Go West! IPA
Anchor Brewing Company

 

Copenhagen 26/8 2017. 35,5 cl bottle from Meny, Østerføælled Torv, Kbh. Ø. Oriental atmosphere on the label with an Elephant swinging its trunk.

Pours hazy amber with dense white head. Settles as 1 cm thick layer of fluffy foam. Substantial lacing on the side of the glass.

Aroma is strong and fruity. Sweet exotic fruit is domination with weaker citric odors.

Light carbonation and watery palate.

Flavor is lightly sweet followed by stronger bitterness. Not anything extreme. Pleasantly bitter aftertaste with pine and resin. Lingering. Semi dry finish.

Nice IPA with a soft yet bitter edge.

RB transfer

Amber color. Huge, off-white head. The aroma of pine, tropical fruits, and malt. Sharp bitterness in taste with a malty background

 

 

 

 

9/10/16

 

 

 

Poured from 12 oz. bottle into a clear hotel room glass. It pours a pretty amber with a thick cap of frothy, ecru-colored head and spotty lacing. The smell is rather subdued; it is mostly malt with light floral hops and a slight whiff of citrus. The taste opens with a base of fairly sweet malt, along with lemon, grapefruit rind, and pine. The Apollo and Bravo hops are only mildly bitter for a West Coast IPA. All the expected tastes are present but none are particularly bold; it's a mellow brew. It has a fairly viscous mouth feel with a pleasant level of carbonation, and at 6.7% ABV I'm glad I had a second bottle. Overall, Go West is solid if rather nondescript. I enjoyed it with hors d'oeuvres and good conversation.

Pretty burnt orange pour with a finger or two of white foam. The smell left me wanting more hops given the supporting aromas were west coast focused and put in to showcase the hops, talking biscuit malt, earthiness and tropical fruit. There is some pine but I want more west coast hops. Taste is exactly the same, but there is lingering hops resin now which helps out. Feel is smooth, a tad slimy from the hops resin but finishes pretty crisp