India Pale Ale (Bottle)
(Batch of India Pale Ale (6.1%))
Shepherd Neame in Faversham, Kent, England 🏴
IPA Regular|
Score
6.38
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A glorious showcase of the distinct, heavily hopped beers for which Shepherd Neame is famed, India Pale Ale delivers potent bitterness, offset with generous amounts of pale ale malt to deliver a balanced, yet uncompromising brew.
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7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Clear medium amber, white frothy head that disappears quite fast. Mild caramel, roasty, hint citrus, dough. Taste medium sweet and bitter, malty, fruity notes. Medium body, creamy texture, bittesweetr but not too dry finish, a well-balanced hoppy IPA with slightly more sweetness than the other IPAs I tasted.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Sep 2013
at 12:00
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Tesco’s. Poured a crystal clear medium copper colour with a thin white head. The aroma is of malt and caramel. The flavour is medium bitter with a malty, liqourice, creamy caramel palate. The bitterness lingers well into the finish. A super refreshing season beer. Don’t serve too cold.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Sep 2013
at 11:00
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
50cl bottle courtesy of and shared with JMGreenUK. Thin white head. Clear amber pour. Subtle bitterness
Tried
from Bottle
from
Asda Supermarket (Various locations)
on 12 Sep 2013
at 10:58
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled. An amber beer with a beige head. The aroma has notes of straw, malt, and caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, fruits, hops, and caramel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Sep 2013
at 12:24
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
500ml Bottle: BBD Jan 2014, poured into a UK pint sleeve on 27 Aug 2013. Really took to this brew. Looked fine, orange hue to it’s amber/gold body, on top a full and lasting head. Hoppy aroma, both spicy and fruity, with a mild malt ester in the nose also. The taste is hop bitter, but not dry, the malts rearing their heads to make this a fairly sweet IPA compared to most: the hops however do rule the taste. Nice body depth and the 6.1% ABV suited the beer well: overall a very pleasant beer and a lot better than I expected (some of Shepherd Neame’s bottled brews have been poor to say the least)
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Aug 2013
at 05:35
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Aroma a bit sweetish, probably coming from malts. A bit of hoppy citrus and some fruits are also noticeable. Beer looks light amber in a glass, small head disappears fast. Taste is bitter from the beginning, hops live and kicking. It still has a rather thin body for an IPA but I guess that this is quite typical for an IPA made in England. Bitter aftertaste lingers long in the mouth. Overall, its not bad at all - and I could even imagine this to be a session beer, something I normally would not expect from an IPA.
Tried
on 31 Jul 2013
at 12:48
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle @ home shared by Dutchdrebus. Clear rusty orange to amber color, small off - white head. Smell and taste malts, nicely bitter, nicely hopped. Average body and carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jul 2013
at 14:08
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle @ benzai. Clear orange colour with a small white head. Smells malty, hay.. Typical English. Tastes malty, hay, slightly hoppy. Medium body, soft carbo.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jul 2013
at 14:05
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500 ml bottle. Clear, dark golden body with a nice off-white head. Light aroma of grassy hops and caramel malt. Flavor has a nice balance between sweet malt and bitterness, there is also some caramel with flowers and grassy hops. Medium body and aftertaste with caramel and some bitterness. Balanced, refreshing and easy drinkable IPA in traditional British old school style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jul 2013
at 10:32
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Dark yellow colour. Moderate malty and hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Oily palate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jul 2013
at 08:39