Island Haze
Alameda Island Brewing Company

Island HazeIsland Haze
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From:
Alameda Island Brewing Company
 
California, United States
Style:
American IPA
Ranked #1,858
ABV:
6.1%
Score:
87
Ranked #15,651
Avg:
3.9 | pDev: 9.74%
Reviews:
4
Ratings:
17
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jul 30, 2022
Added:
Feb 13, 2017
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  5
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Ratings by FrankCastle:
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Rated by FrankCastle from California

4.07/5  rDev +4.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

Jul 30, 2022
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.24 by BayAreaJoe from California

Sep 10, 2020
 
Rated: 3.88 by UCLABrewN84 from California

Jul 16, 2019
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Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada

3.64/5  rDev -6.7%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3.5
This was the 3rd beer I had at the Bistro's Inaugural Hazy IPA festival held on April 14, 2018. Looks like this is essentially the first non special needs review that actually gets into the specifics of the beer itself.

Pours a dullard yellow and orange replete with significant haze turbidity and a 1/4" white head that almost immediately falls apart into some loose bubbled mess. Some light tropical and citrus notes, actually kinda is similar to Stone's Tropical lager, (because that one doesn't really smell like a lager, just some light Mosaic/Amarillo like hop touches).

Taste is slushy, big proportion of flaked oats/wheat I'm guessing. El Dorado seems to do double duty as a bittering and potential dry hop. Gives more variation to the tropical fruit component. Carbonation was too low on this beer. I know brewers want to seem like it has less bitterness, but I don't think lower carb is the best way to push that along.

I like this beer, but I think a heavier carb load would do wonders for the mouth feel and appearance.
Feb 11, 2019
 
Rated: 3.77 by nmann08 from Virginia

Sep 28, 2018
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Reviewed by motherpucker from California

4.39/5  rDev +12.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Who drank my bottle? Delicious. What a great intro to hazy beers. I took the recommendation from several of my hazy friends and they said " must drink." Great citrusy, musty flavor not over powered by a great hop finish.
Aug 11, 2018
 
Rated: 4.13 by heymikew from California

Aug 03, 2018
 
Rated: 3.95 by BirdsandHops from Oregon

May 30, 2018
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Reviewed by essjay from California

4.34/5  rDev +11.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
Tasted both draught and most recently in 22oz bottles. Hard to fault. From the first look of a hazy, unfiltered look to the excitingly juicy hop forward taste this is a prime example of how to the style right. At less than 7% this is an inatley quaffable tropical, juicy east/west hybrid.
Dec 30, 2017
 
Rated: 3.02 by emachine from California

Dec 25, 2017
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Rated by Beginner2 from Illinois

3.6/5  rDev -7.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
The new style has a new trend. The hazy NE IPA now has the trend of changing up its hops for each batch. Cool. But why review something that changes?
Dec 25, 2017
 
Rated: 4.08 by Hophazzard from California

Sep 24, 2017
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Reviewed by elNopalero from Michigan

3.46/5  rDev -11.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
First beer for me from Alameda brewery.
Pours a thick, turbid yellowish-grey. Lots of foam. Aroma doesn't pack as much a punch as id like, but the citrusy and pineapple notes are present. A touch acidic and a little phenolic finish this off. Not a bad beer but the more I pay attention to it the more it's flaws stick out.
Aug 31, 2017
 
Rated: 4.08 by westcoastbeerlvr from California

Aug 18, 2017
 
Rated: 4.06 by kaseydad from California

Aug 12, 2017
 
Rated: 4.27 by wlynch from California

May 30, 2017
 
Rated: 4.33 by spark3148857 from Ohio

Apr 23, 2017
Island Haze from Alameda Island Brewing Company
Beer rating: 87 out of 100 with 17 ratings