Block Drift
Polly's Brew Co. in Mold, Flintshire, Wales 🏴
IPA - New England / Hazy Regular|
Score
6.99
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We’ve said it before, but there really is something about a Polly’s IPA that clocks in at 6.1%. Ever since those early days when we created that insane first Citra Simcoe IPA as Loka Polly, all the way through to today, we’ve lost count of how many staff favourites clock in at this ABV and there can’t be a coincidence in it. With Block Drift, we went all in with the brief and decided to go with one thing and one thing alone – the absolute freshest, hype-forward hops we could possibly pack into a beer in one go. Bags and bags of Luminosa, Strata and Nelson Sauvin are jam-packed into this IPA and it tells in the finished product – positively dripping with a metric tonne of peach-mango lemonade, candied oranges, papaya, strawberry, crushed gooseberries and just a hint of dank cannabis smoke.
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7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
4th July 2026
Can. A mild to medium haze on this orange gold beer, small pale cream colour head. Airy palate, reasonable fine carbonation. Soft pale malts, a soft creamy sweetness. The hop combo, as delivered here, is quite left field. A little soft pine segues into overripe Strawberry and a whisper of Strawberry candy. Soft and mildly overripe lemon underneath. Soft and yes, slightly ripe grape on the mildly dry finish. Yeah, quite different to any IPA I can recall. Possibly the way Luminosa and Strata have been used. Very interesting and pretty tasty.
Can. A mild to medium haze on this orange gold beer, small pale cream colour head. Airy palate, reasonable fine carbonation. Soft pale malts, a soft creamy sweetness. The hop combo, as delivered here, is quite left field. A little soft pine segues into overripe Strawberry and a whisper of Strawberry candy. Soft and mildly overripe lemon underneath. Soft and yes, slightly ripe grape on the mildly dry finish. Yeah, quite different to any IPA I can recall. Possibly the way Luminosa and Strata have been used. Very interesting and pretty tasty.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Jul 2026
at 09:28