Lupulin West Coast Bliss West Coast Style Double India Pale Ale

 

Lupulin West Coast Bliss West Coast Style Double India Pale Ale.

9% ABV, Lupulin Brewing, Big Lake, Minnesota. 

Clear, bright golden hue, lovely layer of ivory froth.

In the nose: big citrus, with creeping onset of tropical tones. 

In the mouth: soft and peachy, with a bitter buzz beneath. Bitterness crawls up and dominates, with ABV coming after. Getting a panoply of flavors now, grapefruit, lemon, pineapple, a flash of pine. Full bodied, fully flavored, giving up the goods. 

Complaint, though: still not dry and bitter enough. Nice try, though. Signed, the picky West Coast IPA fanatic east of the Pecos. 

Born from the same recipe that built Blissful Ignorance, this evolution trades haze for clarity and softness for bite. Mosaic and Citra still shine with tropical fruit and citrus, while Chinook Abstrax and Simcoe Hyperboost bring resinous pine, bright grapefruit, and a crisp finish. Same Bliss, different coast.