Hop & Roll Vicious IPA
J D Wetherspoon in Watford, Hertfordshire, England 🏴
Collab with: AlmogàverBrewed at/by: Elgood's Brewery
IPA - West Coast Special
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Score
6.84
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This straw-coloured beer has aromas of white fruit and blueberries, leading to intense flavours of tangerine and papaya and a refreshing, dry, bitter finish.
Brewed by Jordi Llebaría at Elgood’s Brewery, Cambridgeshire.
Hops: Cascade, Chinook, Huell Melon, Mosaic
Brewed by Jordi Llebaría at Elgood’s Brewery, Cambridgeshire.
Hops: Cascade, Chinook, Huell Melon, Mosaic
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6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Slightly miusty gold with a frothy white head and a minimal fruit malt aroma. Fresh and fruity up front with slightly tart hop bitterness and a dry bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
at
Shrewsbury Hotel
on 20 Mar 2026
at 09:40
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the moon under water Watford Jdw. A clear mid gold coloured pour with a creamy white head. Aroma is semi sweet, lemon, sweets, creamy malts, orange rind, midget gems, bitter citrus. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, nutty malts, hop oils, resin, lemon rind, pine,. Firm bitterness. Palate is semi sweet z rounded, creamy, good cask condition. Decent drop.
Tried
on 15 Mar 2026
at 17:37
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Drinkable enough. Has a firm bitterness to it, especially in the aftertaste. A little more than the beer can manage, I would say. Adequate pale malts. A scattering of citrus peel and pine needles. This one grows a bit. But overall, it’s just OK.
Tried
from Cask
at
Moon Under Water (JDW)
on 14 Mar 2026
at 11:19
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Tried
from Cask
at
Admiral Of The Humber (JDW)
on 13 Mar 2026
at 22:29
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
12/3/2026. Cask at wetherspoon’s beer festival. At the Crosse Keys, Gracechurch Street, London.
Tried
from Cask
at
Crosse Keys (JDW)
on 12 Mar 2026
at 16:46
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
[Cask at the Old Manor (JDW), Bracknell.] An amber pour with a close white head; fruity aroma; quite oily in the mouth with a taste of peach and nectarine, and a smooth grainy body; then a lingering bitter finish. Very pleasant.
Tried
from Cask
at
Old Manor
on 12 Mar 2026
at 11:10
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Half a pint in the Thomas Botfield, Telford Town Centre on Sunday 8th March 2026. Very pale, but bright golden body, white crown that hung around. Fruity and thirst quenching, nice blend of hops, but a few more might have helped it's depth of flavour. I did enjoy it though.
Tried
from Cask
at
Thomas Botfield
on 08 Mar 2026
at 13:45
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask handpull at Captain Flinders JDW Euston. Clear old gold colour lasting off white head. Some toffee flavour. Some dryness on the finish. Mostly a toffee caramel beer with some hops appearing at the end. Some bitterness on the finish. Needs more hops to be a west coast ipa.
Tried
from Cask
at
Captain Flinders
on 07 Mar 2026
at 11:12
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Viscious! It hit me like a flower. I drank three in an hour. Oh babe, you're so viscous.
Cask up the White (haired?) Lady.
Cask up the White (haired?) Lady.
Tried
on 06 Mar 2026
at 10:11
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Wetherspoon Spring Beer Festival 2026, Beer#2. Paler clear golden coloured fest ale with plenty of body. This is quite a bittered IPA in both aroma and taste despite the plethora of fruity hops, with their influence underlying.
Tried
from Cask
at
Regal Moon (JDW)
on 05 Mar 2026
at 18:15