Slight sweet caramel malt aroma with a complement of flowery hops. Taste is equally flavorful hops and malt. No hop bite. Leaned residual slightly bitter edge of hops on a solid, easy base of malt and yeast.
4.5 out of 5 stars.
SanTan Hopshock IPA
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SanTan Epicenter Amber
Strong sweet aroma. No real bite at all, fairly smooth with mild amber malt.
Wow, this is really old. Dang. Canned 4/25/2024, drank on 12/28/2025.
3 out of 5 stars.
La Cumbre Malpais Stout
Dark sweet malt aroma. Slightly tart taste that fades to a moderate malt and yeast sweetness. Finishes fairly clean. Tasty.
4 out of 5 stars.
Abomination Wandering into the Fog
Sweet aroma of hops and yeast. Smooth taste, with a slight taste of hops. Finishes cleanly work a hint of the alcohol (8.6% ABV), but a very smooth aftertaste of clean malt.
4.5 out of 5 stars.
Pipeworks Blood of the Unicorn
Faint sweet malt aroma. Hits the palate fairly mild, with a mix of caramel malt and hops. Finishes pretty cleanly with a hint of hops in the background.
Canned 5/13/2025, drank on 12/27/2025. Surprisingly still very tasty.
4.5 out of 5 stars.
Smog City Saber-Toothed Squirrel
Sharp hop aroma with a strong sweet malt aroma. No hop bite on the flavor, fills in quickly with a mild caramel malt flavor. Mild aftertaste.
4 out of 5 stars.
Firestone Wookey Jack Black Rye IPA
Aroma of hops, slight hint of malt in background. Taste is fairly smooth with a combination of a lot of hop flavor and some dark malt. Aftertaste is slight lingering malt flavor intermixed with hops in the background.
4.5 out of 5 stars.
Kern River Citra Double Ale
Sweet green hop aroma. No harsh hop bite, plenty of green hop flavor. Very hoppy in the flavor, no alcohol burn at all for 8.5% ABV. Little to no aftertaste.
4 out of 5 stars.
Pizza Port Sunset Stroll IPA
Sweet aroma of bright, fruity hops. Nice moderate hop bite that transitions to a blend of hops and yeast flavors. Finishes fairly crisp with lingering hop flavors on the roof of the mouth.
Canned on 12/01/2025, drank on 12/19/2025.
4.5 out of 5 stars.
Odd Side Red Eye P.A.
Bright hop aroma with slightly sweet hint from caramel malt. Smooth flavor, no hop bite. Aftertaste comes in with caramel malt taste and a bit of hops.
Canned 9/24/25, drank on 10/11/25 so very fresh.
Carbonation level lets this down, it’s too low.
4 out of 5 stars.