IPA
Coastal Fog Brewing

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From:
Coastal Fog Brewing
 
California, United States
Style:
American IPA
ABV:
5.6%
Score:
57
Avg:
2.02 | pDev: 26.73%
Reviews:
35
Ratings:
45
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Apr 25, 2017
Added:
Feb 13, 2010
Wants:
  2
Gots:
  3
51 IBU
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Reviewed by vikinggary28 from California

2.14/5  rDev +5.9%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.25
Picked this one up on sale. It seemed an IPA six pack of bottles for $4.99 was a steal. Yup it was, except I was the one who got ripped off. This is a lesson in how to f*** up a IPA. Colour is pale amber, reminds me of ice tea after I have already drank it. Smells like stagnant water that has been lying on a public restroom floor for a few days. Luckily the taste isn't of bathroom floor water, the taste is more like rubber bands, gauze, and duct tape. Mouthfeel is similar to putting pebbles in your mouth and trying to gargle while standing on your head. I would rather drink warm malt liquor or maybe rubbing alcohol than this poison.
Apr 25, 2017
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Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada

2.49/5  rDev +23.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
Copper in appearance, 1/2" white head, average lace/retention. Aroma was like the color: copper.

Super bitter, lacking hop mouthfeel/taste. I wouldn't say this beer is as terrible as its average rating, but it is extremely one dimensional. It is relatively cheap, but really for just a buck or two more, you can get excellent beers instead of below average ones like this.
May 25, 2016
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Rated by Tknojnky from California

1.12/5  rDev -44.6%
look: 3 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
This literally made me gag.

Horrible!

I created an account just to warn fellow beer enthusiasts about this abomination.
May 18, 2015
 
Rated: 2.25 by DarthKostrizer from California

Apr 30, 2014
 
Rated: 2.5 by Alron from California

Dec 08, 2013
 
Rated: 2.5 by ssgunbond from Belgium

Oct 14, 2013
 
Rated: 1 by MickeyHops from California

Sep 16, 2013
 
Rated: 2.25 by RBassSFHOPit2ME from California

Jun 07, 2013
 
Rated: 2.75 by makasi from California

Apr 27, 2012
 
Rated: 2 by StoicBeast from California

Mar 24, 2012
 
Rated: 2.5 by TrojanWheels from California

Jan 20, 2012
 
Rated: 2 by codynevels from California

Nov 18, 2011
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Reviewed by lacqueredmouse from Australia

1.59/5  rDev -21.3%
look: 3 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.5
Another foray into the Coastal Fog range, after mediocre experiences with their other beers, and with Hermitage and Tied House in general.

Pours a coppery orange colour, with a filmy and very insubstantial head of white. Minimal lace, minimal body, minimal visible carbonation. Looks quite underwhelming, although the colour is pleasant enough.

Nose is buttery, with very little else. Slightly extract-y rancid grain character, with a pungent sweetness and such a paltry dose of hops. This would be hop-light even for the maltiest style. For an IPA, it's shameful.

Taste is similar. Very overwhelming butterscotch diacetyl palate, with a perfunctory dose of bitterness at the end, by which time it's useless and unwelcome. Otherwise, thin, slightly grainy and very amateurish.

Pretty appalling beer, and actively offensive. I've no problem with this sort of generic, brewed-for-contract beer, but this one gives the style a bad name, and is far less palatable than many beers in far more generic and unpleasant styles.

Very unimpressed.
Oct 09, 2011
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Reviewed by notchucknorris from California

1.64/5  rDev -18.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 1 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 1.5
Found this bottle in a cooler at a party over the weekend so I thought I'd give it a shot.

A: Copper color with a thin white head.

S: Some light floral hops and a strange, almost medicinal smell. Something about the smell had me worried.

T: Yup. Bad news. Some initial floral hop flavor is quickly replaced by the taste of bandaids, sulfur and what I can only imagine goat piss must taste like. This is really awful stuff.
Oct 03, 2011
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Reviewed by wagenvolks from Texas

1.98/5  rDev -2%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
22oz bottle sent as an extra by DarthKostrizer. "Thanks?" ;)

Coastal Fog's IPA pours with a dull, hazy iced-tea hue with a decently retained but thin cap of khaki foam. The aroma reminds me of an English IPA in terms of maltiness with a grainy toffee sweetness. Unfortunately, the hops note reminds me of that same IPA if it were cellared for a year--stale and musty. Some slight hints of herbal pine, but sadly, a "West Coast IPA" aroma this is not.

Oh dear god this is awful stuff. Thin, watery body with mineral and sulfury off-notes galore. Astringent up front with bitter hops and absolutely zero malt flavor to back it up. The finish is devoid of flavor save for a lingering, medicinal hop bitterness. Soda-like carbonation and quite soapy in terms of mouthfeel. Unfortunately, this is a drain-pour for me, and from the looks of it, I'm not alone in that sentiment.
Aug 13, 2011
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Reviewed by damndirtyape from Ohio

3.25/5  rDev +60.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
22oz bomber, split into two Shaker pint glasses - one for me and one for the Mrs. No date.

Apearance: Hazy orange to amber beer. Poured an initial 1/4" off-white head, but this died down to a thin ring and an even thinner skin of foam across the top. Some lacing noted.

Smell: Faint orange hops with a lot of malt sweetness. Not really an American IPA when you smell it. Not unappealing, just much sweeter and maltier than I expected.

Taste: Faint bitterness up front moving quickly into toasted/roasted malt and caramel malt flavors. A little bit of bitterness at the end, but definitely a malt-forward beer. I've got a sweet tooth so I think it's okay, but again, not really an AIPA. Some of the hop bitterness becomes more pronounced when you let this beer get almost all the way to room temp, and then it's grapefruit citrus bitterness.

Mouthfeel: Smooth, minimal carbonation, with some lingering hop oils sticking to the teeth. Just a bit thicker than water. Nothing special.

Overall / Drinkability: San Fransisco style? Not sure what they mean by that on the bottle - it's certainly no Anchor which is what I associate with San Fransisco. Still, it's not a bad beer - the low rating for this one I don't get - I certainly don't think it's that bad as the other reviews indicate. Maybe there were several bad batches? However, it's not really hoppy enough for an AIPA. Solid malt backbone, just not enough hops I think. Definitely better when warm. I probably could have finished off the bomber by myself, but sharing it with someone else worked quite well here given the above average characteristic of the beer. So again, not a bad beer, but not something that is really grabbing my attention.
Jul 14, 2011
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Reviewed by PokerGod from Minnesota

2.78/5  rDev +37.6%
look: 2 | smell: 4 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2
12oz bottle poured into a mug.

Appearance- copper-ish color, very clear. white head which dissipates quickly, no lacing.

Smell- Hoppy IPA, with a ?nutty? quality to it. Also a bit fruity as well.

Taste- Not special at all. Hoppy and Citrusy, but has a highly unpleasant bitter aftertaste thats actually a little metallic. Kind of tastes like sucking on an old penny.

Overall- Not impressed. No need to seek this beer out.
Jun 22, 2011
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Reviewed by DrLasers from California

1.69/5  rDev -16.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1 | overall: 1.5
This beer falls flat on it's face. I really can't describe any noticeable characteristics because a split second after each sip I forget what I was drinking. I'm not really sure what this beer is about or what it's makers were trying to portray, but it's really not good.
May 14, 2011
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Reviewed by Seanibus from California

2.7/5  rDev +33.7%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
It isn't outstanding, but isn't entirely offensive either. It comes off as a pleasant if entirely unremarkable light IPA, more English the the advertised "San Francisco style," whatever that may be.

Pours coppery with a strange, slightly granular-looking head with lots of carbonation from the bottom. The aroma is grainy and a little sour, maybe a little wheat in there, not much on the hops. The flavor is wheaty and grainy, with some toasted bread and nuttiness, a little whiff of floral hops in there. Not much bitterness on the finish, nor is there much in the way of hop character. The mouthfeel is insubstantial, but leaves that wheaty malt clinging to the tongue.

Overall? Well, I've had worse.
Apr 30, 2011
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Reviewed by jealousmonk from California

1.06/5  rDev -47.5%
look: 2 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
This may be the worst beer that I've ever tasted, with no exceptions necessary for mass market crap, low-end offerings in the former Soviet bloc, homebrewing misfires, or any other terrible experiences. I'm not going to attempt to describe the usual characteristics because I took one drink of this beer and decided it had gone bad. Even after trying a couple more bottlers, we were convinced it had expired until I checked BA and saw others having the same experience. AVOID AVOID AVOID
Mar 28, 2011
IPA from Coastal Fog Brewing
Beer rating: 57 out of 100 with 45 ratings