Hackney Hopster (4.9%)
London Fields Brewery in Hackney, Greater London, England 🏴
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.62
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Cask at brewery open day. Clear golden/orange colour with no head. Aroma is citrus hop, touch of cat pee. Taste is a bit fruity, maybe a little touch of mango and naturally with some hoppy bitterness and a nice bitter finish. Quite refreshing. No carbonation.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask (backlog). Golden colour with a mediumsized white head. Aroma is quite a bunch of floral and grassy hops, with some mild sweetish malts to go with it. Flavour is quite similar, but also has some bitter grassy and berryish notes to it.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
25th May 2012
Cloudy amber beer, tidy off white head. Light palate, dry. A little soft malt, trace of caramel. Mild orange hops with a whisper of pine. Dry finish. Mild bitter linger. Okay but a bit dry and lacking hop fruit.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Cask at Bree Louise with Sarah. Pours a clear amber with a white head that dissipates slowly to the edges and laces. Aroma has a good amount of pine hop with a hint of grass backed by a note of biscuit. Flavor has a nice pine hop with a hint of resin and a grain backbone. Easy drinking.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Cask at the Sussex Arms, Twickenham Green - 13/10/12. Pale golden with a thin white head. Light tropical fruit nose, hops, sweet grapefruit and a little pine. Hop forward flavour profile, grapefruit, pine and a little peppery. Medium bodied with fine carbonation lending towards a bitter finish. Decent hoppy stuff!
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Cask gravity at Sebright Arms Hackney. Orange amber colour slight haze disappearing white head. Tropical fruit aroma. Yes quite hoppy bitterness on finish. Yes there is Nelson Sauvin on finish. Some earthynesd to the finish. Pretty tasty.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
(Cask at Southampton Arms, Kentish Town, London, 19 April 2012) Amber colour with frothy, off-white head. Fruity nose with orange, apricots and grainy malt. Malty, fruity taste with notes of grainy malt, orange, dried apricots and fresh hops in a finish with a decent bitterness. Medium body, with a certain sweetness. Nice one.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Gravity cask at Stourbridge beer festival, listed at 4.2%. Pours dark orange with a thin head. Aroma is grainy, banana and yeast. Taste was grainy to start, with a grainy, yeasty finish. A bit short.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle at The Queens Head, London. Pours clear, rich gold with a foamy, white head. A bit of lightly toasted malts in the nose, some straw. Light to medium sweet flavor, light tang to the malts, some wet hay. Light to medium bodied with fine carbonation. Bready malt finish, some leafy bitterness, dough, toast, faint citrus. Decent beer, though nothing special.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask at Egham USC, Surrey. A golden coloured pour with a small white head. Fruity, hoppy aroma. Tastes bitter, fruity, hoppy, some tropical fruit in there too. Not bad.