8 1/2
Brouwerij West
- From:
- Brouwerij West
- California, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 6.5%
- Score:
- 87
- Avg:
- 3.87 | pDev: 5.17%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 6
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Nov 04, 2023
- Added:
- Feb 09, 2018
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
87
Very Good
87
Very Good
Mecca Grade malt, raw wheat, and raw barley. Hopped with 100% Simcoe hops.
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Reviewed by evanwoertz from California
4.14/5 rDev +7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.14/5 rDev +7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
a little bitter finish, it bites almost like vegetable or bitter herb. very opaque, cloudy and milky look. taste is overwhelmingly bitter and has some interesting notes of earthiness
Nov 04, 2023
Reviewed by rickrem from California
3.64/5 rDev -5.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.64/5 rDev -5.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Not sure if for a hazy IPA, the murkier the better?
Medium yellow, almost like if you took orange juice and added a splash of milk to it.
Smells like it should have an umbrella in it and you should be sitting in a Sandy Beach.
In that case, it's really nice.
Not sure about that when sitting in the local pub.
Taste is what you smell.
Fruity, coconut, hint of banana. Bright carbonation keeps it from seeming too heavy.
Overall an interesting IPA. Easy drinking and fits a hot summer day at the beach.
Jan 11, 2020Medium yellow, almost like if you took orange juice and added a splash of milk to it.
Smells like it should have an umbrella in it and you should be sitting in a Sandy Beach.
In that case, it's really nice.
Not sure about that when sitting in the local pub.
Taste is what you smell.
Fruity, coconut, hint of banana. Bright carbonation keeps it from seeming too heavy.
Overall an interesting IPA. Easy drinking and fits a hot summer day at the beach.
Reviewed by Thomas_Wikman from Texas
3.76/5 rDev -2.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.76/5 rDev -2.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
8 1/2 is juicy and thirst quenching but not entirely what I expect from an IPA.
Look: hazy golden with a very thick fluffy white head
Aroma: citrus, slight soapy aroma.
Taste: The taste is apricot, passion fruit, grapefruit, no piney hop bitterness at the end, which makes it a bit lacking in my opinion.
Body/Overall: light to medium, fruit juice like
May 07, 2019Look: hazy golden with a very thick fluffy white head
Aroma: citrus, slight soapy aroma.
Taste: The taste is apricot, passion fruit, grapefruit, no piney hop bitterness at the end, which makes it a bit lacking in my opinion.
Body/Overall: light to medium, fruit juice like
Reviewed by strohme2 from Michigan
3.99/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.99/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
16 ounce can undated, poured into tulip. Received in a BIF. Love the "label" by the way, unique.
Pours a muted lemon yellow, pale golden. Tiny bubbled white head that recedes quickly but leaves good curtains of lace. Opaque but not hazy. This smells like lemon meringue pie, crust and all. Sweet lemon, graham crackers. Taste is fairly balanced, lemon, grapefruit, honey, grains. I just can't get lemon meringue pie out of my head. Medium bodied with a smooth finish. Tasty but nothing memorable where I need to have more.
Apr 17, 2018Pours a muted lemon yellow, pale golden. Tiny bubbled white head that recedes quickly but leaves good curtains of lace. Opaque but not hazy. This smells like lemon meringue pie, crust and all. Sweet lemon, graham crackers. Taste is fairly balanced, lemon, grapefruit, honey, grains. I just can't get lemon meringue pie out of my head. Medium bodied with a smooth finish. Tasty but nothing memorable where I need to have more.
Reviewed by FFFjunkie from Illinois
3.69/5 rDev -4.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.69/5 rDev -4.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Appearance is a hazy light straw and poured with a finger plus of white head.
Aroma is overripe citrus fruit and wheat.
Taste is pretty light fruit, some wheat and a hint of bitterness on the backend.
Feel is smooth and creamy. In my opinion the best feature of this beer.
Overall this beer is well constructed, however the use of 100% simcoe hops is an odd choice in my meaningless opinion . Is there something wrong with Citra, galaxy or mosaic?
Apr 07, 2018Aroma is overripe citrus fruit and wheat.
Taste is pretty light fruit, some wheat and a hint of bitterness on the backend.
Feel is smooth and creamy. In my opinion the best feature of this beer.
Overall this beer is well constructed, however the use of 100% simcoe hops is an odd choice in my meaningless opinion . Is there something wrong with Citra, galaxy or mosaic?
Reviewed by RaulMondesi from California
3.75/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
My brother and I have this younger kid neighbor named Austin. And Austin likes to say, “It’s whatever” a lot. So much so when my brother and I think that something is 'whatever,' we just call it Austin instead. And this beer right here is Austin to me. It’s fine and dandy and everything, and there is nothing offputting about it. It’s just a bit bland, it’s a bit average, it’s a bit Austin. Cheers.
Feb 12, 2018
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