Firestone Walker Union Jack IPA

Bottles from BevMo in San Fran. Nice golden pour with a moderate white head. Some pine in the nose but mostly a grapefruit citrus sweetness. Big hop flavor with a solid malt backbone and a nice, deep bitter finish. Hopefully this will be in Eugene soon as I see that it’s now in Portland.

Draft @ Toronado, SF. Pours a golden color with a small white head. Has a malty hoppy pine needles aroma with some hints of citrus. Malty bitter hoppy piney flavor with some grapefruit hints. Has a sweetish malty bitter hoppy finish.

Bottles of this recently showed up in the Portland, Oregon market. Colour... pours a delightful golden-amber colour with a thin ecru head. Nose... lightly piney yet redolent of a variety of hops. Palate... plenty o’ hops up front, nice malty backbone, grapefruit skin and citrus pith. Moderately bitter on the soft palate with a long, lightly resinous finish. A truly well-balanced, sessionable IPA that can appeal to hop-heads and hop neophytes, alike!

Grassy lemon with mild pine aroma and some bready caramel in the background. Pours a light gold color with a light copper hue. Off white head that dissipated with a smidgin of sediment suspension that disappeared. Concentrated taste of caramel malt and lots of hops with the flavors of pine, pine needles, and a hint of grapefruit. Other hop flavors include lemon/lime with an alcolhol warming that is not astringent. Medium bodied, resinous, and has lively soft carbonation. Very drinkable session IPA at 7.5% yum.

Bottleshared by alexsdad06. Poured clear copper color with an average frothy off-white head that lasted with excellent lacing. Moderate to heavy west coast hoppy aroma. Medium to full body with a oily slick texture with flat carbonation. Moderate to heavy bitter flavor with a moderate to heavy bittersweet finish of medium to long duration. Very good brew.

Regular IPAs and I have a troubled relationship, usually I find them too watered down, but this one here is a different story. Very pronounced and tasty and certainly more palatable than our east coasters. Smooth and bitter, most everything I want in a regular IPA. Nice to have when I’m going to be driving or in a situation where I can’t have a DIPA, but seeing as I can’t regularly get FSW here anyway, I’m still without a good session IPA.

Amber with a thin white head. Aroma is a nice pine, with light malty sweetness, light grapefruit, and floral notes. Taste is a nice strong, but smooth bitterness with orange peel. Pretty potent IPA.

12oz bottle from some corner market in San Francisco. A surprisingly solid IPA in the same mold as Stone Ruination and such (but much easier on the hops). Copper color and medium white head. Average carbonation. Nice floral hop aroma. Floral with citrusy hops, great taste and high drinkability. Really smooth mouthfeel. "Blimey, this is bloody good," as those Brits would say.