Greenshift
Beachwood Brewing

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From:
Beachwood Brewing
 
California, United States
Style:
Imperial IPA
Ranked #339
ABV:
10%
Score:
94
Ranked #2,303
Avg:
4.26 | pDev: 8.22%
Reviews:
19
Ratings:
101
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jan 10, 2023
Added:
Jul 05, 2014
Wants:
  14
Gots:
  16
A gargantuan Double India Pale Ale with a wide spectrum of hops. Citra, Amarillo, El Dorado, Nelson Sauvin, Galaxy, and Warrior varieties in the kettle create a planetary array of flavors and an infinite wavelength of aromas from the supernova-sized charged hops.
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Ratings by mab_pro:
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Rated by mab_pro from California

4.75/5  rDev +11.5%

Jul 06, 2014
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Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada

3.75/5  rDev -12%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Had this at the Bistro's 22nd annual dipa festival on February 12, 2022. It was better than the average beer pouring that day (which were all pretty good).

Pours a kind of a lighter honey color. 1/2" white head. It kind of takes that old hop15 formula of dumping a half dozen varieties of hops. You end up with a hoppy nose yes, but its less than the sum of its parts. Normally Nelson's obvious existence is somewhat muddled with 5 other kinds of hops up in there. But they didn't cheap out and use a bunch of turd hops (unpopular non aroma hops) to try and bulk up. Smelled nice, even if I was not able to reverse engineer exactly what smells came from what hops.

The taste continued the hodgepodge of every hop flavor known to man, thrown into a single pour of dipa. So that is good in the way you just want to mindlessly crush and not think. But sometimes, I like to dissect a beer, and this was tough to do, first world problems just like return of the mack. You know that I'll be there. I see they package this so I would definitely pick up 1, 4 or 6 of these to give it a run in a non festival pour format. Like a face in the crowd.
Jan 10, 2023
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Reviewed by Radome from Florida

4.49/5  rDev +5.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Tasted at Native Son Alehouse in Rancho Cucamonga, CA, in a clear plastic Solo cup.

L - Light golden color. Clear. White head was limited at first and faded to a ring around the glass.

S - Strong hops nose, with orange, grapefruit and pine. Hops seem crisp and fresh. No malt aroma to speak of.

T - Flavors follow the aromas, with citrusy hops and not much else; however, those flavors are delicious and well-executed.

F - Light to moderate body and medium to high carbonation with a dry finish. Super high hops bitterness, but doesn’t seem stronger than some other IPAs and DIPAs I’ve had. Hops burn and dry finish contribute to the alcohol being well-hidden for the listed ABV.

O - This is an excellent West Coast IPA. I don’t really understand the “TIPA” title. Other than the high ABV, this seems firmly in the IPA basket. I like more malt to balance DIPAs, and I'd expect even more malt in a "TIPA", but I didn’t see any of that here.
Sep 01, 2022
 
Rated: 4.2 by wilymobastardo from California

Jul 13, 2022
 
Rated: 4.25 by Zekenyce from New Jersey

Jul 03, 2022
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Reviewed by mactrail from Washington

3.38/5  rDev -20.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
Handsome golden amber brew with long-lasting foam in the Blanche de Chambly glass. Aroma of citrus. Slick and boozy on the tongue. Flavors of candied grapefruit, pine, and canned peaches with a soapy finish.

I don't know why this has to be so sweet; it's that hop liqueur taste that is not always so good. Then the endless bitterness while waiting for the candy taste to go away. From the 16 oz can purchased at O’Shea Brew Co. Less than a month old, dated 06/10/22.
Jul 03, 2022
 
Rated: 4.16 by BarrelAgedG from California

Oct 12, 2020
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Reviewed by jakecattleco from California

4.63/5  rDev +8.7%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
30 day old can into a tulip glass.

L: Pours bright golden with 2+ fingers of variable density white head with good retention and left limited ringed and spotted lacing.

S: Great dynamic nose, Dank prominent, with mango and subtle candied fruit. As it warms it shows added berry, pine and white grape dimension. LOVED IT, just wanted it to pop a bit more to be perfect.

T: Follows the nose well, all the attributes mesh really well. Finishes with plenty of bitterness and slight acidity (but not a bitter bomb for being 100+ IBUs), bitterness lingers pleasantly on the palate.

F: Medium bodied with medium-high carbonation, both slick and lively on the tongue, slick finish. For the ABV I'd put it on the thinner side for body, but its scary easy drinking for 10%.

O: An outstanding DIPA/TIPA that has incredible dimension. Very easy drinking for the ABV, will grab whenever I see it fresh. Bravo Beachwood!
Aug 14, 2020
 
Rated: 3.9 by MattSn from Oregon

Aug 14, 2020
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Reviewed by bret27 from California

4.29/5  rDev +0.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
3 wk can from casknflask SJ.
Clear like a wcipa. Drank from can.
Pine and honey nose.
Tastes of pine/grapefruit balanced with some sweet honey biscuity malt. Berry.
Medium mouthfeel. Minimal booziness.
Overall: a beer that truly earns the phrase “dangerously drinkable”, at 10% abv.
Aug 09, 2020
 
Rated: 5 by TallGuyCM from California

Jun 11, 2020
 
Rated: 4.15 by jmbeerdude91 from Arizona

Mar 14, 2020
 
Rated: 4.32 by Spaceman_Jer from Colorado

Mar 01, 2020
 
Rated: 4.24 by Blazer22 from Colorado

Jul 02, 2019
 
Rated: 3.83 by deereless from Colorado

Jun 18, 2019
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Reviewed by fmccormi from California

3.21/5  rDev -24.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Straight pour from a 16oz can to a stemless wine glass (HPB’s Bottle Friends cat glass). This was canned on May 22, 2019 according to a canning date printed in black ink on the underside of the can (“C1 – CANNED 05/22/19”), making this can 19 days old at the time of consumption.

Appearance (3.75): A slow, straight pour yields two quite full fingers of custard-colored foam, whipped and tight at the edges but active and fat bubbly in the middle, dissipating at an average pace. The head caps a deep honey-golden body that’s got bright orange highlights. As it does down, it leaves not a whole lot of lacing, which isn’t too surprising for a 10% ABV beer. Just a few broken collar fragments around the edges of the glass.

Smell (4.5): This is wildly fragrant upon pouring, throwing off big notes of honeyed, toasted biscuits, jasmine, orange zest, slight pine, gooseberry, rather dank herb, honeyed white wine (like an Irish mead), limeade, a touch of fresh-cut grass, and of course, a bit of booze. It’s doing that thing that I love in West Coast triple-ish IPAs, where the booze and the hops both offer characteristics that blur together. Great nose!

Taste (2.5): Right off the bat, the beer offers some flavor notes that I was not expecting: something like fresh, red cherry, boozy honey wine, and a vegetal, herbal bitterness that feels slightly soapy—like lavender and cilantro boned. It dissolves into a strongly vegetal, resinous bitterness, calling to mind diesel-y ganja. Underneath this, there’s an easygoing malt body that’s mostly sugar cookie dough and honeyed, toasted biscuits. And, there’s a relatively strong booze presence here that does blur the line between resinous, weedy hops and cheap liquor. Unfortunately, the different elements here don’t really vibe together very well, and they clash. It doesn’t help that one of the more prominent hop characteristics here feels soapy and off-putting by itself. There are pieces here that I kind of like individually, but they don’t mesh.

Mouthfeel (3.0): The carbonation is fine and evenly distributed, covering all surfaces before foaming up softly. The body is a bit slick, fuller than medium weight but not heavy per se, with an oily feel. That said, the hops really dry it out pretty effectively, aided by the carbonation as it foams up on the way out. Still, the drying action on the back end is fairly aggressive, and the soapiness of the hops detract quite a bit from my ability to enjoy it.

Overall (3.0): You know what, I don’t love this beer. Maybe the next time I try it, I’ll see something here that I like more, or maybe my palate is just hideously off tonight. But the flavor is not great. The nose is lovely—quite lovely, really—and the appearance is rather pleasant, but the flavor and feel just aren’t going the distance. Which is weird, because I was pretty stoked for this beer and felt it had a lot of potential. To be frank, I wouldn’t bother with it unless you’re determined to try it, or just love Beachwood ‘til the cows come home.
Jun 11, 2019
 
Rated: 3.19 by cmurphy7 from Massachusetts

Jun 09, 2019
 
Rated: 4.18 by UCLABrewN84 from California

Jun 08, 2019
 
Rated: 4.25 by MickeyHops from California

Jun 03, 2019
 
Rated: 4.13 by Keananmichael5 from California

Feb 07, 2019
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