Pilot India India

India India

 

Pilot in Leith, Midlothian, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  IPA - Imperial / Double Regular
Score
7.14
ABV: 8.5% IBU: - Ticks: 15
With their latest brew, Pilot used ingredients including jaggery sugar and fenugreek, putting the India back into IPA and making an educated nod to the history of this style.

The aroma is warm spice and tropical fruit, and these carry through to the taste, which is surprisingly sweet, delicate and welcoming, with washes of passion fruit, liquorice and toffee, before suddenly moving to a medium dry bitterness that lasts and lasts.
 

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7.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle thanks to Niall / Leighton. It pours cloudy orange with a decent white head. The nose sticky, orange, marmalade, lemon poppy seed muffin, sherbet, juicy, apricot jam and peach. The taste is bitter-sweet, juicy, earth, peach, apricot, jammy, wood, booze, muffin, pine, resin and straw with a dry, warming finish. Medium+ body and fine, prickly carbonation. Punchy stuff. Hefty, but nice.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Jan 2015 at 13:54

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle from the Beer Hive. Pours hazy orange, thin white head. Aromas of pine, citrus and anise. Taste is light bitter, some faint sweetness at the back, orange, more light spice. Creamy texture, bitter finish. Good.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Dec 2014 at 02:18

8.2/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle from Cornelius. Hazy orange body with a medium white head that holds well. Steady carbonation. Great lacing. Aroma of mango, honey, orange and earth. Flavour of creamy malt, boozy apricot and a light peppery finish. Good bitterness. Medium body with an oily mouthfeel. Soft fizz. A lovely beer - not as hop dominated as other DIPAs, but it’s well rounded and very drinkable for the strength.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Dec 2014 at 17:56

7.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Keg at the Vintage. Pours hazy amber orange, nose is sweet citrus, burnt toffee, taste is dry, bitter, light smoke, juicy orange.
Tried on 30 Nov 2014 at 02:21

7.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 9
8.5abv keg at the vintage... Murky as hell... Amber orange... Thin white lacing... Soft sweet floral fruit.. Light pine and passion fruit nose.. Soft sweet juicy fruits front.. Very tropical... Light bitter herbal fruit linger
Tried on 28 Nov 2014 at 10:29