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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6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
500mL bottle, pours a deep dark amber with a small off-white head. Aroma of mild citrus hops, caramel and biscuity malt, some perfumey floral notes in there as well. Flavour is quite hoppy, with the perfumey floral hops, slight citrus hops, and a big caramel malt backing. Pretty heavy feel on the palate, with a medium complexity. Finishes floral and slightly fruity. The more I drink, the more annoying that perfume quality becomes... Good, but flawed.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jul 2012
at 20:34
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled. Reddish amber colour with a small foamy off-white head. Aroma is floral hops, some honey, mild grass and quite caramelly and toffeeish. Mild wooden and herbal notes as well. Flavour is quite caramel malty, toffeeish, mild crisp maltyness as well as some fruity and floral hops with a nice wooden and herbal note coming in as well. Wellbalanced and refreshing. Easy to drink and hides the 7 % abv well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jul 2012
at 22:33
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
50 cl. bottle. Clear, deep copper colour with a small off-white head. Aroma with lots of hops: Citrus and floral notes, also a solid impression of malts - lots of caramel malts, some honey, also a slightly toasted note. Taste is bitter, but with a significant impact from the malts. Medium body with a creamy texture, average carbonation. Long lasting bitter finish, with a lot of floral and citric hops, also a good amount of caramel malts, honey and a toasted note. This beer is not an explosion of floral hops as the outstanding HopWired IPA, however still an excellent beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jul 2012
at 11:12
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at Henrik. Has a hazy brown colour with a medium light beige head. Fruity hops in the aroma along with berries, red currants, raspberries, and peaches. More touch of forest in the mouth with berries, wild berries, wood, grass, hops, pine and alcohol. Medium bitterness, and a soft mouth feel. A nice balanced mixture of flavours in this ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 May 2012
at 01:36
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
50cl bottle shared with Joes. Hazy red color, small off-white colored head. Smell hops and citrus. Taste malts, hops, citrus, flowers and some bitter though not that much. Pretty nice. Medium carbonation, medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Feb 2012
at 13:40
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
(Bottle, 0.5 l - BBE Jul 12, 20120209) The beer poured quite red and hazy. Its head was medium sized and white. Aroma had hops, citricness, malts and mildly molasses. Palate was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were hops, fruitiness, pine, malts, mild roastedness and medium bitterness. Aftertaste was hoppy, malty and bitter. Very good combination of hoppiness and maltiness. Really good brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Feb 2012
at 06:15
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottled 500ml (Pikkulintu)
Deep amber-red color, small off-white head. Flowery, trefoil, sweetish, honeyish aroma. Medium-bodied. Caramel, flowery-fruity hoppyness. So it is sweetish, but not too much - balance is just right. Good brew. My first beer from Renaissance Brewing. Now would like to get more.
Deep amber-red color, small off-white head. Flowery, trefoil, sweetish, honeyish aroma. Medium-bodied. Caramel, flowery-fruity hoppyness. So it is sweetish, but not too much - balance is just right. Good brew. My first beer from Renaissance Brewing. Now would like to get more.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Feb 2012
at 06:23
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
500 ml bottle @ Patricks. Hazy, reddish body with a big off-white head. Aroma is refreshing citric fruity, pine and grass. Flavor is nice and fruity, bitter and some caramel malt. Medium body. Aroma is really nice on this one and a pleasant bitter aftertaste. Otherwise just really nice without really having anything special to offer. Sometimes that’s just good enough.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jan 2012
at 11:19