Life Coach
Conshohocken Brewing Company

 

 

 

 

Poured from a 16oz can into a BA shaker glass. Tropical smell on opening, nice head and good lacing. Tropical notes and citrus. Not a lot of Citra hops in the taste. Mouthfeel is thin. Goes down smooth and easy. At 5.2 ABV you can drink more than one. Not a hazey I would seek out.

Slightly more than a fingers worth of late to develop crisp bone white colored froth... Rock solid retention... Color is a moderately hazed pale golden yellow... Nose of fresh hops and lemon zest sitting a top a strong biscuity malt base... Flavor profile introduces some sweet tropical fruit and peach notes as well... All the other characters from the aroma are present on the palate... Sleek, lush and medium bodied... each sip goes down very smoothly... Highly quaffable... Nice all around beer easy drinker... There is nothing remarkable about, but is okay.... Simple, straight-forward and effective...

Solid! Floral smell with bright citrus. Clean finish.

 

Canned on 1/19/22
Also, my can reads 4.8% ABV.

Pours kind of a muddy unfiltered pineapple juice orange with a finger's worth of pretty, eggshell white head. It eventually diminishes to a few blotchy patches with some solid lacing. Kind of a mixed bag in the looks department. Smells lightly of pineapple and green, peppery hops. There's some sticky malt sweetness in there too, but it's not especially enticing. Too candy-esque (at least on the nose) for my liking, I guess. Taste follows, just muted. Sweet upfront with mild pineapple on the back end. Maybe a little apricot. Drinks far heavier than anticipated. Low bitterness. This isn't an especially good beer (and I think its more of a session hazy, personally), but I grabbed it for $6/4-pack and I certainly don't feel ripped off or anything. Its exceptionally good value in today's craft beer marketplace.

Pours an unattractive brownish / orange with a moderate amount of off-white colored head. Aroma is pleasant, if unremarkable. Light tropical notes but somewhat muted. Taste is simply not that good. Unimpressive and faint tropical notes that don't really stand out in any way. Feel is very, very watery.

This is labeled as a session IPA. I would normally show some leeway with this style, but at 4.8% it's not like this is super low ABV. Overall, this one is a miss.

Murky darker straw color, no much retention or lacing.

Nose is muted tropical fruits.

Taste is similar with a little mustiness to those tropical fruit aromas.

Mouthfeel is medium, goes down quite smooth and clean for how hazy it looks.

Thanks Roy_Hobbs
Well this one smelled amazing right off the bat. Popped the can and was gloriously assaulted with a puff of alfalfa/weed/wet hops. It was really green. That tapered off quickly after the pour.
Muddled apricot juice in hue. Fluffy white head. Turbid at first. Then just opaque. Color is not the most appealing for an IPA but the solid head retention and the lacing make up for it.
Flavor is very understated. It's mild in its whisps of orange, biscuity malt, and subtle grassy notes. But it seems a bit diluted.
Mouthfeel is on the lighter, thin side. Light carbonation. Finish is mildly dry and bitter.
Overall, if this one could live up to even part of that initial nose, I would be enthralled.

Thanks to Roy_Hobbs for this one from his recent NBS BIF #15 hit. 16oz can (date unreadable) poured into 14oz teku. Poured that ugly, muddy brown-orange color that seems to be becoming more common with the murksters these days. An inch of white head had decent retention and moderate lacing.

The aroma was mostly musty, dank (like a dirt cellar, not weed), stale hops, with just a faint bit of grain.

Pretty much the same on the tongue, stale, musty hops.

The body was typical, light and smooth with a medium finish.

Drinkability was a bit of a chore, due to the dirt basement aspect.

Overall, I'm not impressed. Cannot recommend.

Soft, pale a d dirty yellow body; cloudy; fair white head, creamy and frothy. Light citrus nose; lemony. White grapfruit taste with lemon; pithy rind bitterness.

A fair beer, perhaps a bit weak and watery with the taste.

Guest tap at 2SP in Kennett Square, PA.

16oz can received as a gift from a friend. This is actually called "Burns & Co. IPA" with a special label made for a golf event, but it seems according to every indication that this is Life Coach IPA at 4.8% ABV. The canned-on date is 4/20/21, so this is one day shy of 8 weeks old.

Look: Very hazy with a bright orange glow and a fluffy white head. Looks inviting.

Smell: On the nose, definite citra hop leanings. The aromas are a bit muted compared to what I was expecting. There's a bit of dank notes along with citrus notes - orange, grapefruit, and some mango. Some pine and bitterness on the back end.

Taste: This is decent. It has a nice combination of sweet, orange juicy notes along with a moderately bitter finish. Quite chalky (think Flintstone's vitamins) after pouring the bottom of the can along with the hop protein sediment.

Feel: Mouthfeel is on the soft and fluffy side, overall a bit thin (hey, it's only 4.8% though). Drinkable and sessionable.

Overall: It's a decent session IPA. Doesn't knock your socks off, and doesn't kill your palate either. Criticism is that it's a bit boring, but certainly tasty. My perception changed quite a bit after pouring the chalky sediment of the second half of the can. If I would drink it again, I would keep the can upright and carefully leave the sediment behind. This is an all-citra hopped IPA and I have had others that are much more complex and interesting.