Coachs India Pale Ale

Brewed by Coachs Brewery
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Norman, Oklahoma USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Draught-OKC Bricktown. Pours light copper with a foamy-rocky off-white head with thick lacing. Aroma is huge floral, citrus (orange) hop, pine notes and caramel malt (meal). Heavy rind, pine and resinous bitter, highly acidic flavor, medium sweetness and a lasting caramel malt body. Medium bodied and crisp, refreshing palate.

On tap at Coachs OKC. Pours clear golden orange with small off-white head. Aromas of faint citrus and pine with a little hops. Flavors of some citrus and metallic hops, some caramel malts as well. Kind of a bland IPA.

An amber-colored body with a thin off-white head with medium lacing. Aroma contains floral and fruity notes. Taste is of citrus, with a serious hop presence. A very drinkable beer.

(Draught) Pours a clear golden orange body with a medium off-white head. Aroma of grass, lemon, perfume, florals, and caramel. Flavor of citrus, caramel malt, grass, and light spruce with a crisp, bitter finish.

Ancient backlog. Aroma of pine, spice, a touch of grapefruit, rich caramel. Flavor has loads of caramel with mint, spruce, and citrus hop notes. Medium bitter, medium sweet. Served rather overcarbonated. Not a blow-you-away IPA, but a nice beer.

This was served with a new nitrous tap, normally this is served with a regular tap. Clear copper, nice nitrous head, heavy lace. Very flat, looks amazing, somehow Coach’s beer tastes better when it’s supposed to be flat. Some piny alcohol bitterness. Little fruity, alcoholic finish. Better than the regular tap.

Date: February 23, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub, Norman
Appearance: hazy copper, wispy off white head, streaks of drippy lace
Aroma: light sweet crystal malt aroma with soft citrus hops
Flavor: well hopped flavor with the sweet crystal malt balanced with plenty of citrus and floral hops, good balancing bitterness, touch of sweet fruity orange

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 3/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

Date: February 24, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub, Edmond
Appearance: hazy copper, wispy off white head, drippy lace
Aroma: sweet crystal malt aroma, lots of citrus hops
Flavor: sweet crystal malt flavor with lots of fruity orange and tangerine, light balancing bitterness
Overall: noticably better than the Norman location, maybe brewed at Bricktown?

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4

from a growler in bricktown Nice hop aroma Orange-copper and only thin-veiled. Grapefruity and citric with a nice bitter ending Thin, watery mouthfeel an ok IPA.

Depending on the batch...this can be a pretty good IPA. Nice hop aroma....some notes of pine, grass and citrus. Flavor is smooth with some herbal and citrus notes and a nice bitterness in the finish. This is of course assuming that you got a good batch. I’ll give this a 3.4....but Ive had some batches that were around a 2.6.

On tap in Norman, copper color with a beige head. Aroma of sweet grainy malts and just a little hops. Flavor grainy malts and hops. Finish is a little bitter and dry. Pretty weak on the hops for an IPA.

UPDATED: MAY 24, 2008 I gave this a higher rating a while back, but the formula has definitely changed since the first time I tried it a couple of years ago. It used to be a pretty respectable IPA, but my most recent tasting (5/24/08 at Coach’s in OKC Bricktown) was very disappointing. Poured a clear amber with virtually no head. Moderately floral, hoppy aroma. But the flavor was very disappointing--weak (by IPA standards) green hops and virtually nothing else. Thin, watery mouthfeel. i don’t know when or why they changed the formula, but I hope they switch back soon.