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Grains of Wrath

Good tasting IPA, light color, medium head, nice bitterness without being too piney, which is a flavor I'm not overly found of. Medium body went very well with the jalapeno burger I ordered. Rated 2-12-2020

On tap at Local Boys in Purdy, clear light gold, bubble show, 1/2 finger head, decent retention and lacing…not what I was expecting, but it’s fine. Nose is nice and west-coasty in the direction of an old-school Stone ipa: some citrus rims zest, some dry pine needles, some pungent floral notes, and very light and clean bready almost biscuity malts. Taste follows the nose, and especially keeps the promise of dry bitterness, with just a touch of hop oiliness that lingers. I very much enjoyed this one.

 

 

2 week old can.

A clear light orange with a dense white head with good retention and lacing. The nose is bitter, pungent, resiny and clean, with bright citrus and pine and a mild tropical fruit. The palate opens bitter and clean with pungent citrus peel, grapefruit pith and zest and moderate pine. This is followed by an oily, resiny bitterness, clean and focused. Drying, pungent and hoppy on the finish. Quite excellent.

Poured from a 1 pint can. Canned on 08/12/2022.
A pretty nice above average West Coast IPA? Simcoe, Citra & Mosaic hops.

 

Lots of pine and citrus here. Clear pour, light head, thin lacing. First sip is a wall of hops, prominent bitterness and dry. If your taste buds haven't withered away, you'll be rewarded with a dominating, but controlled layers of hop flavor. This stuff is really good, intense right to the limit but going no further.

Pint at Westside Taphouse in West Salem OR.
$6
Kind of a lighter looking IPA. Gold with a small white head.
Really lovely floral and citrus aroma.
Taste is light and also quite bitter. This works in 90 degree weather.
Great medium mouth feel..well carbonated with a drying finish.
An excellent WIPA.
Wonderful in this brutal heat.

Poured into a Seattle Beer Week pint glass. Pours a light to medium golden amber with a fine, two finger white head with great retention and nice lacing. Aroma of lightly caramel malt, citrus hops, orange and light mixed tropical fruit. Flavor is caramel malt, citrus and piney hops, mixed tropical fruit, pine needles, orange and lemon. Flavor tapers off a bit into the finish, but resinous piney and citrus bitterness lingers. Medium bodied with light to moderate creaminess. A solid, traditional West Coast style IPA with a good hop bill of pine and citrus character. Starts strong, has an odd drop off in intensity, but then interestingly leaves a strong, resinous finish that showcases the pine component. A welcome, nicely bitter and flavorful IPA. Good job.

 

 

16oz tallboy can purchased at Community Pint, in Spokane, Washington, for $4.49. According to the stamp on the bottom it was canned on April 27, 2020.

Poured into a shaker pint glass, it was a mostly clear golden shade of amber. Head was disappointing; a thin off-white, quickly receding to an even thinner ring, but that ring was decidedly long-lived after getting to that point.

Big hoppy nose of tropical fruits and pine sap.

Much like the nose, this was a tropical and piney hop bomb to the taste buds, which is how it is described on the can's label. Tropical fruits stood out the most, but there was also an almost pine sap quality to it. Big, lingering resiny finish. This is not for pairing with delicate tasting food.

Medium bodied, with a resiny, sticky mouthfeel.

This is a big, thick, glorious hop bomb of a beer. One that'll have you smacking your lips repeatedly after each sip. Looking forward to more from GoW.