Starstruck IPA
Breakside Brewery - SE Taproom
- From:
- Breakside Brewery - SE Taproom
- Oregon, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
Ranked #2,757 - ABV:
- 6.8%
- Score:
- 87
Ranked #22,975 - Avg:
- 3.86 | pDev: 11.92%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 6
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Oct 02, 2022
- Added:
- Nov 26, 2020
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
87
Very Good
87
Very Good
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Reviewed by John_M from Washington
4.41/5 rDev +14.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.41/5 rDev +14.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
To begin with, this is the fh version of this beer, which I gather is a completely different kettle of fish. So that needs to be kept in mind with this review
The beer pours a somewhat hazy golden amber color, which confused me right off the bat. It doesn't look like your typical WCIPA. Otherwise, the beer has good head retention and lacing, and is an attractive enough looking IPA. On the nose... good lord! This beer is hugely dank, with onion, a hint of rocqfurt cheese and underlying tropical fruit. The aroma is incredible and just reeks of fresh hops. The flavor profile replicates the nose, but isn't quite as pronounced or impressive. The finish is dry and quite bitter (hazy fans should avoid this beer), with a long bitter finish. Mouthfeel is fairly full otherwise (the flavor profile is huge in this beer), with the 6.8% abv pretty much undetectable. Drinkability is hard to describe. The alcohol level isn't overwhelming, but this is such a mouthful of fresh hops... it's pretty hard to imagine drinking very much of this.
This fh IPA is almost too much of a good thing, but it's still pretty enjoyable I think. In fact, it's one of the better fh IPAs I've sampled this year. Quite impressive.
Oct 02, 2022The beer pours a somewhat hazy golden amber color, which confused me right off the bat. It doesn't look like your typical WCIPA. Otherwise, the beer has good head retention and lacing, and is an attractive enough looking IPA. On the nose... good lord! This beer is hugely dank, with onion, a hint of rocqfurt cheese and underlying tropical fruit. The aroma is incredible and just reeks of fresh hops. The flavor profile replicates the nose, but isn't quite as pronounced or impressive. The finish is dry and quite bitter (hazy fans should avoid this beer), with a long bitter finish. Mouthfeel is fairly full otherwise (the flavor profile is huge in this beer), with the 6.8% abv pretty much undetectable. Drinkability is hard to describe. The alcohol level isn't overwhelming, but this is such a mouthful of fresh hops... it's pretty hard to imagine drinking very much of this.
This fh IPA is almost too much of a good thing, but it's still pretty enjoyable I think. In fact, it's one of the better fh IPAs I've sampled this year. Quite impressive.
Reviewed by BBThunderbolt from Kiribati
3.27/5 rDev -15.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.27/5 rDev -15.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
16oz can (dated 11/23/20, my birthday!) poured into 14oz teku. Poured a lightly hazy honey-gold color with an inch of white head that had moderate retention and very light lacing.
The aroma had citrus and pine hops over a decent grain base.
Same on the tongue.
The body was medium, smooth, and had a medium-leaning towards-sweet finish.
Drinkability was good, and easy quaffer.
Overall, a nice, if average, IPA. Worth a shot if you see it.
Feb 23, 2021The aroma had citrus and pine hops over a decent grain base.
Same on the tongue.
The body was medium, smooth, and had a medium-leaning towards-sweet finish.
Drinkability was good, and easy quaffer.
Overall, a nice, if average, IPA. Worth a shot if you see it.
Rated by SushiSakeBeer from Oregon
3.65/5 rDev -5.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.65/5 rDev -5.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Really does not fit my palate at all.
Feb 05, 2021
Reviewed by Jugs_McGhee from Texas
2.99/5 rDev -22.5%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
2.99/5 rDev -22.5%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
16 fl oz pull-tab can served cold into a Boston Beer Co. Perfect Pint glass. Canned 11/23/20.
"Modern West Coast India Pale Ale. 6.7% ABV. 61 IBUs.
HOPS
TALUS, CASHMERE, MOSAIC, ELDORADO
MALT
TWO ROW, MUNICH, VIENNA
APPEARANCE: Clear copper body of average vibrance.
Off-white head, so thin as to appear weak, not at all frothy, full, or creamy. ~4 minute head retention.
Looks decent for the style but it doesn't stand out.
AROMA: Old sunscreen (think artificial coconut and odd sweetness), pineapple from hops, pale malt/2-row malted barley, vaguely tropical fruit.
I get no blueberry from the Mosaic. No toastiness or richness from the breadier amber malts (Munich & Vienna).
Suggests a drinkable IPA with a novel but unfulfilling hop profile.
TASTE & TEXTURE: Dry especially on the finish. Artificial coconut. Old sunscreen/coconut La Croix sparkling water. Off-putting pineapple fruit flavour.
2-row is all I taste maltwise. I don't taste toasty Vienna or filling Munich malt.
Mosaic brings nothing much to the table here and seems poorly utilized, with the Talus' fake coconut flavour drowning out flavours from the other hop varietals. Some subdued cedary flavour. Maybe some melon and papaya from Cashmere, but not much.
A bit coarse, a bit dragging on the palate, has a bit of what I've heard the kids call "hop burn" to its mouthfeel, well carbonated, medium-bodied. Not oily, soft, refreshing, mellow, or creamy. This texture doesn't elevate the beer as a whole or accentuate specific flavours, but the beer is approachable enough texturally.
OVERALL: It's the underwhelming hop profile that holds this beer back for me. At some point, American breweries started prioritizing using the fancy new hipster hop varietals (and marketing their "experimentation") instead of just trying to brew a balanced IPA with a rewarding hop profile.
I have nothing against Talus hops, and I'm sure there's a good IPA to be brewed using them, but this isn't it. This beer doesn't feel built around showcasing Talus, the subsidiary hop varietals they threw in with it don't complement it particularly well, and it's just not a memorable brew in terms of depth of hop flavour or basic drinkability.
High C / AVERAGE
Dec 15, 2020"Modern West Coast India Pale Ale. 6.7% ABV. 61 IBUs.
HOPS
TALUS, CASHMERE, MOSAIC, ELDORADO
MALT
TWO ROW, MUNICH, VIENNA
APPEARANCE: Clear copper body of average vibrance.
Off-white head, so thin as to appear weak, not at all frothy, full, or creamy. ~4 minute head retention.
Looks decent for the style but it doesn't stand out.
AROMA: Old sunscreen (think artificial coconut and odd sweetness), pineapple from hops, pale malt/2-row malted barley, vaguely tropical fruit.
I get no blueberry from the Mosaic. No toastiness or richness from the breadier amber malts (Munich & Vienna).
Suggests a drinkable IPA with a novel but unfulfilling hop profile.
TASTE & TEXTURE: Dry especially on the finish. Artificial coconut. Old sunscreen/coconut La Croix sparkling water. Off-putting pineapple fruit flavour.
2-row is all I taste maltwise. I don't taste toasty Vienna or filling Munich malt.
Mosaic brings nothing much to the table here and seems poorly utilized, with the Talus' fake coconut flavour drowning out flavours from the other hop varietals. Some subdued cedary flavour. Maybe some melon and papaya from Cashmere, but not much.
A bit coarse, a bit dragging on the palate, has a bit of what I've heard the kids call "hop burn" to its mouthfeel, well carbonated, medium-bodied. Not oily, soft, refreshing, mellow, or creamy. This texture doesn't elevate the beer as a whole or accentuate specific flavours, but the beer is approachable enough texturally.
OVERALL: It's the underwhelming hop profile that holds this beer back for me. At some point, American breweries started prioritizing using the fancy new hipster hop varietals (and marketing their "experimentation") instead of just trying to brew a balanced IPA with a rewarding hop profile.
I have nothing against Talus hops, and I'm sure there's a good IPA to be brewed using them, but this isn't it. This beer doesn't feel built around showcasing Talus, the subsidiary hop varietals they threw in with it don't complement it particularly well, and it's just not a memorable brew in terms of depth of hop flavour or basic drinkability.
High C / AVERAGE
Reviewed by eppCOS from Colorado
4.1/5 rDev +6.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.1/5 rDev +6.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
L - somewhere between haze and clear. Supposedly wcipa in style. Good head but non existent lacing.
S - strange combo of white grape, honeydew melon, and some dank pine floor.
T - Rounded bitter pine melon.
F - good carbonation. Nothing surprising..
O - really solid beer featuring the new Talus hop. A surprise.
Dec 12, 2020S - strange combo of white grape, honeydew melon, and some dank pine floor.
T - Rounded bitter pine melon.
F - good carbonation. Nothing surprising..
O - really solid beer featuring the new Talus hop. A surprise.
Reviewed by Reidrover from Oregon
4.03/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.03/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
16 oz. can purchased from Westside Taphouse in West Salem OR
Collab with Ecliptic
" Modern West Coast IPA"
Beautiful pour! Clear light copper with a lovely huge frothy off white head. A work of art.
Aroma is mostly of fresh citrus and tropical fruits. Tangerine, papaya, lemon, and it goes on. Good.
Taste has a bit more bitterness. More a piney bitterness...But the fruits are below the surface. getting strong bitter lemon/grapefruit..
Very well carbonated. Cleanses the palate well. So easy to drink. Very dry in the finish.
Nice beer but very unusual.
Dec 12, 2020Collab with Ecliptic
" Modern West Coast IPA"
Beautiful pour! Clear light copper with a lovely huge frothy off white head. A work of art.
Aroma is mostly of fresh citrus and tropical fruits. Tangerine, papaya, lemon, and it goes on. Good.
Taste has a bit more bitterness. More a piney bitterness...But the fruits are below the surface. getting strong bitter lemon/grapefruit..
Very well carbonated. Cleanses the palate well. So easy to drink. Very dry in the finish.
Nice beer but very unusual.
Reviewed by NickSMpls from Washington
4.23/5 rDev +9.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.23/5 rDev +9.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Canned on Nov 11th. Wonderfully clear and golden hue. Nose is a grapefruit / citrus, fades as quickly as that light head. Nicely carbonated, light on the tongue and moderately dry. Good malt in the background, pleasantly balanced bitterness. This crew nailed this one. Grab one or more as soon as you see it.
Dec 06, 2020
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