Double Destination
Elusive Brewing in Finchampstead, Berkshire, England 🏴
Collab with: Burning Sky Brewery / The Kernel BreweryIPA - Imperial / Double Regular
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Score
7.51
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Brewed in collaboration with our friends Burning Sky, The Kernel Brewery and Phil Lowry, this American-style Double IPA uses a mix of classic Yakima valley hop varieties along with experimental variety HBC522 to deliver notes of orange citrus, pine resin and grapefruit in a bright and bitter package.
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8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
13th May 2026
Can. A mild haze on this gold beer, small bubbly pale cream head. Light palate, mildly dry, good fine minerally carbonation. Slightly thin malts, a whisper of natural grain and a mild sweetness which, suits this West Coast affair just fine. HBC522, the perennial bridesmaid, well she is screaming for vengeance here. Some Centennial like citrus punch along with Alora yuzu and Earl Grey. On the back end, mildly candy stone fruits and tropical fruits. A light and semi dry finish leaves a mild hop spicy and mild bitter linger. Well then. Been quaffing HBC522 for a decade at least, on the strength of this brew, it should be commercialised, at long last and, preferably without some naff name. Crisp, bags of hop punch and depth and, a soda water drinkability.
Can. A mild haze on this gold beer, small bubbly pale cream head. Light palate, mildly dry, good fine minerally carbonation. Slightly thin malts, a whisper of natural grain and a mild sweetness which, suits this West Coast affair just fine. HBC522, the perennial bridesmaid, well she is screaming for vengeance here. Some Centennial like citrus punch along with Alora yuzu and Earl Grey. On the back end, mildly candy stone fruits and tropical fruits. A light and semi dry finish leaves a mild hop spicy and mild bitter linger. Well then. Been quaffing HBC522 for a decade at least, on the strength of this brew, it should be commercialised, at long last and, preferably without some naff name. Crisp, bags of hop punch and depth and, a soda water drinkability.
Tried
from Can
on 13 May 2026
at 18:10
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can’t home, 22nd January 2026. Pours clear and golden. Aroma has plenty of pine and citrus. Taste is resinous, citrus, I can get the Kernel influence here, bitter - great collab
Tried
from Can
on 24 Jan 2026
at 11:02
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
440ml can. Clear golden with a white head. Aroma of orange and grapefruit, piney resin. Taste of orange, grapefruit, resinous, piney, caramel, loads of sticky marmalade, assertive bitterness. Medium bodied.
Very solid collab, though I reckon the original IPA was better than this DIPA.
Very solid collab, though I reckon the original IPA was better than this DIPA.
Tried
from Can
from The Fuss Club
on 10 Jan 2026
at 23:50
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 9
Super well balanced, juicy and a little dank, lovely notes of plump citrus, piney accents, some soft rindy bitterness, supportive pale bread. Dangerously drinkable. Big fan here.
Tried
from Can
at
The Kernel Taproom (Spa Road)
on 26 Dec 2025
at 22:47
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Keg at The Kernel. Opaque copper gold. Thing foamy white head primarily sticks to the rim. Aroma is funky with resin and bitter citrus. Flavourwise we have bitter resin with a juicy citrus edge. Spice. Underlying malts. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Soft carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent finish. Easy going DIPA but a tad restrained.
Tried
from Draft
at
The Kernel Taproom (Spa Road)
on 12 Dec 2025
at 12:58
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at Mother Arch iii, 10/12/2025.
Almost clear golden orange topped with an off white cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is bitter orange, grass, dank chimes, citric tinged straw.
Taste comprises bitter orange, caramel, pine needle, grass, ripe melon.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spiked with juicy come grassy hop bitterness.
Tidy enough DIPA but was expectant of something nearer to an 8 score.
Almost clear golden orange topped with an off white cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is bitter orange, grass, dank chimes, citric tinged straw.
Taste comprises bitter orange, caramel, pine needle, grass, ripe melon.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spiked with juicy come grassy hop bitterness.
Tidy enough DIPA but was expectant of something nearer to an 8 score.
Tried
on 10 Dec 2025
at 00:00