The West of Both Worlds
Burke-Gilman Brewing Company
- From:
- Burke-Gilman Brewing Company
- Washington, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 7.5%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.98 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Oct 20, 2023
- Added:
- Oct 20, 2023
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Why should hazies get all the love? The best of the West Coast with the best of fresh hop season.
West Coast IPA steeped on fresh Simcoe hops.
2023.
West Coast IPA steeped on fresh Simcoe hops.
2023.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by kemoarps from Washington
3.98/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.98/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Pours a beautiful crisp amber body that is nice and clear. Good sized off-white head that remains mostly velvety.
Nose is a good old school blend of light caramel malts and a cover of some earthy cedar and fir, with a bit of citrus. The FH character isn't as pronounced as I would like on the nose, but, spoiler alert, it makes at least some of an appearance on the palate.
Flavour has a little bit of spicy brown bread dough and sweet fir up front, and then a hammer of earthy piney bitterness. I could be convinced of some pith as well, but it's more the earthy/piney/sappy variety. The FH aspect is still subtle, but evident about two thirds of the way through as an almost floral citrusy dusting that's unmistakeably that lovely little yellow powder bunching under the petals (?) of a fresh hop cone. As I work through, I'm also getting some almost juicy citrus flavour kind of riding like a current underneath it all.
Body is not thin per se, but it's unobtrusively nondescript. Clean with small supportive carbonation, the big takeaway here is an aggressively bitter finish that lingers... quite a bit. There's an almost cloying character from the fresh hops too... not quite full on hop burn, but kind of in that range.
Overall it's a fine IPA, and a throwback to a different time, but it may be a but bold for many modern beer drinkers (though that's a bit too bad).
Oct 20, 2023Nose is a good old school blend of light caramel malts and a cover of some earthy cedar and fir, with a bit of citrus. The FH character isn't as pronounced as I would like on the nose, but, spoiler alert, it makes at least some of an appearance on the palate.
Flavour has a little bit of spicy brown bread dough and sweet fir up front, and then a hammer of earthy piney bitterness. I could be convinced of some pith as well, but it's more the earthy/piney/sappy variety. The FH aspect is still subtle, but evident about two thirds of the way through as an almost floral citrusy dusting that's unmistakeably that lovely little yellow powder bunching under the petals (?) of a fresh hop cone. As I work through, I'm also getting some almost juicy citrus flavour kind of riding like a current underneath it all.
Body is not thin per se, but it's unobtrusively nondescript. Clean with small supportive carbonation, the big takeaway here is an aggressively bitter finish that lingers... quite a bit. There's an almost cloying character from the fresh hops too... not quite full on hop burn, but kind of in that range.
Overall it's a fine IPA, and a throwback to a different time, but it may be a but bold for many modern beer drinkers (though that's a bit too bad).
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