IPA - Manzanita Brewing Company

Nugganooch

California

3.68/5  rDev +11.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

From Bomber: no dating -looks like maybe a batch # on the bottom.

A: Pours a deep dark pale almost amber color. Definitely some orange hues. Hazy but settles nice with a tight thin 1" tan head to it. Nice lacing.

S: Sweet maltiness and caramel aromas up front. Pick up some hints of pine and citrus.

T: Big juicy sweet malt and caramel flavors which are backed up with a bright spicey and piney hop bitterness. Slight cirtus notes detectable. Definite bight and alcohol present on the finish.

M: Sticky on the tongue with a sharp bitterness and slight booziness

D: Decent. At 7.6%ABV the alcohol is definitely detectable on this one. A much sweeter IPA however fairly well hopped overall.

All in all not a bad IPA for an emerging SD brewery. Somewhat reminiscent of Lagunitas IPA only a little rougher around the edges. Sweeter and sharper bitterness at higher ABV. I would drink/purchase again for the price. Gotta support local!

Serving type: bottle

03-23-2011 21:28:15 | More by Nugganooch

apf

Utah

4.5/5  rDev +36%

04-16-2013 01:51:01 | More by apf

pocat91619

California

3.25/5  rDev -1.8%

01-28-2013 06:10:16 | More by pocat91619

eawolff99

Colorado

3.5/5  rDev +5.7%

01-06-2013 04:03:14 | More by eawolff99

djaeon

California

3/5  rDev -9.4%

12-02-2012 23:34:50 | More by djaeon

tbone1384

Wyoming

3.5/5  rDev +5.7%

11-11-2012 14:16:52 | More by tbone1384

t0rin0

California

3/5  rDev -9.4%

10-25-2012 01:33:27 | More by t0rin0

SocalKicks

California

3.5/5  rDev +5.7%

10-14-2012 04:24:09 | More by SocalKicks

mjtiernan

New York

3.75/5  rDev +13.3%

10-10-2012 02:27:13 | More by mjtiernan

Irrationalist

California

3/5  rDev -9.4%

08-10-2012 06:08:45 | More by Irrationalist

ygtbsm94

Virginia

3/5  rDev -9.4%

04-23-2012 22:03:38 | More by ygtbsm94

heresy22

California

3.75/5  rDev +13.3%

04-12-2012 03:33:20 | More by heresy22

Seanibus

California

4/5  rDev +20.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

This is a delicious beer, though it seems far more assertive than an "English IPA" should be. But who's counting?

Pours a deep copper with a fluffy, luxurious tan head. The aroma is clean, rich, and creamy, with an almost ice-creamy hop character. The flavor follows that creaminess, with light caramel, a grassy, sweet hop that finishes with a bitter orange citrus. The mouthfeel is smooth and milky and rich.

Lovely.

Serving type: bottle

03-10-2012 03:17:56 | More by Seanibus

BucannonXC5

California

4.1/5  rDev +23.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Poured from a draft into a pint glass at Manzanita Brewing Company in Santee, Calif. Color was basically caramel. About a finger of head. Light bubbly lacing on the top. Lots of film on the glass.

Smelled citrus hops, mostly lemon.

Tasted not as much as the smell would indicate. Tasted the alcohol right away. Lemon citrus hops. A tad malty and slight buttery.

Medium body. Average carbonation. Bitter, but abrupt finish.

A pretty good beer overall. Also much better than their DIPA, which I may need to knock down a peg or two.

Serving type: on-tap

01-30-2012 07:42:33 | More by BucannonXC5

SchuStar

Illinois

3.5/5  rDev +5.7%

01-01-2012 22:30:25 | More by SchuStar

OWSLEY069

Pennsylvania

4.2/5  rDev +26.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Pours a hazy orange-ish to amber color with a light tan head. In the aroma, pineapple citrus and a small pine hop. In the taste, pine like dryness with notes of pineapple and orange citrus. A small hop bite with a medium bodied mouthfeel, with a lightly dry pine and citrus hop in the aftertaste. Big pine with a nice west coast citrus.

Serving type: bottle

12-29-2011 21:20:06 | More by OWSLEY069

mactrail

California

3.53/5  rDev +6.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

This is interesting for being malty but dry. A flinty taste with some sharpness. Just not sweet at all. A brambly flavor in the back of the throat. Attractive dark amber color with plenty of foam. Bitterness comes on eventually but doesn't overwhelm the other flavors. Kind of a leather aroma. A little bit hot with the sharp fruity hops.

So it's different hops and some different flavors from the American head-banging style. More murky and fruity with a less pronounced bitterness. This is like no other IPA I've had but I think it makes up with drinkability and an continuing intrigue with the flavors.

Serving type: on-tap

12-10-2011 06:36:59 | More by mactrail

Exiled

Texas

3/5  rDev -9.4%

11-25-2011 01:35:48 | More by Exiled

mithrascruor

California

2.68/5  rDev -19%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

22 oz. bottle poured into a pint glass.

Appearance: Pours a brownish amber color with a creamy off-white head that leaves a bit of lacing.

Smell: Has a very mild malty aroma with a bit of graininess, and a hint of chocolate.

Taste: Malty flavor, lots of roasted chocolate and grain flavors, and some floral hop undertones. A fairly even flavor throughout.

Mouthfeel: Light- to medium-bodied; relatively smooth with fairly light carbonation.

Drinkability: Moderate ABV, relatively easy to drink.

Rather dark for an IPA, and the roasted malts seem out of place for either an American or English IPA, and really minimizes the hop profile. Unfortunately a pretty weak IPA.

Serving type: bottle

11-18-2011 01:46:36 | More by mithrascruor

Neffbeer

Pennsylvania

3/5  rDev -9.4%

11-14-2011 22:09:06 | More by Neffbeer

Arbitrator

California

1.95/5  rDev -41.1%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 1.5

Chilled bottle into a glass. From Sideswipe. Thanks, John.

A: Pours a copper-orange body with mild haziness to it. Short-lived beige head.

S: Aromas of pineapple, biscuit, mild pine. This has a strong "stale hop" aroma reminiscent of wood and biscuits.

T: I can see how this is an English IPA; that stale hop and old towel aroma I hated in Stone 14th is present here. The tantalizing pineapple aroma fails to manifest in the flavor, though there is some pine and plenty of biscuit. Boring.

M: This is fine, though there is a small alcohol burn.

O: This didn't make me angry or anything, but I got bored and didn't finish it.

Serving type: bottle

09-21-2011 05:56:34 | More by Arbitrator

inlimbo77

Delaware

3.05/5  rDev -7.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

22oz bomber bottle poured into DFH signature glass. No bottle dating is present on this one.

A: Pours a murky deep amber color. 1 finger white head. Some lacing.

S: Hop astringency. Not a lot of citrus notes. I guess more piney notes, but I don't know if I would say that. Good maltiness too.

T: I don't have that same terrible reviews as others. Not the best IPA or DIPA around but by no means an F beer. No extreme bitterness or Hoppiness. Pretty balanced.

M: Medium bodied

O: OK beer. Again, this is not an F or D beer. It's a run of the mill west coast IPA. Decent and drinkable.

Serving type: bottle

09-13-2011 18:20:51 | More by inlimbo77

wallygatorca

California

1.75/5  rDev -47.1%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2

I heard decent things around town about this brewery... Thought I'd give it a shot.

It poured murky and copper.

Just no damn goodness to be found in aroma, taste, and mouthfeel, whatsoever.

Wasted 6 bucks on a 22 ouncer.

Because its beer, I'm finishing the bottle...

Other than that I will never buy again.

Serving type: bottle

07-14-2011 03:44:42 | More by wallygatorca

Justin0001

California

2.03/5  rDev -38.7%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2

San Diego has countless fantastic taco shops, which makes it impossible to understand why folks go to Chipotele instead. Likewise, with so many good brewers around town, you have to wonder how folks like Mananita and Mission Brewery stay in business. A product like this would make sense if it was priced appropriately, i.e. $2.50/22 oz. As it is, um, no, it does not.

Serving type: bottle

06-27-2011 03:18:15 | More by Justin0001

emmasdad

Colorado

4/5  rDev +20.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Picked this one up at a liquor store in San Diego while vacationing a month or so back. Poured a cloudy dark golden color with a good sized white head. Aromas of dried pineapple, biscuit and piney hops. On the palate, this one is medium bodied, with juicy citrus, pine and light malt.

Serving type: bottle

05-27-2011 23:34:12 | More by emmasdad