Coast Brewing 32/50 Kolsch

As part of a beer trade with SCBeerGuy, I received a bottle of Coast Brewing 32/50 Kolsch. The beer pours a clear golden color with a foamy white head. The aroma consists of lemon, wheat, pepper, and grassy hops. The taste is light on the tongue with a nice compliment of lemon and pepper on a wheat base. The grassy hops come out in the finish and leads to a nice clean after taste. The alcohol content is 4.8% ABV. This is by far one of the cleanest and smoothest Kolsches that I have had and I consider it to be a benchmark of the style.

Coast Brewing Hop Art India Pale Ale

As part of a beer trade with SCBeerGuy, I received a bottle of Coast Brewing Hop Art India Pale Ale. The beer pours an amber color with a frothy off-white colored head that leaves some lacing on the glass. The aroma consists of grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, grass, and pine. The taste is dry and bitter with lots of pink grapefruit, tangerine, and orange citrus flavors. The finish brings out pine and grass flavors with some pepper as well. The after taste consists of caramel, which is a night sweet touch. The taste is 7.7% ABV. This is one of the cleanest IPAs that I’ve had and it has a nice robust offering of citrus flavors. There were other great spice flavors as well, but it is all about the citrus.

Coast Brewing Blackbeerd Imperial Stout

I acquired a bottle of Coast Brewing Blackbeerd Imperial Stout as part of a beer trade with SCBeerGuy. The beer pours a black color with a frothy tan head that leaves a light lacing on the glass. The aroma consists of dark chocolate, vanilla, oak, toasted malts, and a bit of cream. The taste is silky smooth with big toasted malt profile. The sweetness comes from dark milk chocolate and there are hints of earthy hops with a pine flavor. On the finish, vanilla comes out with a dry oak and toasted malt flavor. The alcohol content is 9.3% ABV. The silky smooth mouth feel of this beer accompanied with the chocolate and high profile toasted malts makes for a great drinking beer.

Coast Brewing Boy King Imperial India Pale Ale

I received a bottle of Coast Brewing Boy King Imperial India Pale Ale from SCBeerGuy in a beer trade. The beer pours a golden color with a lofty and frothy white head that leaves a small amount of lacing on the glass. The aroma consists of sticky hop resins, lots of grapefruit, tangerine, pine, and a hint of caramel. The taste is very bitter and hoppy with a large grapefruit presence, tangerine, orange, and lemon. There is some pepper and pine finish, and the after taste leaves a bitter oil on the back of the mouth. The alcohol content is 9.5% ABV. The aroma leads me to think of Russian River Pliny the Elder, but the taste isn’t quite as smooth and much more bitter. I thoroughly enjoyed it and believe it is very much worth the hype that surrounds the beer.