The Brewhouse West Beach IPA

Draught at the brewpub. Gold with a small head, probably due to an overflowing pour. Super resiny, herbal, and piney nose; really smells like a shit load of dry hopping. The flavor is a blast of minty, herbal, and piny hops. Pretty dry and subdued malts. The lack of real malt assertiveness leaves the impression of chewing on pure hops. alright, but not my style for an IPA, with the less than flavorful malts.

Draft at brewery, 02/18/08. 7.3% ABV for this batch. Medium golden, some active carbonation, some foam atop beer. Aroma? Nope. Big piney hops nail your tongue right out of the gate. No other flavor comes out of this hop juice as it has its astringent way with your palate. Not a fan of this style.

Tasted at brewery. Clear yellow amber with a fizzy head. Strong grapefruit and pine aroma and taste with a decent bitter bite and a hoppy perfume to the finish.

Gold in color. Very foamy head. Aroma is of sour hops, like sweatsocks. Flavor is a balance a caramel malts and funky hops. Rather average.

Very light amber color. Small lasting microbubble head. Hoppy aroma and taste. A blend of some grapefruit and other hops. A little bit of feet in the smell. Is the feet smell from the glass? No, it’s clearly from the beer. A bit of vegetable smell under the feet. Do I have to finish this 3oz sampler? It was difficult, but I did it. I tried one more less appetizing beer: The Habanero Pilsner, but it wasn’t hot, so I think they gave me the wrong beer and I didn’t rate it. It was nearly clear and very corny. Anyway, the other beers at the brewery are very good. You should visit despite this rating.