Rancho Cowabunga

Rancho Cowabunga is a West Coast pilsner from Grains of Wrath Brewing of Camas, Washington.

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Brewery Description

No brewery description of the beer was found.

Tasting Notes

Flavors and aromas of ripe mango, tangerine, candied pineapple and pine resin.

Source: gowbeer.com

Ingredients

The brewery page names light pilsner malt and new world hops, without hop varieties (Grains of Wrath).

Hop Profile

Not Found

Brewing Details

Style Context

The Brewers Association guidelines page read for this run lists no style named Hoppy Lager. As loose category context only, its nearest hop forward lager style, American-Style India Pale Lager, calls for high hop aroma and flavor at 5.6 to 7.9 percent ABV and 50 to 70 IBU; the GABF category may be defined differently. The published strength falls within that loose comparison, but it does not establish equivalence between the two categories.

Awards History

Generated from the loaded results for this brewery and beer name, not researched separately; years not loaded are not covered.

Brewery Context

Grains of Wrath Brewing is in Camas, WA. Brewery type in Open Brewery DB: Brewpub.

Links checked 2026-10-14: Website.

Related

• Brewery: Grains of Wrath Brewing

Links

• Grains of Wrath: Rancho Cowabunga
• Grains of Wrath Brewing
• Untappd (hand-read citation): Grains of Wrath beer list
• Brewers Association: beer style guidelines
• Belmont Station: Grains of Wrath event
• TapHunter: Grains of Wrath beers

Gaps

• Not Found: IBU. Checked gowbeer.com, grainsofwrath.com, untappd.com, belmont-station.com, taphunter.com, web searches recorded in the research notes, Catalog.beer search by beer and brewery name.
• Not Found: Color (SRM), Original gravity, Final gravity, Hops, Hop form, Hop use, Hop lot or farm, Yeast, Adjuncts, Water, Process. Checked gowbeer.com, grainsofwrath.com, untappd.com, belmont-station.com, taphunter.com, web searches recorded in the research notes.

Research Notes

• Field pass 2026-10-13: A dedicated brewery page was found at gowbeer.com and is used as beer url. Its description explicitly calls Rancho Cowabunga a West Coast Pilsner, while its STYLE field says Tropical Pale. It names only new world hops, without varieties, and gives no IBU. The separate Untappd pale ale listing is not used for lager recipe details.
• First pass: The brewery site returned no readable content (likely script rendered), including its /beer and /beers paths.
• First pass: The visible part of the Grains of Wrath Untappd beer list (27 of 283 beers) did not include Rancho Cowabunga.
• First pass: Web search was unavailable for most of this run, so retailer, taproom menu and press sources could not be located.
• First pass: Researched 2026-10-13.
• Second pass 2026-10-13: TapHunter explicitly lists a Rancho Cowabunga Wc Pils, supporting the selected lager strength; Belmont Station also names Rancho Cowabunga as a West Coast pilsner. TapHunter separately lists a same-name American Pale Ale, so no ale recipe details are transferred.
• Pass 2026-10-14: the brewery page says the beer is "brewed with light pilsner malt and new world hops"; pilsner malt is recorded, the hops stay unnamed.
• Deep dive pass 2026-10-14: the brewery page's description and flavor line are recorded; hop varieties are not named.