Juiciest West Coast IPA?

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  1. siper

    siper Initiate (0) Sep 4, 2015 California

    Hi all,
    I live in NorCal and have been trying as many IPAs as possible. Recently, I got into trading and have gotten my hands on SoS, HT, Treehouse IPAs, Trillium, etc. Until then, I thought Pliny was the best DIPA I would ever get my hands on. However, the sweet, juicy flavors of the Northeastern brews have blown me away. Are there any IPAs/DIPAs on the West coast that come close to the flavors of NE IPAs?
     
    #1 siper, Dec 28, 2015
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  2. WillemHC

    WillemHC Zealot (604) Jun 21, 2013 Utah

    Really? Cellarmaker is in SF and makes beers as good or better than all those you've listed.
     
    #2 WillemHC, Dec 28, 2015
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  3. algebeeric_topology

    algebeeric_topology Pooh-Bah (2,052) Dec 30, 2014 Florida
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    Kern Citra Double IPA
     
    #3 algebeeric_topology, Dec 28, 2015
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  4. conoraugustine

    conoraugustine Initiate (0) Feb 17, 2015 North Carolina

    Noble Ale Works Tongue Tickles was amazing. Blew away Pliny
     
    #4 conoraugustine, Dec 28, 2015
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  5. Brent212

    Brent212 Pundit (914) Jan 13, 2014 California
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    I've always considered Lagunitas Sucks to be pretty juicy.
     
    #5 Brent212, Dec 28, 2015
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  6. thuey

    thuey Pooh-Bah (1,705) Nov 13, 2015 California
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    Cellarmaker does make some pretty juicy IPAs. (I really enjoyed Otto's Jacket recently.)

    But as far as beer that you can get apart from the brewery, I thought Modern Times City of the Sun was really tropical fruit-forward and juicy.
     
    #6 thuey, Dec 28, 2015
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  7. CJNAPS

    CJNAPS Pooh-Bah (2,492) Nov 3, 2013 California
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    I'm a big RR fan but sos and city of the sun were pretty juicy. Nothing beats younger when we are talking IPA's IMO
     
    #7 CJNAPS, Dec 28, 2015
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  8. Ipaupaweallpa

    Ipaupaweallpa Savant (1,022) Dec 26, 2014 Alabama
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    E N J O Y B Y
     
    #8 Ipaupaweallpa, Dec 28, 2015
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  9. hopnado

    hopnado Initiate (0) Aug 13, 2014 Michigan

    If by juicy you mean hoppy and bitter...I'd say most of them. Head east for juicy
     
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  10. alj0217

    alj0217 Initiate (0) Dec 15, 2014 California

    In LA, El Segundo's Mayberry and Highland Park's 1UP
     
    #10 alj0217, Dec 28, 2015
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  11. Cheesy_McDuck

    Cheesy_McDuck Initiate (0) Dec 23, 2015 Iowa

    The Big Whig IPA? Or does Noble Ale Works make something called Tounge Tickles?
     
    #11 Cheesy_McDuck, Dec 28, 2015
  12. bulletrain76

    bulletrain76 Maven (1,311) Nov 6, 2007 California

    Juicy? What does that mean? Under-attenuated/sweet? Not very bitter for an IPA? More fruit and less onion/dank/pine/spicy?
     
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  13. spark3148857

    spark3148857 Pooh-Bah (1,595) Dec 4, 2010 Ohio
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    ^^^This. Also Societe (The Coachman was such an incredible peach bomb). Fieldwork is making super tropical IPAs. And as thuey said there are some exceptional juicy IPAs coming our way from Modern Times. Beachwood is beginning to show up at City Beer Store. Soooo, yea I don't think you have to look far, definitely not all the way to New England!
     
    #13 spark3148857, Dec 28, 2015
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  14. GetMeAnIPA

    GetMeAnIPA Pooh-Bah (2,559) Mar 28, 2009 California
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    #14 GetMeAnIPA, Dec 28, 2015
  15. alj0217

    alj0217 Initiate (0) Dec 15, 2014 California

    Yes.

    Boneyard RPM is also deadly.
     
    #15 alj0217, Dec 28, 2015
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  16. JayORear

    JayORear Grand Pooh-Bah (3,058) Feb 22, 2012 California
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    Not sure most of you know what a juicy IPA is.
     
    #16 JayORear, Dec 28, 2015
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  17. spark3148857

    spark3148857 Pooh-Bah (1,595) Dec 4, 2010 Ohio
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    Oh for sure. Still waiting for Boneyard to make it to the Bay Area with regularity...I won't soon forget my growler or RPM or when I stumbled upon it on tap in Seattle.
     
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  18. HorseheadsHophead

    HorseheadsHophead Grand Pooh-Bah (3,732) Sep 15, 2014 Colorado
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    Union Jack is the juiciest I've had. It feels like pure peach juice on the tongue.
     
    #18 HorseheadsHophead, Dec 28, 2015
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  19. Chcshammonde

    Chcshammonde Initiate (0) Sep 20, 2014 California

    I view this as an existential IPA question. West Coast IPA's are piney, bitter, with a very light malt presence, and finish dry. The East Coast IPA's I've had have more fruity hop character, a tad bit sweeter with more malt presence and lack the dry finish of the West Coast style.

    West Coast is my preferred style, but I don't discriminate when it comes to IPA's.

    So I'm not sure it makes sense to try and find East Coast style IPA's here, when by nature, we in the West Coast have our own benchmark style that we love.

    However if you are looking for new IPA's that break the West Coast style mold and are local, folks have already listed some great brewers. I would start with Cellarmaker, they are amazing and all of their offerings impress....
     
    #19 Chcshammonde, Dec 28, 2015
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  20. unhyped

    unhyped Initiate (0) Feb 13, 2015 Oregon

    OREGON
     
    #20 unhyped, Dec 28, 2015
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