UPDATED: SEP 29, 2023 Sample (thanks fonefan!). Honeyish golden colour, small white head. Aroma is fruity, floral, some and mild wooden notes. Flavour is floral, some fruity, mild toffee, and a bit salt elements.

UPDATED: MAR 18, 2023 Bottled 330ml. -at BAR am Funkeneck Freiburg. Darker golden coloured, medium sized white head, citrus and light oxidation in the nose. Sweet malty, caramel, citrus, jam like notes, oxidation and rather sweet finish.

UPDATED: DEC 21, 2022 Das Laired West Cost IPA von Braukollektiv kommt mit fingerdicker, feinstporiger und recht stabiler Krone daher. Die Farbe ist goldgelb und opal. Der Geruch ist klassisch nach Fichte bzw. Nadelgehölz. Beim Antrunk leicht süß bei glattem Körper und kaum Hopfeneinfluss. Der kommt aber beim Abgang mit Amarille, Cascade und Centennial Einfluss. Würzig und holzig mit erdigen Aromen stellt sich ein IPA 'von früher' toll da. An das Samuel Smith kommt dieses Bier nicht ganz heran, aber toll gemacht ist es allemal! 12-2020

UPDATED: JUN 8, 2021 Medium foam, hazy golden color. In the nose dried herbs and spices, some earthen notes. Typical centennial smell. Fine bubbles on the tongue, taste of spices prevails. A hint of citrus. Very dry finish with a bit of a bite. It says what it does on the tin...nice.

UPDATED: JUN 4, 2021 Sample, thanks fonefan! Hazy mber, mid sized head. Aroma of grapefruit and phenols. Dryish with medium body and clean mouthfeel. Green apples, some caramel. Mid bitter finish.

UPDATED: MAY 20, 2021
Bottle 330ml. @ home. 🏡 💻👀

[ As Braukollektiv Laird - West Coast IPA ].
ABV: 6.5%. Clear medium yellow colour with a large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, fruity malt, sweet malt, moderate hoppy, perfume - peach, fruity hops, fruity, sweet fruit. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration, pale malt, fruity malt, sweet malt, fruity, fruity hops, perfumed - peach. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20210512]
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UPDATED: FEB 15, 2021 Bottle. Hazy golden, low offwhite cream. Perfumed peachy and old wood aroma. Medium body, mellow, light sticky resin, dusty grain, Stonefruit, light melonrind, pine, pleasant bitter backstop.

UPDATED: JUL 19, 2020 330ml bottle. Minimally cloudy, brass golden colour with average, thick, frothy to creamy, moderately lasting and lacing, white head. Citrusy and piney hoppy as well as slightly biscuity, pale malty aroma, notes of lemon, grapefruit, some lemongrass, a tropical fruity hoppy ground layer. Taste is dry, citrusy hoppy and minimally sweet, biscuity pale malty, notes of lemon, grapefruit, some orange, lemongrass, a zesty touch; lingering, moderately bitter, slightly chalky finish. Oily-watery texture, smooth and soft palate, very fine, foamy, slightly prickly carbonation. Balanced and harmonious, very nice except for the chalky finish.

UPDATED: JUN 29, 2020 Bottle picked up from Biervana, München. Had this Sunday 28th June 2020 talking beer and stuff with Jude and Baz. Pours dark gold with a white head, cooking the Blue Cheese Gnocchi that we were meant to have last night. Nice bitterness, fruity with grapefruit jostling with a piney resinous streak. Good bitterness, nice bittersweet balance. Lovely.

UPDATED: NOV 21, 2019 Smooth and grainy. Easy to drink, dry and refreshing with a neutral dry bitterness in the end. Very dry grainy, easy to drink, grainy and dry.