, grapefruit, some bread, light earthy. Watery medium body.

Orange/yellow color with a white head. Aroma: mild & light fresh hops, biscuit, minerals, dough, malts, citrus, apples. Medium bodied. Flavor: seawater, biting hops, grapefruit, grass, floral hops, vegitable notes, earthy malts, dough, apple. Finishes bitter and sticky.

Clear amber small slightly foamy head. Light malt and tons of hops in teh nose. The flavor contains a good bit of biscuit and and of course tons of hops. Nice amount of bitterness. The finish is quite bitter, Medium bodied.

Clear deep copper. Some hops in nose, a few vaguely sweet malts. Hugely toasty flavor with some hops, but mostly malts. Does have some intriguing powdery and sugary flavors at the end and a nice, sticky palate, but not that much going on.

Sampled draught at O’Brien’s, San Diego.
Hazy deep golden. Appley grassy aroma. The malt profile is clean with some cookie malt flavour. Above that there are green, orangey hops. Bitter finish, but not terribly so by O’Brien’s standards.