Down By The River
West LA Beer Co.

Had to use Google to find this sucker on BA's database.

16 oz can, no date but guessing pretty fresh, into Southern Grist Pink Logo snifter.
Sent by Evan.

This is one of the juiciest beers I've seen in awhile. It's thoroughly murky, with a creamy cap of 1 finger, receding to a creamy ring and leaving legs and lace up the sides.

No matter how you cut it, no one can do juice bombs like the New England states. This aroma is incredible. Clean diesel and hot yeast gasses intertwine with clean grapefruit, tangerine, mango, pineapple, and strawberry. Brings tears to my eyes. This is flooding back memories of some of my first real NE IPA beers.

Flavor is mmmmm....yep. Tropical banana and pineapple at first, with hints of coconut, tangerine, peach, and mango. The latter fruits build on the palate along with some clean diesel and mint.

Feel is juicy, creamy, biting and acidic. Heat is allowed here and is present but not overwhelming. Resinous finish with lingering acidity and heat.

Overall, wow. What do you say to this? Imitators be damned. This beer is absolutely brilliant. One of the best IPAs I've had period. Hard to top this.

Cans purchased as "Roadside pick up" from the Brewery and tap room. I went in to get them anyway...
Opened and reviewed on 4/27/20

Pours out of the can a milky golden color, hazy and thick looking. White foam cap is a bit loose but plenty of bubbly suds are leftover.

The deep hop aroma has canned peaches, boozy mango, tangy citrus in full effect. Creamy golden malt graininess to round out the nose.

The taste shows off the New England style hops in true fashion, stoney and pithy fruity hop tones, spicy earthiness rolls along the tongue, with sour herbs hidden in the background. A crisp bite says golden or Pilsner malt, then the malty texture changes to smooth, similar to an American Cream Ale. Canned corn and musty grasses pop out slightly with another round of more juicy and oily hop flavors and feels.

The density and saturation of the hop complexity leads to some far-out aspects but never really gets too out of touch with reality, so to speak.
Nice Job West LA Beer.


My original review is posted below. I don't usually review while at a Brewery but it was a slow and quiet day...so I did...
{On Tap, full pour on 11/7/19

Full pour, with a copper golden color, much more clear and not nearly as hazy as most NEIPA's. Small white foam cap settles down pretty fast. Not much lacing.

The aromatics certainly showcased the fruity and earthy hops, not an overwhelming nose but some sweet fruits and grainy pilz malt pops right out.

A very clean and rather light mouthfeel keeps it easy. The light pilz malt goes a long way to ground the piney, fruity and earthy hop tones. Complexity of the flavor is low to medium for the style but certainly is easy to drink.

Overall, it's totally drinkable, but the complexity levels of a great NEDIPA can be off the charts. Good enough for a stop in.

Great example of the style. Plenty of tropical fruits and good residual malt sweetness. Liked this one a lot!