West Coast IPA

The beer

Best Day’s West Coast IPA has the right outline, but the hops do not make quite the impression the name suggests. Citrus peel and pine set up a familiar West Coast aroma; the beer that follows is crisp, clean and only moderately bitter. It is solid and good-tasting. The reservation is about assertiveness, not whether it tastes like an IPA.

Light malt sits alongside the bitterness, while hop intensity stays restrained. That distinction matters: a beer can have a recognizable bitter edge without delivering a forceful hop profile. Here, the palate gives you enough to recognize the style, but not the hop-forward emphasis expected of it. The crisp texture is a strength, keeping the beer enjoyable even when the hop presence feels underplayed.

The finish is dry and lightly piney, carrying a familiar part of the aroma into the close. It is a fitting end to an IPA whose character is easier to identify than its intensity is to praise. This is a good choice for someone who wants a crisp, moderately bitter beer with classic West Coast flavors. For someone choosing the style specifically for its assertive hopping, the restraint is the limitation.