Cannonball
Magic Rock Brewing in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England 🏴
IPA - West Coast Regular|
Score
7.31
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Cannonball is an India Pale Ale in the true tradition, massively hopped to survive a long sea voyage.
Heavily inspired by West Coast IPAs; the orangey, pine and citrus hop profile complements a dry malty backbone, while a rasping bitterness builds to a mouth puckering crescendo. This hop bomb will blow you out of the water...
Heavily inspired by West Coast IPAs; the orangey, pine and citrus hop profile complements a dry malty backbone, while a rasping bitterness builds to a mouth puckering crescendo. This hop bomb will blow you out of the water...
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6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can from Tanakaya. Pours a slightly hazy golden blonde color with a finger of foam that dissipates quickly. Grass and faint citrus nose. Fairly malty on the palate, with a hint of tartness. Could be a little old or something seems off. Quite bitter and not much else.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Sep 2016
at 08:51
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
CAN 33 CL. Murky yellow with lots of floaties and a soapy white head. Big hoppy aroma - fresh oranges, orange peel with solid milky caramel malt base. The taste is just as hoppy, fresh and juicy, but the malts are there close behind from the start to finish. Big pithy and piney bitterness. Smooth mouthfeel, with the malts being just a little bit too sticky.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Sep 2016
at 12:52
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Keg tap at the Euston Tap. Dark gold, slightly hazy (at least in this light), very little head. Citrus in the aroma but there’s also a notable vegetal/PVC component. Tastes quite bitter, a hint of citrus sweetness but the bitterness wins out. Finish is fairly acrid with suggestions of watercress. Certainly drinkable but not Magic Rock’s best and from my experience I’m surprised at the high ratings.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Aug 2016
at 16:09
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from Rich182, thanks! Canned on June 12, 2016, drunk 8/5/16.
Large, foamy/rocky, off-white head tops a lightly hazy, golden-amber body. Retention is strong.
Oh ya. Juicy fruits galore, with deep cherry-ruby red grapefruit notes and strong citrus through the middle. Light earthiness and bready malts, but distracting little from the hops. With warming/breathing it just gets softer and juicier. The more aggressive citric/pine notes never leave but are kept in balance by the malts and tropical juice notes, and as well, they in turn keep the beer from getting too "sweet" or fruity. No alcohol noted, nor flaw.
Spicy citrus and dank notes open up the flavor with soft, well-attenuated malts providing light caramel and strong honey notes. These are easily dispersed by the strong bitterness. Citrus of all kinds adds juice, flavor and crisp bitterness. Tons of mango and pineapple in there as well. Not quite a juice bomb, and with more bitterness and malt character than New England IPAs, but a really nice hybrid. Never gets fatiguing (the resin) nor alcoholic and certainly very clean. Not to mention the beer was this good at 2 months old....Nice! Hope to try more from here!
Large, foamy/rocky, off-white head tops a lightly hazy, golden-amber body. Retention is strong.
Oh ya. Juicy fruits galore, with deep cherry-ruby red grapefruit notes and strong citrus through the middle. Light earthiness and bready malts, but distracting little from the hops. With warming/breathing it just gets softer and juicier. The more aggressive citric/pine notes never leave but are kept in balance by the malts and tropical juice notes, and as well, they in turn keep the beer from getting too "sweet" or fruity. No alcohol noted, nor flaw.
Spicy citrus and dank notes open up the flavor with soft, well-attenuated malts providing light caramel and strong honey notes. These are easily dispersed by the strong bitterness. Citrus of all kinds adds juice, flavor and crisp bitterness. Tons of mango and pineapple in there as well. Not quite a juice bomb, and with more bitterness and malt character than New England IPAs, but a really nice hybrid. Never gets fatiguing (the resin) nor alcoholic and certainly very clean. Not to mention the beer was this good at 2 months old....Nice! Hope to try more from here!
Tried
from Can
on 16 Aug 2016
at 15:45
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 10
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Hazy amber with little foam on top. Aroma is passion fruit, clove, grassy hops, very intense. Taste is sweet phenolic, some sourness and bitterness as well. Finish is pine cone and more sweetness. Pleasant fine bubbled mouthfeel. A little heavy. Overall quite nice.
Tried
on 18 Jul 2016
at 14:10
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tap at Zlý ?asy. Aromais cat piss, some old hops, piney and boozy. Taste is bittersweet, with a heavy residual sweetness. Bitter finish. Oily mouthfeel. Not bad, but is this really fresh? I am not sure, although it’s on tap...
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Jul 2016
at 07:13
7.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can. Nose is tropical hops, lime, pineapple, mango. Taste is tropical fruit juice, mango, sharp pine and a rich pineapple flavour, stone, a little peppery and spicey in the finish. Very cloudy. An excellent example of a modern IPA.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Jun 2016
at 17:28