COEDO India Pale Lager

Even though IPAs are usually not my thing, COEDO is still my favourite Japanese brewery and I was curious to see if I could find a difference between normal India Pale Ales and this India Pale Lager.

Like all of COEDO’s beers, this one does exactly what is says on the bottle, it’s exactly what you expect an IPA, or in this case IPL, to be: hoppy and bitter. First of all, it smells like putting your nose into a bag of fresh hops (which I found quite pleasant). The flavour is also super hops forward, since hops was basically all I could taste, but at least I got a somewhat interesting flavour development from fruity hops to just bitter hops with a very bitter aftertaste.

Even though this beer is a little too bitter for me personally, I can definitely see how people who like IPAs would enjoy this a lot. Since I'm also not an expert on IPAs, I couldn't really see what the 'lagering' did for the beer, but it's supposed to create a cleaner crisper finish compared to normal IPAs.