Skull Wrapper IPA
Coronado Brewing Company

Skull Wrapper IPASkull Wrapper IPA
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From:
Coronado Brewing Company
 
California, United States
Style:
American IPA
ABV:
7%
Score:
88
Avg:
3.92 | pDev: 8.16%
Reviews:
15
Ratings:
108
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jun 03, 2016
Added:
Dec 27, 2014
Wants:
  8
Gots:
  29
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Ratings by prock180:
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Reviewed by prock180 from Arizona

4.08/5  rDev +4.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Hazy bright yellow, with fluffy lacing. Aroma smells like a dipa to me. I get some citrus mostly grapefruit, really floral and kinda grassy also some pine. Taste is floral and pine with some biscuit maltyness. The label said simcoe for evergreen and I can see that a little and it's not off putting. Body is medium with a grainy type of feel, not the smoothest beer. Overall really good job from Coronado. A bit different than other reg ipas and it seemed like I was drinking a bigger beer than 7%, not from the abv, must be the nugget hops.
Mar 27, 2015
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.69 by facefox from California

Jun 03, 2016
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Reviewed by mfnmbvp from Illinois

3.58/5  rDev -8.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
22 oz. bottle, no bottled on date present. Listed as retired now on BeerAdvocate; i picked up the bomber of this from the local beer store; probably more than likely past date, but we'll see how it goes.

Poured into a Duvel tulip snifter.

A - Bright golden orange pour, one finger of frothy soapy white head that leaves excellent lacing behind. Appears adequately carbonated with a bit of haze. Fresh appearance.

S - The aroma has noticeably fallen off, whereas this was probably once a big piney resinous hop bomb, it is now dominated by notes of caramel, earthy twiggyness, and musty chocolate tootsie roll. Hops have noticeably fallen off.

T - Taste again has fallen off considerably. Vague notions of juicy stone fruit, oranges, mangoes, grapefruits. Not the tropical fruity hop bomb that it once was I'm sure. Earthy, grassy, herbal, twiggy caramel / toffee malts. Again, subtle note of tootsie roll in there. It's not bad.

M - Feel is smooth, crisp, & easy-drinking. Medium-light bodied with good carbonation.

Overall, wish i could have tried this one when it was fresh, as it seems like it would have been a hell of a lot better.

Coronado Brewing Skull Wrapper IPA -----3.5/5
Apr 24, 2016
 
Rated: 3.36 by Kevin79 from Wisconsin

Dec 12, 2015
 
Rated: 3.42 by azdback from Arizona

Dec 10, 2015
 
Rated: 3.75 by Hohnbaum from Kansas

Dec 06, 2015
 
Rated: 3.75 by jaydoc from Kansas

Dec 06, 2015
 
Rated: 3.75 by jrob21 from North Carolina

Nov 19, 2015
 
Rated: 3.85 by mds1101 from Illinois

Nov 06, 2015
 
Rated: 3.94 by ffshore545 from Illinois

Oct 11, 2015
 
Rated: 3.98 by BjustB from Wisconsin

Sep 23, 2015
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Reviewed by ryannosaurus from Arizona

3.88/5  rDev -1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
22oz poured to snifter

Pours a lovely gold, moderately hazed. Finger and a half of white head quickly drops to a lace.

Smell initially has a nice tropical floral juiciness, something of a muddled doggy - grassiness obscure that as it warms a touch

Flavor doesn't really follow the nose at all, big resiny pine and grapefruit rind, mild sugar cookie sweetness, a hint of grassiness towards the mid palate. Not as bitter as the text on the bottle hinted at, actually pretty balanced

Good medium body, could use a little more carbonation

Another nice effort from Coronado. The aroma started out promising but then turned all lawn mower, but that is really the only weak point. Flavor is nice, clean, with a little more complexity than some better known IPAs... not quite the hop bomb advertised, but a damn fine brew balanced a bit to the bitter side.
Aug 23, 2015
 
Rated: 3.48 by zekeman17 from Pennsylvania

Aug 19, 2015
 
Rated: 3.75 by buzzy from Pennsylvania

Aug 12, 2015
 
Rated: 4.05 by Trish from Florida

Aug 02, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by aussiebeer from Illinois

Jul 20, 2015
 
Rated: 3.75 by Gkruszewski from New York

Jul 11, 2015
 
Rated: 3.82 by A-Sox from Rhode Island

Jul 01, 2015
 
Rated: 3.75 by MPSTARR from Florida

Jun 30, 2015
 
Rated: 4.52 by Mattsk1 from Georgia

Jun 18, 2015
Skull Wrapper IPA from Coronado Brewing Company
Beer rating: 88 out of 100 with 108 ratings