We wanted to show what could be done completely with southern hemisphere hops in a nice big double IPA, hence Elixir of Invincibility was born.
Nose of bananas and pineapple smuggled under a grass skirt, followed by a teaser of biscuit with a crashing wave of fruity hop bitterness and a 10 mile long finish. At least that’s what our tasting panel came up with after several bottles. But then, you can imaging anything after several bottles of a 7.3% beer.
We did make a film, with tenuous links to invincibility, dragons, and various fantasy nonsense. But no goblins. Very definitely no goblins. And the biscuits in the tasting notes are not hobwhatitsnames either.
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oh6gdx (51139) reviewed Elixir of Invincibility from Hardknott 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottled. Hazy golden colour, big white head. Aroma is citrus, hay, grass, some herbal tones. Flavour is grass, some hay and citrus. Ok, but also some unclean elements to it. harsh bittery finish.
Anders37 (30296) reviewed Elixir of Invincibility from Hardknott 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Pours a hazy golden color with a long-lasting white head. Has a fruity malty spicy citrus hoppy aroma with weak yeasty hints. Fruity malty spicy citrus hoppy flavor. Has a fruity malty spicy citrus hoppy finish with weak yeasty hints.
Ungstrup (52110) reviewed Elixir of Invincibility from Hardknott 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottled. A hazy golden beer with a huge yellowish head. The aroma has notes of lemons, straw, hops, and malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of lemons, hops, and malt, leading to a bitter finish.
yespr (55501) reviewed Elixir of Invincibility from Hardknott 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
33 cl bottle. Pours cloudy yellow with a huge white head. Aroma is citrusy and grapefruity. Smooth fruity, crisp hoppy.bitter and crisp hoppy finish.
Stuu (34525) reviewed Elixir of Invincibility from Hardknott 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle at home. Pours clear golden amber, nose is grapefruit, toffee, taste is dry, sweet, light fruit.
jamestulloch (9642) reviewed Elixir of Invincibility from Hardknott 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Rate 2,500. Hazy golden body with a medium white head. Low carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of grape, pine, melon and white wine. Flavour of mango, pineapple, honey and a boozy finish. Medium body with an oily mouthfeel. Light fizz. Fruity and hoppy, without quite coming together.
allmyvinyl (21071) reviewed Elixir of Invincibility from Hardknott 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
330ml bottle from Ales by Mail. Pours hazy golden with a thick white head. Strong pine and woody aromas. Taste has more pithy bitterness, but lots more wood and pine. Sticky texture, bitter finish. Not well rounded for me.
Martin Lindström (24380) ticked Elixir of Invincibility from Hardknott 10 years ago
Fin (18365) reviewed Elixir of Invincibility from Hardknott 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle courtesy of dad (cheers dad) consumed at home Friday 21st August 2015 Hazy gold with a filmy island strewn head, touch sticky. Wonderfully hoppy, nice tropical fruitiness, thick and oily mouthfeel, bitterness throughout. Really nice. A6 A4 T8 P4 Ov14 3.6
TBone (30139) reviewed Elixir of Invincibility from Hardknott 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle 330ml (AbM)
Deep golden color, good white head. Resiny, hop oily aroma with some grassy notes. Medium-bodied. Nice fruity flavor mixed with resin and pine. Long resiny aftertaste. Clean, robust IPA with good bitterness.