Quarantine Machine
Smog City Brewing Co.
- From:
- Smog City Brewing Co.
- California, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 6.6%
- Score:
- +3 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.88 | pDev: 6.19%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Dec 27, 2021
- Added:
- Feb 01, 2021
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 2
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Crisis Mandated Beer Release. Quarantine Machine, a West Coast IPA. Everything is moving so quickly. This crisis has created one gigantic problem after another, luckily we’re professional problem solvers at Smog. We brewed a beer for bars and restaurants and our taprooms that no longer has a home. So we’ve renamed it and are focused on ensuring it doesn’t go to waste.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by BucannonXC5 from California
4.06/5 rDev +4.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.06/5 rDev +4.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Type: 16-oz. can
Reviewed as: American IPA
Glass: Melvin 14-oz. Spiegelau IPA glass
Price: $3.99
From: Windmill Farms in Del Cerro (San Diego), Calif.
Purchased: Feb. 12, 2021
Consumed: Feb. 18, 2021
Misc.: Canned on Jan. 22, 2021
Got this and way too many beers on a recent trip to Windmill Farms. Pretty much picked this up without even looking at what was in it. Later on I saw on their website that they described it as “Crisis Mandated Beer Release. Quarantine Machine, a west coast IPA. Everything is moving so quickly. This crisis has created one gigantic problem after another, luckily we’re professional problem solvers at Smog. We brewed a beer for bars and restaurants and our taprooms that no longer has a home. So we’ve renamed it and are focused on ensuring it doesn’t go to waste.” Mentioned hops were Simcoe, Loral and Mosaic.
Poured a medium yellow-to-golden clear color with 2-to-3 fingers of frothy white head. Lots of bubbles coming up from the bottom of the glass. Almost perfect spiderweb foamy lacing. Outstanding retention. (Sight - 4.50)
Mosaic jumped out on the nose. Also blueberry, bubblegum, floral, rose blossom, Simcoe, dank pine, resin, black pepper and earthy malt. Much more earthy Simcoe out of the can. Definitely underrating the smell at 4.00. (Smell - 4.00)
Tasted about as good as the nose. Mosaic up front, Simcoe in the back. Specifically mixed berry, bubblegum, floral, rose blossom, black pepper, dank resin, pine, earthy malt, grapefruit rind, garlic and herbal. (Taste - 4.00)
Medium body. Oily texture. Average carbonation. Long, spicy finish. (Feel - 4.25)
Underrated this overall but outstanding at least. Such a good West Coast IPA. (Overall - 4.00)
4.06 | 91 | A-
Dec 27, 2021Reviewed as: American IPA
Glass: Melvin 14-oz. Spiegelau IPA glass
Price: $3.99
From: Windmill Farms in Del Cerro (San Diego), Calif.
Purchased: Feb. 12, 2021
Consumed: Feb. 18, 2021
Misc.: Canned on Jan. 22, 2021
Got this and way too many beers on a recent trip to Windmill Farms. Pretty much picked this up without even looking at what was in it. Later on I saw on their website that they described it as “Crisis Mandated Beer Release. Quarantine Machine, a west coast IPA. Everything is moving so quickly. This crisis has created one gigantic problem after another, luckily we’re professional problem solvers at Smog. We brewed a beer for bars and restaurants and our taprooms that no longer has a home. So we’ve renamed it and are focused on ensuring it doesn’t go to waste.” Mentioned hops were Simcoe, Loral and Mosaic.
Poured a medium yellow-to-golden clear color with 2-to-3 fingers of frothy white head. Lots of bubbles coming up from the bottom of the glass. Almost perfect spiderweb foamy lacing. Outstanding retention. (Sight - 4.50)
Mosaic jumped out on the nose. Also blueberry, bubblegum, floral, rose blossom, Simcoe, dank pine, resin, black pepper and earthy malt. Much more earthy Simcoe out of the can. Definitely underrating the smell at 4.00. (Smell - 4.00)
Tasted about as good as the nose. Mosaic up front, Simcoe in the back. Specifically mixed berry, bubblegum, floral, rose blossom, black pepper, dank resin, pine, earthy malt, grapefruit rind, garlic and herbal. (Taste - 4.00)
Medium body. Oily texture. Average carbonation. Long, spicy finish. (Feel - 4.25)
Underrated this overall but outstanding at least. Such a good West Coast IPA. (Overall - 4.00)
4.06 | 91 | A-
Rated by sunsjammer from Arizona
4.02/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.02/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
16 oz can dated 1/29/21 from the Craft Beer Quick Stop.
May 01, 2021
Rated by MattBeer from California
3.4/5 rDev -12.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 3.25
3.4/5 rDev -12.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 3.25
oily but not in a good way -- slippery rather than resiny
Mar 03, 2021
Reviewed by RaulMondesi from California
3.83/5 rDev -1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.83/5 rDev -1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Umm, yeah... It’s just a basic, ho-hum West Coast offering like a Malibu sunrise or twilight at Dodger Stadium. Yep - Vin Scully buzzing over the airwaves... Biting into a beef dip from Phillipe’s... A walk around Echo Park Lake... It just is what is it. And Raul is ok with that.
Feb 01, 2021
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