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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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.
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.
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.
Smog City Amarillo Gorilla IPA
Strong sweet aroma of hops like ripe fruit. Chunky fruit flavor hits the palate and then a mix of malt and stone fruit hop flavor. Aftertaste is an even mix of hops, malt, and a bit of yeast.
Canned 8/6/2025, drank 9/23/25.
4.5 out of 5 stars.
Ballast Point Sculpin
Resiny hop aroma. Slight hop bite on first drink that gets replaced by moderate malt flavor. Aftertaste is moderate strength hoppiness.
Canned 6/26/25, drank 9/11/25.
4.5 out of 5 stars.
Stereo Brewing Robot!
Faint aroma of hops and a bit of caramel malt. Slightly crisp hop bite that quickly fades and a wave of caramel malt comes in. Next comes a good clean malt taste that is fairly balanced, finishes clean. Wonder how the hop flavors might change if fresher.
No big alcohol presence, surprising it’s 9.5% ABV.
Canned 4/2/25, drank 9/8/25.
4.5 out of 5 stars.
Three Weavers Expatriate
Bright hop aroma with some resin aspect. Flavor is a mix of moderate hops and a bit of malt. Finishes with mixture of hop flavors to a final lingering hop aftertaste that’s slightly raw/greens.
Canned 6/30/25, drank on 9/8/25.
4.5 out of 5 stars.
Fremont Dark Star
Delicious dark malt aroma that dances around the line of overly sweet/boozy and nicely balanced. Varied flavor on the palate of dark malts and yeast sweetness. Finishes fairly clean, but with brief flavor of dark malt. So flavorful, that’s strong, but just inches back from the borderline of being too much.
Canned 5/28/25, sampled on 8/26/25.
4.5 out of 5 stars.