Astral Fresh Keg IPA Batch #6 - European Challenger
Omnipollo in Sundbyberg, Stockholm, Sweden 🇸🇪
Brewed at/by: De ProefbrouwerijIPA Regular Out of Production
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Score
6.30
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The aim of the Astral fresh keg IPA project is to find the best hops from each harvest, brew a beer with it, and serve it as soon as we possibly can.
Batch 1: Merkur, 6.7 % by vol.
Batch 2: Amarillo/Simcoe, 9.8 % by vol.
Batch 3: Nelson Sauvin/Galaxy, 6 % by vol.
Batch 4: Polaris 4.5 % by vol.
Batch 5: Citra/Nelson Sauvin 6.9 % by vol.
Batch 6: European Challenger 6.9 % by vol.
Batch 1: Merkur, 6.7 % by vol.
Batch 2: Amarillo/Simcoe, 9.8 % by vol.
Batch 3: Nelson Sauvin/Galaxy, 6 % by vol.
Batch 4: Polaris 4.5 % by vol.
Batch 5: Citra/Nelson Sauvin 6.9 % by vol.
Batch 6: European Challenger 6.9 % by vol.
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6/10
Tried
on 08 Sep 2021
at 10:16
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
How: Draught.
Where: Omnipollos hatt, Stockholm.
Appearance: Golden colour with a white head.
Aroma: Malt, caramel, vanilla, pine, citrus, pineapple.
Body: Medium body and carbonation.
Flavour: Caramel, citrus, hops, oranges, malt.
Where: Omnipollos hatt, Stockholm.
Appearance: Golden colour with a white head.
Aroma: Malt, caramel, vanilla, pine, citrus, pineapple.
Body: Medium body and carbonation.
Flavour: Caramel, citrus, hops, oranges, malt.
Tried
on 22 May 2016
at 04:29
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4
Keg at Saliga Munken, Norrköping. Cloudy golden, small head. Aroma of peach juice. Very sweet with medium body and clean, somewhat rounded mouthfeel, low carbonation. Sugar and peach juice, notes of caramel. Fairly low bitterness. Imperial peach radler?
Tried
on 20 Apr 2016
at 12:03
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Tap at Bishops Folkungagatan. Pours slightly hazy yellow with white head. Bready aroma with grass and light citrus. Bland grassy taste with dough, hay and herbs. Pretty watery. By far my least favorite of the series so far.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Mar 2016
at 14:51
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Keg @ The Rover. Pours tiny hazy pale golden with a small frothy white head that leaves some soapy trace on the glass. Smell is dank, slightly fruity and slightly grassy with white bread, grapefruit juice, mango, star fruit, freshly cut grass, pine needles, weed and lemon zest. Taste is sweet, tiny bitter, tiny malty and fruity. Mouthfeel is soft, round, very tiny watery and medium bodied. Finish is slightly sweet and tiny bitter with plenty of fresh white bread / cereal malts and wine gum fruits. Love the dank nose but the taste falls short. Hops are there but this variety doesn’t seem to leave that much of an impression in the mouth. --- Beer merged from original tick of Astral Batch #6 - European Challenger on 29 Feb 2016 at 18:19 - Score: 7. Original review text: Very dank, fruity and grassy in the nose but the taste falls kinda short with mostly fresh white bread, cereal and wine gum fruits.
Tried
on 29 Feb 2016
at 11:23
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft @ Bishops Arms Gustav, Malmö. Pours a slightly hazy pale yellow golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity grassy hoppy aroma. Fruity malty grassy hoppy flavor. Has a fruity malty grassy citrus hoppy finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Feb 2016
at 03:46
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
(On tap @ VilleValla Pub, Linköping, Feb 26 2016) Pours hazy yellow gold with a small, disappearing white head. Aroma is bread and sweet pale malts, some light citrus, floral, melon and white wine notes. Flavour is light to medium sweet malts with biscuit and bread, hops lend flowers, light citrus peel, white wine, honeydew melon, fresh grass. Finish very light bitterness and some bread with grain touches. Light to medium bodied, average carb. Extremely mild, retreating sort of flavours, very little hop content. Like a boring English bitter. Disappointing.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Feb 2016
at 13:04
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught at BrewDog Kungsholmen. Almost clear light golden liquid with medium white head. Aroma of citrus, red berries, light earth, pineapple, tangerine and rosebuds. Taste is very light sweet and light bitter with notes of tangerine, rosebuds, red berries, citrus and bread. Medium bodied with medium carbonation. Very mild. Not very bitter, not very hoppy. Not what I expected. My least favorite Astral to this date.
Tried
on 19 Feb 2016
at 14:16
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draught at Pressklubben. Pours golden with a white head. Highly drinkable brew, some grass, floral notes and zest. A little too light for the abv.
Tried
on 19 Feb 2016
at 11:30