Supernaculum
Commonwealth Brewing Company

 

 

Well balanced, true West Coast IPA

Pours a clear golden color. A stately looking frothy foam head retains well. There is lots of thick lacing.

In the nose, I’m picking up some classic West Coast IPA qualities. These include aromas of grapefruit, orange, grass and pine. I also detect notes of caramel, and a touch of melon, peach and pineapple.

Opens with thick and doughy biscuity and caramel malts, nearly boozy with sweet alcohol spices. Lots of resiny and piney hops flavors with a seemingly assertive bitterness that somewhat balances the sweetness. Fruity flavors of grapefruit rind, orange marmalade, lime, melon, pineapple and peach.

Full bodied overall; would have liked it to be a bit lighter. Finishes semi dry and a bit boozy. The mouthfeel is smooth, while the carbonation is moderate.

There were parts of this that I liked, however, it felt a bit on the boozy side and the hops bitterness was not quite enough to balance the sweetness.

 

another great DIPA from Commonwealth; all their beer is great

 

 

 

Went to Commonwealth in July 2017 after my wife asked to go and get some Wapatoolie (she loved it and she's not a microbrew drinker) . Got a pour from the tap and enjoyed this IPA.

 

 

 

From a growler, pours a crystal clear light orange. Two fingers of off-white foam leaves spots and streaks of lacing. Smell is fresh pine needles with some dank and citrus. More earthiness appears as it warms. Taste is pine and earthy, peppery notes. Slight bready malts toward the finish. Mild bitterness. Feel is a little on the thin side for the ABV; a little more heft would take this beer to another level IMO. Good take on a pretty classic West Coast IPA.

 

 

 

 

 

Poured with no head, but a very full glass. Thin body and a sticky head ran down the sides of the glass. This is a very light West Coast IPA centrally based with a powerful citrust flavor and aroma. Missing is the spunky pungent smell of West coast hop schedule, but a very easy drinking killer. High ABV is masked by its thin bitter and sweet malty flavors. 6.9% ABV 70 IBU

Poured a clear orange body with two finger head and left lace patches down the glass. Aroma was mild for a high ABV IPA and contained notes of citric and grapefruit. Smooth, light bodied, almost buttery (you get the point) with a rather subdued and mild hoppiness as there really isn't any earthiness, dryness or bitterness to speak of. Citric hop flavor is balanced, if not possibly overpowered by, rest of beer which has a grapefruit taste as well a caramel (almost toffee-ish) malt sweetness. A dangerous sipper considering that the high ABV doesn't register and it's so easy to drink.