Tropical
J D Wetherspoon in Watford, Hertfordshire, England 🏴
Collab with: BodebrownBrewed at/by: Hook Norton Brewery
IPA - Session Special
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Score
6.39
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This straw-coloured session IPA has aromas of passion fruit, mango and peach, leading to balanced fruit and hop flavours, resulting in a crisp, refreshing character.
Brewed by Samuel and Paulo Cavalcanti at Hook Norton Brewery, Oxfordshire.
Hops: Galaxy, Magnum, Mosaic
Brewed by Samuel and Paulo Cavalcanti at Hook Norton Brewery, Oxfordshire.
Hops: Galaxy, Magnum, Mosaic
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Cask at The Parchment Makers, Havant. Poors quite hazy and gradually becomes a clear copper gold. Foamy white head. Aroma has soft fruit with a sour edge. Flavourwise it's quite tart and sour. Gains a woody bitterness and spice. Underlying low key malts and soda water. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Soft-flat carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent finish. Passable.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Parchment Makers (JDW)
on 26 Mar 2026
at 15:52
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 5
Overall 5.5
From the cask at JDW Mossy Well. Creamy white head and a clear straw colour. Light aroma of sweet malts and a hint of tropical fruit. Taste is very light with notes of white peach and hay. Very light bitterness. Extremely light mouthfeel. It might be better suited to a tropical climate. It tasted very insipid and very slightly sour in Muswell Hill, which is most definitely not tropical right now.
Tried
from Cask
at
Mossy Well (JDW)
on 20 Mar 2026
at 17:50
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Cask at the moon under water Watford Jdw. A clear pale gold coloured pour with a fine creamy white head. Aroma is semi sweet, nice floral hop, midget gems, pear drops. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, light grains, hay, green berries, pear drops, light citrus bite. Palate is semi sweet, grains, decent cask condition. Not bad.
Tried
on 15 Mar 2026
at 17:45
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Tried
from Cask
at
Admiral Of The Humber (JDW)
on 13 Mar 2026
at 23:14
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6
Sample on cask at the gate house jdw
Medium creamy white head. Clear pale golden pour. Light bitterness
Medium creamy white head. Clear pale golden pour. Light bitterness
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from Cask
at
The Gate House (JDW)
on 13 Mar 2026
at 17:25
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 5.5
Texture 5
Overall 5.5
[Cask at the Old Manor (JDW), Bracknell.] A pale amber pour with a loose white head; weak tropical fruit aroma; watery tropical fruit squash taste; and a light grassy bitterness. Not unpleasant, but lacking taste and body.
Tried
from Cask
at
Old Manor
on 12 Mar 2026
at 11:03
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Clear pale gold with a small frothy white head and a mellow tropical fruit aroma. Light bodied, cereal malt with tropical fruit notes, citrus bitterness and a dry finish.
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from Cask
at
Montgomery's Tower
on 11 Mar 2026
at 16:25
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask up the White Lady. Pours clear golden with a thin white head. Aromas of mango and passionfruit. Taste is generic tropical fruit. Light sweet finish. A bit thin.
Tried
on 10 Mar 2026
at 19:46
5.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 5
Overall 6
Hand pulled half pint in my local Spoons on Tuesday 10th March 2026. Pale golden pour, bright and clean, on top a white crown. Weak fruity hops in this, the beer with the least ABV in the festival. Not my favourite.
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from Cask
at
William Withering
on 10 Mar 2026
at 13:15
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
8/3/2026. Cask at wetherspoon’s beer festival. At the Cricketers, Ipswich. Very light tropical refresher.
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from Cask
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Cricketers (JDW)
on 08 Mar 2026
at 12:19