Banyan
Swannay Brewery in Swannay, Orkney, Scotland 🏴
IPA - Session New England / Hazy Regular|
Score
6.58
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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
Malts: Golden Promise, Oats, Wheat
Hops: Citra, Simcoe, Mosaic
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6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Keg on Shetland Ferry - slightly foggy yellow body with no head. Gentle citrus and unripe tropical fruit, not much going on really.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Jan 2026
at 18:09
6.5/10
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Jan 2026
at 15:04
8.1/10
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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
6.8/10
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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
7/10
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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
6.4/10
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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
6.6/10
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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
6/10
Tried
on 09 Oct 2021
at 20:46
5.6/10
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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
6.8/10
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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.
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