Swannay Brewery Banyan

Banyan

 

Swannay Brewery in Swannay, Orkney, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  IPA - Session New England / Hazy Regular
Score
6.59
ABV: 3.9% IBU: - Ticks: 25
Session IPA. Banyan is navy-speak for a holiday or a party, usually on a beach. Banyan is a beer for a Banyan. Unfiltered, unfined & unpasteurised - may pour hazy.

Malts: Golden Promise, Oats, Wheat
Hops: Citra, Simcoe, Mosaic
 

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8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Keg and can. Hazy golden body with a thin white head. Steady carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of grapefruit, tangerine and white bread. Flavour of lime, biscuit, peach and sweet lemon. Thin to medium body with an oily texture. Very fizzy. Swannay brew hoppy low-ABV beers really well.

Tried from Can on 26 Jul 2025 at 13:53


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask at the Peterborough Beer and Cider Festival 2024 with Grumbo and ITFCDan. Aroma is citrus, grassy, stone fruit, grapefruit floral notes. Decent body and light carbonation. Good.

Tried from Cask on 05 Jan 2025 at 14:54


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7

21/8/2024. Cask at the 45th Peterborough Beer Festival. Pours clear pale gold with a small bubbly white head. Aroma is tropical, orange, grass, hop, stone fruits. Moderate sweetness, medium bitterness. Moderate body, oily watery, soft carbonation. Nice drying bittersweet finish. Enjoyable.

Tried from Cask on 30 Aug 2024 at 09:03


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Canned. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is citrus, some herbs, lemongrass, mild toffee and some floral notes. Flavour is bready malts, some fruity, floral and mild grassy notes with some slight toffee.

Tried from Can on 10 Jan 2023 at 15:57


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Keg at MacGregors, Inverness, 09/10/21. Clear golden with a good sized white head. Nose is pale malts, citric sherbets, melon, lychee, grass. Taste comprises melon, perfume, grass, tangerine, light stoned fruit esters. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. OK sessioner.

Tried on 09 Oct 2021 at 21:13


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Tried on 09 Oct 2021 at 20:46


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Gulbrun klar med høyt beige skum. Lite lukt, noe grapefrukt og honning. Lett. Smaker middels bitter sitrusskall, grapefrukt og noe fersken og tørket frukt. Middels lang

Tried on 08 Jan 2019 at 15:56


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Swannay Banyan Session IPA 746412
Lukt: Citrus, honning. Utseende: Gulbrun. Skum/kullsyre: Hissig en, mye karbo i box, roet seg i glass, dekkende skum. Smak: Citrus, honning. Hvor: Kjøpt@Det Gode Brygg, Kvadrat, Nydt@Hjemme. Medium: Boks@330ml, ABV@3,9%, Når@15.07.2018.

Tried on 21 Jul 2018 at 13:34


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

0,33 boks delt med skibsrederen under båtpuss på Fridtjofen, juli-18: lett uklar lys gylden med ok skum. Pirrende duft av citroner, ananas og surblad. Friske fraspark i smaken, så dette er en vellykket pøse-ipa med lav voltstyrke. Frisk citrus i ettersmaken. Svært lettdrikkelig.

Tried on 04 Jul 2018 at 17:29


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Can shared with JMD on board Fridtjofen 04.07.18. Hazy straw colour. Fine taste of lemon juice, lime juice, sorrel and pilsner malt. Balanced and refreshing.

Tried from Can on 04 Jul 2018 at 17:24