Imperial IPA
Guinness Open Gate Brewery London in Covent Garden, Greater London, England 🏴
IPA - Imperial / Double Rotating|
Score
6.88
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Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Not bad overall. Rich and malty, some oily pine, gooey malts, mellow bitterness. Semi-ripe citrus fruits. Nips of berries. Pretty decent overall.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Keg at Ldn Old Brewer's Yard. It pours clear amber with a thick, fluffy white head. The aroma is sweet, sticky, sappy, resinous, orange marmalade, green, damp grass and leafy. The aroma is firmly dry, bitter, raw, sappy, resinous, green, weedy, herbal, damp grass, boozey kick, leathery, tannin and warmth through the finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Old school, punchy and boozey. Not bad.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
1/3 pint, draught at the brewpub. A tiny white head over a clear amber-gold body, scattered lacing. Inviting aromas of herbal hops and mid-sweet malts. Fine balanced flavours of ripe fruits, bread-like malts, and a mild touch of caramel. Lingering bittersweet ending. Clean and rounded on the swallow. Well bodied. Good drinking. (Covent Garden, London 02.03.2026).