London Calling
Reuben's Brews in Seattle, Washington, United States 🇺🇸
Pale Ale - Classic English Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.72
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Challenging expectations about a traditional style, London Calling fuses the past and present together in a beer that rings out with flavor. Starting with the familiar tune of British specialty malts, British East Kent Golding hops, and a British yeast strain, we then turn up the volume with a newer UK hop variety called Jester that adds notes of grapefruit, lychee, and blackcurrant.
Malts: Crystal 77L, Maris Otter, Munich
Hops: East Kent Goldings, Jester
Malts: Crystal 77L, Maris Otter, Munich
Hops: East Kent Goldings, Jester
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6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On tap at Reuben's, pours a clear copper with a small beige head. Aroma brings out subtle English hops and bready malt. Flavour is very English, with English hops, bready malt and crisp biscuity malt. Nicely balanced, with a good English hop character. Very good.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Feb 2023
at 16:45
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 6
Clear gold body with white head. Fruity hop aroma. Malt and hop in good measure in the taste. Crisp finish.
Tried
on 21 Feb 2023
at 23:14
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at Devil Craft. Nice. Grainy, light sweet maltiness. Nice. Maybe a touch unexciting.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Sep 2019
at 16:02
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
light Amber color. A bit boring. Lightly hopped. I wouldn’t say authentic at all.
Tried
on 15 Oct 2014
at 17:42
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Poured clean and coppery, sort of what I would expect a real bitter to look like. Aroma was there, malty and with a subtle hop kick. Taste also with a hint of herbal bitterness but mainly focusing on the power of the malts - while being quite easygoing and approachable. Tried to imagine if this beer reminds me England and true enough, visions of black cabs and double-deckers came to my mind. Maybe not too unique as a beer but not bad either.
Tried
on 14 Oct 2014
at 17:01