West Coast IPA
Hawkers Beer
- From:
- Hawkers Beer
- Australia
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 7.2%
- Score:
- +6 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.56 | pDev: 4.21%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 28, 2026
- Added:
- May 30, 2018
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 1
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The West Coast style has never been accused of subtlety—it’s audacious, unruly, and it definitely doesn’t wait around for pleasantries. Unapologetic quantities of American and Kiwi hops deliver punchy floral aromas with notes of citrus, pine, and resin.
Tested by the National Measurement Institute on 08.08.2023 with results < 10ppm gluten content.
Tested by the National Measurement Institute on 08.08.2023 with results < 10ppm gluten content.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by shambeano from Australia
3.5/5 rDev -1.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -1.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Poured from a 375ml can into a tulip glass. No packaged on date, just a best before.
Look: a dark golden colour, not hazy. Very little in the way of head, even when poured a little more vigorously, very quickly recedes to next to nothing.
Smell: A little floral up front, some general zesty smell and a little bit of pine. The nose is pretty subtle, the flavours, while pleasant, are not particularly strong.
Taste: like the smell. A little floral, a touch fruity, a bit more pine. It's all a bit reserved though.
Feel: good body, prickly carbonation increases drinkability. Bitterness hits the back of the palate, and the length is okay.
Overall: It's pretty drinkable, and would be easily smashed on a hot day, but as an IPA, it leaves me wanting more.
Jan 03, 2019Look: a dark golden colour, not hazy. Very little in the way of head, even when poured a little more vigorously, very quickly recedes to next to nothing.
Smell: A little floral up front, some general zesty smell and a little bit of pine. The nose is pretty subtle, the flavours, while pleasant, are not particularly strong.
Taste: like the smell. A little floral, a touch fruity, a bit more pine. It's all a bit reserved though.
Feel: good body, prickly carbonation increases drinkability. Bitterness hits the back of the palate, and the length is okay.
Overall: It's pretty drinkable, and would be easily smashed on a hot day, but as an IPA, it leaves me wanting more.
Reviewed by Brewsky18 from Australia
3.37/5 rDev -5.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.37/5 rDev -5.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
A - hazy yellow with decent head.
S - not too much on the smell, bit of pine and pineapple.
T - follows the nose.
O - not too bad but fairly weak for an imperial IPA.
Nov 04, 2018S - not too much on the smell, bit of pine and pineapple.
T - follows the nose.
O - not too bad but fairly weak for an imperial IPA.
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