Greetings From El Segundo
El Segundo Brewing Company

I usually buy whatever my vendor throws at me, which doesn't always lead to winners. They know I buy the big ones, so this was an easy sale.

It pours pretty regular - like any West coast style. The aroma doesn't scream boozy (although it does loudly proclaim). The taste far exceeds expectations with a not-too-sweet yet still full taste that goes down easier than one might expect. The aftertaste is remarkably clean.

Highly recommended, This is one of the best over-amped IPAs. I wonder if they have more.

Pours an effervescent and fairly bright gold with a thumb+ of beige colored head. Decent head retention & lacing

S: Tropical fruit, breadyness

T: Follows the nose, some tangerine, grapefruit & pine up front. Much pineyness, some cakeyness, dryness and a little grapefruit & tangerine as this beer warms up. Finishes dry, piney with citrus notes & cakeyness & a little pineapple

MF: Fairly chewy, firm carbonation, nice balance

Beefy old school West Coast example of the style, hides the ABV pretty nicely

 

 

Type: 16-oz. can
Reviewed as: American Triple / Imperial IPA
Glass: Pure Project 14-oz. Teku glass
Price: $4.79
From: Windmill Farms in Del Cerro (San Diego), Calif.
Purchased: June 1, 2021
Consumed: June 18, 2021
Misc.: Canned on May 18, 2021

Got a can of this and a handful of other stuff on a recent trip to Windmill Farms. Had heard good things about the “Postcard” series so picked up this one first, then three of them later. In order gave Visit El Segundo a 3.98 and Brave the S-Pipe a 4.02 both on June 11, 2021, then Cruise the Path a 4.04 on June 15, 2021. El Segundo’s website called this “It’s people like you that made it possible for us to celebrate 10 glorious years of brewing beer! The traditional gift for a 10th anniversary is tin, but seeing as aluminum cans have long since replaced the tin can, please consider this our gift to you. And while the ABV of our anniversary beer has matched the number of years we’ve been in business, this year is a bit different. It’s been a long while since we’ve shared a beer together, so in lieu of this extended deprivation, we’re going one larger this year. In the paraphrased words of the great Nigel Tufnel, “these beers go to 11%!” Cheers to 10 years!” So basically a bunch of nothing. Tons of mentioned hops, including Mosaic, Citra, Strata, Simcoe, Amarillo, El Dorado, Chinook, Centennial, Loral and Nelson. Whew. Will be tough to pick out all of those.

Poured a clear medium yellow color with 2-to-3 fingers of frothy white head. A serene setting underneath the head. Decent watery lacing. Very good retention. (Sight - 4.00)

Had a lot of things going on with the nose right away. Was hard to decipher all the 10 hops but was obviously getting a lot of each. Flavors that stood out on the nose were orange, tangerine, sappy pine, mango, melon and lemon. (Smell - 4.25)

Tasted about as good as the nose. Pretty smooth for 11 pct. ABV. In order got Strata, Simcoe and Amarillo for hops. Also melon, orange, tangerine, sappy pine, mango and lingering black pepper. A sneaky 11 pct. ABV. (Taste - 4.25)

Medium body. Oily-to-creamy texture. Average carbonation. Long finish. (Feel - 4.50)

Nice. A pretty damn great West Coast TIPA. Give me a few more. (Overall - 4.25)

4.26 | 95 | A

 

 

 

 

 

Pours Bright amber, nice white head and good retention.
Expected malt edge notes and earthy.
Malty sweetness, Carmel notes,, mango apricot and guava..
Chewy and creamy,, malt forward..
If malt forward is for you buy it if you can.

There is some malty sweetness but overall this is more crisp than syrupy. Substantial body but also pleasantly sloshy and sudsy. Hot with alcohol and that fume of hops going up your nose. Aroma covers the spectrum from ripe fruit to pine. Flavors of citrus peel, melon, and much, much! more.

The list of hops is kind of silly, but it all goes together smoothly: Mosaic, Citra, Strata, Simcoe, Amarillo, El Dorado, Chinook, Centennial, Loral, and Nelson. Fine for sipping, with a quite moderate bitterness. Hop enthusiasts will want to try this one. From the 16 oz can purchased at Barons Market. Dated 05/17/21.

 

tallboy dated 6/3/21; "wish you were beer" - same...

pours a slightly hazy yellow gold body with a chalk white frothy foam head that has moderate retention and leaves large amounts of big-bubbled thick sudsy lacing behind as it settles to a murky cap with rocky but defined halo

aroma is a crowded hop explosion that skims the surface of "dank" while also crashing through something wildly acidic/spicy feeling that dang-near singes the nose hairs. reading the list of hops (and having to take several breaths in the process) it's easy to see why it feels overcrowded. it's a "who's who" casting call that reads like a Coen Bros end credits, leaving you kinda amazed at who bothered to show up, while nodding reverently when skimming past the ones who really made notice; here, we have Frances McDormand as Nelson, George Clooney as Mosaic, Brad Pitt as Citra, John Turturro as Loral, Steve Buscemi as Strata, John Goodman as Simcoe, David Huddleston as Chinook, and Jeff Bridges as Centennial; the aroma shucks some of the nuanced notes of the different hops involved but unites them for a purpose with orange, grapefruit, pine, mango, pineapple - all resinous, floral, earthy and peppery, before abruptly plunging this united purpose into the toilet asking "where's the money, Lebowski?" and tearing off into the fringe with berries, passion fruit, wet bandaid, apricots, and nectarines with a singing pepperiness and singe-spiced wild hares dashing off into the wings

the taste covers damn-near every hop spread and hardly acknowledges the solid roasted caramel malt bakbone, which is doing the best it can....all of the previously mentioned players show up in spades

mouthfeel is high carbonation and medium body that starts juicy and near-pulpy but finishes dry and has a caramel-sweet with jumbled hop aftertaste

overall:
this one is at once an overcrowded mess and a who's who of hop kick-ass-dom; it's done mostly well but flickers out on its way to greatness.....