ISO: Hoppy West Coast IPAs!

I'll throw out Urban Roots and New Glory in the Sacramento area as makers of great west coast ipas. There's also this little place in Sonoma County, named after a river, they've got one beer named after some pig and one about some old Greek dude that are pretty good. I hear they make other good hoppy beers too

 

Check out Freemont, and I'll second Pizza Port mentioned above. Port Wipeout is clear, dryish and bitter. I wish I could still get it.

 

I only mentioned places that bottle/can with some level of distribution. I bypassed Cannonball and Liquid Mechanics, too.

 

No mention of ska? Modus Hoperandi is still a favorite of mine.

 

I wouldn't necessarily consider that one to be "West Coast." At least not in the classic sense. To me, that's when the breweries in San Diego (and Portland + Seattle, too) went to a drier, paler, more purely bitter and weedy sort of IPA. I love Modus as much as anyone, but I think of it as a better 90 Minute or Hop Devil.

 

FYI it's Fremont. 1 E.

 

Roman. Between me and @BBThunderbolt, we’ll shape this thread up in no time.

 

Historical accuracy didn't seem like it added the right tone to my tongue in cheek post

 

The best. But you sort of have to go there, or somewhere it’s on tap.

 

The best West Coast IPA I have had recently was at Thirsty Eye Brewing in Albuquerque, NM called El Drak. Fresh at the brewery, it is excellent. Hope to come across more like it!

 

This is a really good WCIPA from Dancing Gnome, “Swingin at Strangers “. Since you’re in Georgia, have you tried Port Brewing’s “Mongo”?

 

I discovered this one from West Side in Cincy and it has nice clarity too.







As the beer eventually warms the slight chill haze totally dissipates.

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Doh!

Indeed - typo.

 

Fatheads does west coast IPAs very well. They're Headhunter IPA is a good example of this.

 

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TLDR

probably been said already

Head Hunter

Enjoy

 

Celebration is touching down everywhere, always a solid west coast IPA