Tall Poppy India Red Ale
8 Wired Brewing in Warkworth, Auckland, New Zealand 🇳🇿
IPA - Red Regular|
Score
7.25
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This is an ale that is not afraid of standing tall among other great beers. The intense, sharp and fruity hoppiness is backed by its complex, caramel-like malty structure. Big, yet refreshing. Bold but balanced. This beer has been designed to have it all, to be the greatest common denominator.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
500ml bottle from Ales by Mail
Batch 73, BBE Mar/14 - Pours dark reddish brown color with a large foamy head. Aroma of toffee, caramel malts, hints of lemon and grassy hops. Taste is quite malty and heavy on caramel and toffee notes. Hints of hops and ripe fruits. Finish is hoppy and bitter with some ripe fruitness and malty caramel notes. Okay, quite malty and caramely amber ale. Feels like this is missing something (probably not a very fresh bottle?).
Batch 73, BBE Mar/14 - Pours dark reddish brown color with a large foamy head. Aroma of toffee, caramel malts, hints of lemon and grassy hops. Taste is quite malty and heavy on caramel and toffee notes. Hints of hops and ripe fruits. Finish is hoppy and bitter with some ripe fruitness and malty caramel notes. Okay, quite malty and caramely amber ale. Feels like this is missing something (probably not a very fresh bottle?).
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Dec 2012
at 09:20
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle - Sweet fruit and floral hops. Cloudy amber with a nice rich head. Very mild bitterness and a fruity sweetness. Cherries and hops, very unusual but it works. I would not mind drinking this again.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Dec 2012
at 22:09
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle from bottle-shop.co.uk
Orange and grapefruit right out of the bottle. Massive orangeish head. Aroma is grapefruit, citrus fruits, earthy/grassy notes, hops all the way, fresh and tempting. Orange peel appears later. Colour is hazy deep amber-brown. The taste is initially caramel malty. Citrus fruits, grapefruit, exotic fruits. The hops profile is very balanced, this beer is TASTY. Smooth and not at all agressive. Foamy. Finish is long, hoppy, dry. Extremely drinkable.
Orange and grapefruit right out of the bottle. Massive orangeish head. Aroma is grapefruit, citrus fruits, earthy/grassy notes, hops all the way, fresh and tempting. Orange peel appears later. Colour is hazy deep amber-brown. The taste is initially caramel malty. Citrus fruits, grapefruit, exotic fruits. The hops profile is very balanced, this beer is TASTY. Smooth and not at all agressive. Foamy. Finish is long, hoppy, dry. Extremely drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Dec 2012
at 12:43
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
500ml bottle. Minimally cloudy reddish amber colour with huge, frothy, lasting, lacing, off-white head. Caramel malty aroma with a nuttily touch, hoppy overtones with notes of mustard and horseradish. Taste is caramel malty with slightly citrusy hoppy overtones, fruity notes of orange, grapefruit, bitter orange.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Nov 2012
at 17:18
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
50cl bottle from Geers, BB 03/2014. Cuivrée, col épais crémeux, blanc cassé. Arôme est fleuri, senteur houblonnée, malt caramel, léger citronné avec ajout possible de houblon zélandais allant vers un raisin blanc, citronné. Côté malt reste sur un simple pâle, caramel. Palais est houblonné et malté, sec et grillé assez poudreux avec un profile de fin de bouche citronné/agrumes frais sur pamplemousse et ce côté thé vert presque orangé. Malt reste en retrait ajoutant un léger caramel. Amertume reste brève mais contribue en grande partie au profile de la bière, surtout au niveau citronné.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Oct 2012
at 06:37
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap at the Cask, Pimlico - 22/10/12. Lightly hazed russet brown with red tinges and a thin off white head. Sweet caramel malt nose, pine, a little spice, apple and a hint of booze. Taste follows nose. Medium bodied with soft carbonation leading to a bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Oct 2012
at 11:38
7.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500 ml bottle. Pours a dark reddish brown with large retentive head. Aromas of malts and caramel, with notes of citrus, light pine, and dark fruit. Very similar though more pronounced flavors, especially on the hops. Nice, though catching a bit of a funny resin taste and definite acidity on the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Oct 2012
at 16:42
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as 8 Wired Tall Poppy India Red Ale (by 8 Wired Brewing):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.9/5
28/VIII/2012 50cl bottle from Geers (Oostakker) @ home - BB: n/a (2012-977)
Clear red to purple beer, big frothy off-white head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: sweet malts, honey, lots of ripe fruits, bit soapy, some exotic fruits, caramel. MF: ok carbon, medium body. taste: very fruity, malty, sweet ripe fruits, some honey, bit floral, is it Nelson Sauvin in this one? bitter touch, some grapefruit. Aftertaste: very fruity, sweet malts, little soapy, nice bitter touch, bit grassy, fruity ending, pretty bitter.
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.9/5
28/VIII/2012 50cl bottle from Geers (Oostakker) @ home - BB: n/a (2012-977)
Clear red to purple beer, big frothy off-white head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: sweet malts, honey, lots of ripe fruits, bit soapy, some exotic fruits, caramel. MF: ok carbon, medium body. taste: very fruity, malty, sweet ripe fruits, some honey, bit floral, is it Nelson Sauvin in this one? bitter touch, some grapefruit. Aftertaste: very fruity, sweet malts, little soapy, nice bitter touch, bit grassy, fruity ending, pretty bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Aug 2012
at 10:05
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Huge, coffeecream-coloured head over (cold)hazed ruby-amber beer. Mix of cakey, caramelly malts and fragrant, fruity C-hops. Serious bitterness, ultimately hoppy, but with an equally serious malty, nearly syrupy underbuild. The sweetness of this, however, doesn’t stand a chance. Orangepeel, orangemarmalade-filled cake, resiny as well. Well-carbonated, rather full bodied, very slick to viscous. Bitterness makes it refreshing. Very accomplished brew, but nothing really new. Amber ale? Whatever. A USA brewer would have called this black IPA...
Tried
on 15 Aug 2012
at 06:35