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San Diego Session IPA [Caledonian]
J D Wetherspoon in Watford, Hertfordshire, England 🏴
Collab with: Stone Brewing: Liberty StationBrewed at/by: Caledonian Brewery
IPA - Session Special Out of Production
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Score
6.03
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6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask, handpump The Penny Black, JDW Bicester, Saturday 7th December 2013 Pours gold with a slim white head. Touch of curly bitterness but there is a little butteryness around the edges. Fairly average bitter if truth be told, a little fruity tang, its ok but not a patch on the Celt beer we’ve also got here. A6 A4 T6 P4 Ov12 3.2
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Dec 2013
at 11:48
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the Catherine Wheel (JDW), Henley. Straw in colour with a thin white head; subdued tropical fruit aroma; thin to start with an indistinct tropical fruit flavour, then developing a thicker, grainy body; the finish is very dry with some lingering fruit. Overall a rather muddy and muddled attempt at translating the west coast IPA style.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Dec 2013
at 11:28
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the Standing order... Copper... Small off white head... Soft sweet toffee mskt.. Dull carmel toffee malts... Sof tastes of every other caley beer
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Nov 2013
at 09:53
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Cask at JDW Charlie Hall: golden amber pour with foamy off white head, hint of citrus in the aroma along with some malts, taste is malty with some honey a hint of citrus, embarrassingly average.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Nov 2013
at 05:29
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Hand-pulled pint in The Four Candles (a Spoons in Oxford) on 22 Nov 13: my first pint of the day (and certainly not my last). Poured an orange/gold with weak but full white head. The nose was slightly citrus with a hop undertone, not a lot going on though. The taste was crisp and sharp, hop lead with a malty middle and finish: couldn’t decide if it was supposed to be so ’un-hoppy’ for a beer with ’Stone’ as the brewer, even if only partly. I enjoyed it OK, but it was a strange brew and very unlike anything I’ve had from Caledonian or Stone before.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Nov 2013
at 09:23
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask @ Linen Hall JDW, Enniskillen [231113]
Golden, clear, thin white head
Aroma - very soft citrus some hay, light pale malts
Taste of soft dull citrus, soft sweet pale malts, dab of lemon and orange, no caley malt taste, just standard hopping found in any generic golden ale
Palate - Light body bit oily. Finish - same flavours but a bit of that Caley malt is detectable now
Overall - This is nothing like what a Stone beer usually us - far less hops....rated as a Caledonian beer it’s better than most of the beers they produce but overall rather average
Golden, clear, thin white head
Aroma - very soft citrus some hay, light pale malts
Taste of soft dull citrus, soft sweet pale malts, dab of lemon and orange, no caley malt taste, just standard hopping found in any generic golden ale
Palate - Light body bit oily. Finish - same flavours but a bit of that Caley malt is detectable now
Overall - This is nothing like what a Stone beer usually us - far less hops....rated as a Caledonian beer it’s better than most of the beers they produce but overall rather average
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Nov 2013
at 15:25