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Sunnyland IPA
Kulshan Brewing Company
- From:
- Kulshan Brewing Company
- Washington, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 5.5%
- Score:
- 86
- Avg:
- 3.78 | pDev: 6.88%
- Reviews:
- 10
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 02, 2022
- Added:
- Jul 29, 2013
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 2
Formerly called "Orange Blossom Special".
Sunnyland IPA is the delightful result of a marriage between Citra hops from the Yakima Valley, and Golden Promise Malt from the UK. Grapefruit dominates the nose, with peach, melon and berry aromas playing a supporting role. A mellow but sturdy bready malt presence provides the platform for this assertive hopping, creating a balanced and highly drinkable IPA.
55 IBU
Sunnyland IPA is the delightful result of a marriage between Citra hops from the Yakima Valley, and Golden Promise Malt from the UK. Grapefruit dominates the nose, with peach, melon and berry aromas playing a supporting role. A mellow but sturdy bready malt presence provides the platform for this assertive hopping, creating a balanced and highly drinkable IPA.
55 IBU
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Reviewed by jonphisher from New Jersey
3.71/5 rDev -1.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.71/5 rDev -1.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
This one pours a cloudy straw color, very cohesive perfectly white head.
Smell is sweet citrus, a beer like orange juice aroma. It’s very lively in its intensity, almost like it wakes you up.
The taste is the same citrus but it’s accompanied by a nice pale malt flavor.
Light, not watery, body makes this one very easy to drink. Bitterness is medium and just right for this beer, it works well with the refreshing citrus flavors. Tongue drying finish says “take another sip”
Jan 02, 2022Smell is sweet citrus, a beer like orange juice aroma. It’s very lively in its intensity, almost like it wakes you up.
The taste is the same citrus but it’s accompanied by a nice pale malt flavor.
Light, not watery, body makes this one very easy to drink. Bitterness is medium and just right for this beer, it works well with the refreshing citrus flavors. Tongue drying finish says “take another sip”
Reviewed by SouthernSips from Mississippi
3.59/5 rDev -5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.59/5 rDev -5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Poured from a 12 ounce can into a spiegelau glass.
This was a solid, but standard, IPA. With a 1/4" of head and a dark straw color, it pretty much fit the bill for what you'd expect but was missing some of the flavors that breweries have been able to get out of Citra recently. That being said, I'm glad I got to try it.
Oct 20, 2018This was a solid, but standard, IPA. With a 1/4" of head and a dark straw color, it pretty much fit the bill for what you'd expect but was missing some of the flavors that breweries have been able to get out of Citra recently. That being said, I'm glad I got to try it.
Reviewed by Buck89 from Tennessee
4.1/5 rDev +8.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.1/5 rDev +8.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Can with best by date 6/4/18 poured into a snifter. Clear golden color with a one-finger white head that slowly settled. Bright Citra aroma, with citrus and some grassiness. Cracker malt also. The taste was as expected - old-school bitterness that was clean and crisp. Bright citrus flavor with some floral and grassy notes. Dry, crackery malt presence. Medium bodied and balanced. I like this one more than most - a great example of a Citra forward IPA.
Apr 14, 2018Reviewed by StonedTrippin from Colorado
3.94/5 rDev +4.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.94/5 rDev +4.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
i like a nice golden ipa like this, its refreshing to see something so clear and well refined in the face of all these hazy new school hoppy beers, this is the opposite, crystal clear and very bright golden in the glass with a short but lasting white head. the hops are awesome in here, citrusy, lemon and orange zest notes to me, and some delicate fresh floral element, almost like honey with the little bit of pale malt sweetness that runs through this, its gorgeous, balanced, and highly drinkable. its also super fresh, which of course always flatters a style like this. orange and tangerine to the nose, a sturdy hop bitterness too though, and a rather dry finish, it feels super light with all this carbonation, and has a simple but distinctive flavor profile, maybe some citra hops in here, likely some others too, clean as it finishes, leafy and floral and new tasting. really well made beer, highly drinkable, my first one from kulshan. i will be on the lookout for more of their beers, i liked this one a lot!
Nov 12, 2017Reviewed by Prager62 from Colorado
3.56/5 rDev -5.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.56/5 rDev -5.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
A twelve ounce can with a best by date of 08/22/16 poured in a 13oz. tulip glass.
Look- Pours a transparent gold with a finger of white foam.
Smell- Malt, some grapefruit and faint floral esters.
Taste- Grapefruit followed by floral notes washed down with a hearty dose of malt.
Feel- Chewy malt with a slight bitter hop bite.
Overall- A decent enough IPA in a sea of many great ones these days. While I wouldn't turn one down, I certainly wouldn't go out of my way to seek one out.
Jul 17, 2016Look- Pours a transparent gold with a finger of white foam.
Smell- Malt, some grapefruit and faint floral esters.
Taste- Grapefruit followed by floral notes washed down with a hearty dose of malt.
Feel- Chewy malt with a slight bitter hop bite.
Overall- A decent enough IPA in a sea of many great ones these days. While I wouldn't turn one down, I certainly wouldn't go out of my way to seek one out.
Reviewed by DoubleJ from Wisconsin
3.77/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.77/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
On a small note, I think that Kulshan will be the most northern brewer that I will taste from thus far among those breweries within the continuous United States. 12 ounce yellow can purchased in Seattle, on to the beer:
Looking paler orange mixed with yellow, Sunnyland IPA is topped with a half-inch of slightly creamy head and lace. A soft aroma, however what it packs is appealing. I smell cantaloupe, honeydew, sweet citrus fruits, and grass. At 5.5% ABV, Sunnyland IPA does blur the line between IPA and pale ale, but with the balance leaning towards the hops,, I'll let it slide as an IPA. Soft in overall flavor, backed with a honey and dry malt base, and kisses of mixed melon and grass, this is an IPA that takes a relaxed attitude while remaining interesting.
Jun 26, 2016Looking paler orange mixed with yellow, Sunnyland IPA is topped with a half-inch of slightly creamy head and lace. A soft aroma, however what it packs is appealing. I smell cantaloupe, honeydew, sweet citrus fruits, and grass. At 5.5% ABV, Sunnyland IPA does blur the line between IPA and pale ale, but with the balance leaning towards the hops,, I'll let it slide as an IPA. Soft in overall flavor, backed with a honey and dry malt base, and kisses of mixed melon and grass, this is an IPA that takes a relaxed attitude while remaining interesting.
Sunnyland IPA from Kulshan Brewing Company
Beer rating:
86 out of
100 with
29 ratings
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