Serial Optimist
Meanwhile Brewing Co.
- From:
- Meanwhile Brewing Co.
- Texas, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 6.2%
- Score:
- +1 rating needed
- Avg:
- 4.06 | pDev: 1.97%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Dec 22, 2025
- Added:
- Jul 26, 2022
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Sometimes we just can't help ourselves. This beer is simply a celebration of hops- six different varieties in three different formats were loaded into this mouth watering elixir. Consider this our love letter to the venerable Humulus Lupulus, and to you.
Malt: Pilsner, Vienna, Carahell
Hops: Columbus, Chinook, Mosaic Cryo, Idaho 7, Cascade, Simcoe
Yeast: Chico
IBU: 73
Malt: Pilsner, Vienna, Carahell
Hops: Columbus, Chinook, Mosaic Cryo, Idaho 7, Cascade, Simcoe
Yeast: Chico
IBU: 73
Recent ratings and reviews.
Rated by ttoadee from Texas
3.96/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.96/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
RB transfer
Dec 22, 2025
Reviewed by o29 from Texas
4.21/5 rDev +3.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.21/5 rDev +3.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
I'm a sucker for WCIPAs but am always a skeptic these days. In fact, one of Meanwhile's flagships brews is Secret Beach which is labeled as a West Cost but to my taste lacks the bitterness that I'd expect.
Enter Serial Optimist. Its tasting notes list "strawberry, orange, and pine". This one seemed like a bit of a mixed bag -- strawberry and orange, Ok maybe not what I would expect from a WCIPA, and pine last? Hmm. I was skeptical.
But I was surprised to find that this is actually a nice, bitter WCIPA. It's not over-the-top or anything, and the pine isn't quite as prominent as I'd like (though it's definitely present), but it's still a surprisingly good beer, and IMO, much better than Secret Beach (not a bad beer by any stretch but it's much more of a departure from the original style).
Just add a touch of dankness and I think it would push this one over the top. As it stands, still very good.
Cheers to more (actual) WCIPAs!
Jul 12, 2025Enter Serial Optimist. Its tasting notes list "strawberry, orange, and pine". This one seemed like a bit of a mixed bag -- strawberry and orange, Ok maybe not what I would expect from a WCIPA, and pine last? Hmm. I was skeptical.
But I was surprised to find that this is actually a nice, bitter WCIPA. It's not over-the-top or anything, and the pine isn't quite as prominent as I'd like (though it's definitely present), but it's still a surprisingly good beer, and IMO, much better than Secret Beach (not a bad beer by any stretch but it's much more of a departure from the original style).
Just add a touch of dankness and I think it would push this one over the top. As it stands, still very good.
Cheers to more (actual) WCIPAs!
Reviewed by puck1225 from Texas
4/5 rDev -1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev -1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured from a can into a tulip glass, can dated 6/30/23.
Bright clear yellow color with good initial head and some lacing. Definitely a West Coast profile. Fruity up front with a bitter, piney finish. Good feel for the style. Decent beer overall. A beer I would like to try fresh from the tap.
Aug 30, 2023Bright clear yellow color with good initial head and some lacing. Definitely a West Coast profile. Fruity up front with a bitter, piney finish. Good feel for the style. Decent beer overall. A beer I would like to try fresh from the tap.
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