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West Coast Pale Ale
Granville Island Brewery
- From:
- Granville Island Brewery
- British Columbia, Canada
- Style:
- American Pale Ale
- ABV:
- 5.5%
- Score:
- 85
- Avg:
- 3.68 | pDev: 13.86%
- Reviews:
- 4
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Apr 19, 2019
- Added:
- Mar 26, 2016
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 2
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by SSS from Canada (QC)
3.99/5 rDev +8.4%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
3.99/5 rDev +8.4%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
A-Appearance is a muddy orangey brown with the white head to dissipates quickly.
S-A distinct honey character in the aroma with notes of pear and subtle melon
M- mouth feel is on the medium and as I believe this is trying to attempt to be a New England IPA, carbonation is medium
T-Sweet overall with low bitterness and a delicate orange flavour
O-I enjoyed this beer more than I thought I would, it is a decent attempt to use hops at the commercial level
Sep 19, 2018S-A distinct honey character in the aroma with notes of pear and subtle melon
M- mouth feel is on the medium and as I believe this is trying to attempt to be a New England IPA, carbonation is medium
T-Sweet overall with low bitterness and a delicate orange flavour
O-I enjoyed this beer more than I thought I would, it is a decent attempt to use hops at the commercial level
Reviewed by TheBierdimpfe from Canada (QC)
3.8/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.8/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Slightly cloudy dark straw color with no activity but some yeast detritus. Lightly creamy and frothy white 2 finger head, lasting around 10 minutes, with light legs and okay swirl reaction. Flavors marijuana, sweet grains, caramel, peach, lemon, floral and herbal hops. Slick medium to full body with a moderate crisp. Medium strength finish, slightly leafy but more flowery with a grainy end. I really enjoy the marijuana taste, specially the smell, probably from the Australian hops. Good freshness and intensity. Overall very good quality craft.
Feb 12, 2018Reviewed by Bunman3 from Canada (AB)
3.57/5 rDev -3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.57/5 rDev -3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
Well, I had high hopes for this beer. The pale orange body and white head are what they should be, given the style. The smell is, well, dank, not unlike the lingering waft of cannabis at an Iron Maiden concert. The taste is solid enought - grainy, bready and leaning to the sour grapefruit spectrum of citrus. It finishes on the "I sucked on a spruce bough" end of evergreen, then sort of fades away. Perhaps I'm not used to the Australian hops, perhaps it would taste better with carne asada (as the label suggests.) Oh well, another underwhelming GIB effort.
Mar 31, 2016Reviewed by biboergosum from Canada (AB)
3.53/5 rDev -4.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.53/5 rDev -4.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
650ml bottle - how is it that GIB has all this money from Molson/Coors now, and can't seem to produce a label that doesn't look like it was spit out by a 1990s era laser printer?
This beer pours a clear, pale copper amber colour, with two flabby fingers of puffy, finely foamy, and somewhat fizzy off-white head, which leaves a bit of sudsy continental lace around the glass as it quickly disappears.
It smells of musty pine tree detritus, some kind of sick-seeming yeast, bready and doughy pale and caramel malt, muted domestic citrus, and more underwhelming earthy, leafy, and dead floral hop bitterness. The taste is gritty and grainy caramel malt, a still musty and ailing yeastiness, bland pine needle bitters, stale orange and white grapefruit pith, and more wan leafy, weedy, and floral hoppiness.
The bubbles are pretty laid-back in their seemingly disinterested frothiness, the body a so-so medium weight, and generally smooth, I suppose, but not in any way that might up this one's steadily fading credentials. It finishes trending dry, that weirdly edgy green bitterness starting to really vie for the prize, as it were.
Yeah, the aforementioned amateur hour label did mention that the hops here are of Australian origin, and while that doesn't exactly justify the basically shitty overall performance as a purported WCPA, it makes me wonder whether this should have been dubbed a 'Pacific Rim Pale Ale', y'know, if the brain trust at this going concern had any real relative grey matter to actually bang together.
Mar 27, 2016This beer pours a clear, pale copper amber colour, with two flabby fingers of puffy, finely foamy, and somewhat fizzy off-white head, which leaves a bit of sudsy continental lace around the glass as it quickly disappears.
It smells of musty pine tree detritus, some kind of sick-seeming yeast, bready and doughy pale and caramel malt, muted domestic citrus, and more underwhelming earthy, leafy, and dead floral hop bitterness. The taste is gritty and grainy caramel malt, a still musty and ailing yeastiness, bland pine needle bitters, stale orange and white grapefruit pith, and more wan leafy, weedy, and floral hoppiness.
The bubbles are pretty laid-back in their seemingly disinterested frothiness, the body a so-so medium weight, and generally smooth, I suppose, but not in any way that might up this one's steadily fading credentials. It finishes trending dry, that weirdly edgy green bitterness starting to really vie for the prize, as it were.
Yeah, the aforementioned amateur hour label did mention that the hops here are of Australian origin, and while that doesn't exactly justify the basically shitty overall performance as a purported WCPA, it makes me wonder whether this should have been dubbed a 'Pacific Rim Pale Ale', y'know, if the brain trust at this going concern had any real relative grey matter to actually bang together.
West Coast Pale Ale from Granville Island Brewery
Beer rating:
85 out of
100 with
12 ratings
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