West Coast IPA
Switchyard Brewing Company
- From:
- Switchyard Brewing Company
- Indiana, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- +4 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.84 | pDev: 5.21%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Aug 30, 2023
- Added:
- Aug 08, 2020
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Inspired by our friend, Ant Blair of the Mo Head Y'all podcast and his love for the West Coast OG style of IPA’s, this in-your face, double dry hopped IPA features heaping doses of cascade & centennial hops in both the primary & secondary fermentations.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Rated by isaacsbeer from Indiana
3.53/5 rDev -8.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
3.53/5 rDev -8.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Sweet in my tummy
Aug 30, 2023
Reviewed by barnzy78 from Illinois
3.66/5 rDev -4.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.5
3.66/5 rDev -4.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.5
16oz can
canned on 04/13/2022
L: slightly hazy amber body; thick and persistent off-white head leave chunky lacing on the glass
S: toasty grain, bread crust, caramel, earthy pine, pithy & floral citrus
T: nutty & toasted grain, caramel malt, floral grapefruit, earthy pine
F: medium body, ample carbonation, sticky & resinous, very dry finish, pungent pine and grapefruit zest lingers
O: I liked this but I didn’t. Raw (?) is the word that comes to mind. The flavors don’t seem to meld together - lots of malt character with a big hop profile, but the two just don’t seem to jive.
Aug 05, 2022canned on 04/13/2022
L: slightly hazy amber body; thick and persistent off-white head leave chunky lacing on the glass
S: toasty grain, bread crust, caramel, earthy pine, pithy & floral citrus
T: nutty & toasted grain, caramel malt, floral grapefruit, earthy pine
F: medium body, ample carbonation, sticky & resinous, very dry finish, pungent pine and grapefruit zest lingers
O: I liked this but I didn’t. Raw (?) is the word that comes to mind. The flavors don’t seem to meld together - lots of malt character with a big hop profile, but the two just don’t seem to jive.
Reviewed by BigGold from Mississippi
4.09/5 rDev +6.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.09/5 rDev +6.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Had Switchyard's West Coast IPA, my first canned beer from the brewery, poured from pint can, no date, into nonic pint.
Pours amber-gold with clarity and 2-finger, creamy, very light-tan head, with excellent retention, leaving thick Belgian lace down the glass. Big fruity West Coast aroma off the pour, turning and continuing piney and resinous as warms. Begins dry, a bit fruity, and then a little sweet malt, before big piney hops lead into a biting, bone-dry finish.
Authentically West Coast, but a little light on the fruit, especially in the flavor, and not quite big and bitter enough to make up the difference.
Feb 12, 2021Pours amber-gold with clarity and 2-finger, creamy, very light-tan head, with excellent retention, leaving thick Belgian lace down the glass. Big fruity West Coast aroma off the pour, turning and continuing piney and resinous as warms. Begins dry, a bit fruity, and then a little sweet malt, before big piney hops lead into a biting, bone-dry finish.
Authentically West Coast, but a little light on the fruit, especially in the flavor, and not quite big and bitter enough to make up the difference.
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