West Coast Connect
Resident Culture Brewing Company

 

Light, soft gold colored body; excellent carbonation action; dense, creamy, white head. Mild floral notes on the nose with a touch of pine resin; light breadiness scent. Excellently balanced presence of light cereal grain and toasted malts with a moderate hop bitterness; light alcohol presence. Medium body; crisp and ticklish on the palate with a nice dry edge.

This is a damn fine west coast style double IPA. Well-balanced and deliciously complex and satisfying.

This beer pours a mostly clear gold with a modest head. The aroma is a pleasant mix of orange and grapefruit peel, pineapple, pine, and resin. The flavor follows in suit, with a slightly sweet finish. The mouthfeel is fairly full with buoyant carbonation. Overal a solid if not spectacular beer - could use a bit more bitterness.

 

 

A: The beer is slightly hazy yellow in color and has a light amount of visible carbonation. It poured with a quarter finger high white head that left a thin layer of bubbles covering the surface and some lacing down the sides of the glass.
S: Moderate aromas of dank pine are present in the nose with notes of grapefruit and hints of pineapple.
T: The taste follows the smell, except that there are additional notes of lemon citrus. The hops contribute a moderate to high amount of bitterness.
M: It feels medium-bodied and crisp on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This IPA is definitely "old school" the dankness and bitterness but also has some "new school" qualities with the aromas and flavors of pineapple.

Serving type: can

A: Pours a relatively clear medium yellow in color with moderate amounts of active visible carbonation rising quickly from the bottom of the glass and moderate pale golden yellow + bright yellow + apricot colored highlights. The beer has a two finger tall foamy bright white head that slowly reduces to a large patch of thin film covering the entire surface of the beer and a medium thick ring at the edges of the glass. Light to moderate amounts of lacing are observed.

S: Moderate to strong aromas of tropical/passionfruit + tropical/mango + citrus/grapefruit pith + citrus/lemon + pine hops over the top of light to moderate aromas of toasted + bready + caramel malts with a light to moderate amount of caramel sweetness.

T: Upfront there are just shy of moderate flavors of toasted + bready + caramel malts with a light to moderate amount of caramel sweetness. That is followed by moderate to strong flavors of tropical/passionfruit + tropical/mango + citrus/grapefruit pith + citrus/lemon + pine hops which impart a moderate amount of aggressive bitterness which lingers for quite a while.

M: Just shy of medium bodied with moderate amounts of carbonation. Crisp upfront with a light to moderate amount of dryness in the finish.

O: Easy to drink with well hidden alcohol and a crisp + refreshing mouthfeel and aggressive bitterness. Definitely a throwback (pays homage to) West Coast DIPA though with a slightly modified hop profile from back in the day. Really enjoyable.