Coronado Islander IPA

Brewed by Coronado Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Coronado, California USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

Pours a rich golden hue, slight haze with a big white head. Smells piney, spicy and floral. Spicy, piney and resinous up front with moderate carbonation, fades to nice floral taste. Excellent lacking all the way down the glass. Medium body. Aftertaste piney on the tongue and a spiciness lingers in the throat. Heavy caramel notes emerge as it warms up. Grapefruit rind/pith on the tinge in the aftertaste.

Bottle@Home. Sweet grapefruit aroma. Yellow, light hazy, off-white head, good lace. Sweet, bitter, very fruity, pineapple, grapefruit, apple, diesel. Very bitter finish. Almost medicinal. Good IPA.

Sample at the 2012 Cincinnati Brew-haha. Clear orange/amber color, off-white head, little lace. Sweet, kinda syrupy. Lighter carbonation, drier texture. Enjoyable and tasty.

I had a few of these on a recent trip to Florida. It’s hazy amber. A very hoppy nose. The flavor is on the sweet malt side with a good dose of hops in the finish. I find the flavors kind of "muddy" but a generally good beer.

12oz bottle from lizardville unsure of freshness but the pour is a nice light copper and smell is piney and nice the taste is pretty resinous and dank. Not a bad finish nice and easy going

Bottle. Erupted from the bottle, but quickly settled. The beer is light yellow-ish amber with a frothy head. The aroma is clearly defined by the hops, but has an odd character -- somehow medicinal, in a children’s elixir kinda way. That sticks with me as I drink -- the hoppiness coming across in a less than idyllic manner, a mixture of over-ripe banana, pineapple, and wet grass. (#4422, 12/29/2011)

12oz bottle pours a murky golden/orange with a thin white head. Aroma of sweet and tart citrus, candy, malt, and slight pine. Taste is of resinous bitter pine, citurs, and tropical fruits, with a balanced malt presence. Alcohol is covered very well, nice!

Kinda tan to orange and slightly hazy, two finger head and ok lace. Very piney and grapefruit-ey on the nose. Taste follows, with a massive grapefruit presence, tons of pine and sweet fruity, floral hops. Body is medium, rich and smooth, with a lightly sweet, bitter aftertaste.