Once Bitten, Twice Shy
Donzoko Brewing in Ouseburn, Tyne & Wear, England 🏴
IPA - Red Winter|
Score
7.47
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This Red IPA is our festive ode to Sierra Nevada's Celebration Ale. Packed with rich candy-like flavours of sweet malt alongside top notes of grapefruit and pine.
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8.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Can from Against The Grain. Hazy amber body with a thick beige head. Low carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of raspberry and toffee. Flavour of fig, pine and caramel. Medium body with a smooth mouthfeel. Soft fizz. This is lovely - a clean and well balanced red IPA. An excellent tribute to Sierra Nevada’s Celebration Ale. I’d like to try them side by side. (Update - Three days after the first review, I did a side-by-side tasting. For me, both beers are equals. Celebration Ale is easy to drink and well rounded; Donzoko’s beer has greater bitterness.)
Tried
from Can
on 11 Jan 2026
at 20:08
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
440ml can. Clear amber with a beige head. Aroma of caramel, toffee, pine, citrus peel. Taste of sweet toffee and caramel malts, a touch nutty too, big piney hop presence, grapefruit, assertive bitter finish. medium bodied. Cracking red IPA.
Tried
from Can
from Hop Burns & Black
on 30 Dec 2025
at 21:45
