Cali Hop Trip
Altamont Beer Works

Canned 1/3/26, then into a tall heff glass on 3/19/26. Nice gold color. Pretty clear / just a mere suggestion of haze. Maybe 1/2 finger of loose head that fades semi-quickly to a thin persistent film. A small amount of lacing. A classic WC IPA experience without being overly bitter. some pine, some citrus. Some other faint fruit that i cannot identify. medium body, medium carbonation. Clean finish.

Poured from a 16oz can into a Waterford IPA glass. Pours a slightly cloudy golden orange with a little over two fingers of soapy white foam head. Equal parts juice and dank on the nose. The citrus is light as is the pine. There’s some ripe melon and dank weed. It’s not a bad nose but once you taste it it almost seems muted. There’s a juiciness to the taste that’s lacking on the nose. There is also mint, pine, dank weed and melon. It just seems more flavorful than the aromas would lead you to believe it is. Medium-full mouthfeel. Solid stuff. Kind of has a little vegetable/herbal taste to it as it warms.

Pineapple and tangerine in the aroma with some alfalfa. Flavors are a little weedy, some citrus, and then apricot, even a little peach. Moderate bitter aftertaste. Some crazy new hops: Tangier, which is supposed to be orange and tangerine, and Ramosa, which I don’t find anything about. Clean and aromatic, light body. Overall this is an interesting hoppy brew with a woody aftertaste but quite sippable. From the 16 oz can purchased at O’Shea Brewing. Dated 01/30/26.