Madness (2012-2020)
Wild Beer Co in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England 🏴
IPA - West Coast Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.23
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NOTE:- a new version of this beer was released in December 2020 and is called Madness IPA 2021. If you are drinking this beer post Dec 2020 it's more than likely the new version. Check the can for the 2021 reference.
Hops + hops + hops!
Our version of the 'West Coast' IPA - the beer that sparked a revolution
When Brett arrived from California he couldn’t believe there weren’t any of his beloved ‘West Coast’ IPAs readily available in the UK. This beer is his version of the style that sparked the craft beer revolution in the US.
Among the orchards and pastures of the green and pleasant Somerset countryside you’ll find our unusual brewery. Our neighbours at Westcombe Dairy make one of the finest Cheddars in the world and Madness balances its intensity and flavours perfectly.
Our Madness IPA uses four classic American hops renowned for their citrus and resinous characteristics. Amarillo, Citra, Centennial and Columbus – used somewhat liberally in late hop and dry hop additions – make this beer what it is. We use a very simple malt bill, and a yeast with a very low flavour impact so that the hops can really shine.
Open the bottle to a tropical punchbowl of aromas, as this beer is all about the hops. There are masses and masses of late hops and dry hops to maximise the beautiful flavours and aromas, so you can experience wave after wave of tropical and citrus fruits.
Hops + hops + hops!
Our version of the 'West Coast' IPA - the beer that sparked a revolution
When Brett arrived from California he couldn’t believe there weren’t any of his beloved ‘West Coast’ IPAs readily available in the UK. This beer is his version of the style that sparked the craft beer revolution in the US.
Among the orchards and pastures of the green and pleasant Somerset countryside you’ll find our unusual brewery. Our neighbours at Westcombe Dairy make one of the finest Cheddars in the world and Madness balances its intensity and flavours perfectly.
Our Madness IPA uses four classic American hops renowned for their citrus and resinous characteristics. Amarillo, Citra, Centennial and Columbus – used somewhat liberally in late hop and dry hop additions – make this beer what it is. We use a very simple malt bill, and a yeast with a very low flavour impact so that the hops can really shine.
Open the bottle to a tropical punchbowl of aromas, as this beer is all about the hops. There are masses and masses of late hops and dry hops to maximise the beautiful flavours and aromas, so you can experience wave after wave of tropical and citrus fruits.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Hazy pale yellow appearance. Aroma has some tropical fruits. The flavour too with some sweet banana in the background. Strong bitter and dry finish.
Tried
on 10 Jun 2014
at 10:44
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle at home, from ABM, 05/06/14. Lightly hazed golden orange with a well appointed just off white head. Nose is juicy hops, orange pith, mango, grapefruit, mandarin. Taste comprises mango, orange pith, citric peel, soft bread dough, pale and toasted malt notes. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, juicy hop ring in the close. A most decent IPA from ZomerZet - who’d have thought it 5 or so years back?!?
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jun 2014
at 12:35
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
0,33L bottle. Pours hazy orange-amber with white head. The head stays. Aroma is weak fruits, caramel and malt. Taste is fruits, berries, grapefruit, pine, and malt. Finish is intense grapefruit and dry bitter. Overall: nice IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 May 2014
at 13:29
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
330ml bottle from the Grumpy Goat, Reading. Hazy golden, colour, moderate off-white head. Aroma is strong pine, and grapefruit. Nice lacing. And taste of grapefruit, citrus, and a hop finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 May 2014
at 13:26
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle at home, 26th March 14, very good IPA, floral, perfume aroma, pine and citrus bitter sweet, very nice
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Mar 2014
at 14:22
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask @ Old Gate, Hebden Bridge. Golden with a creamy head and a high tropical fruit aroma and taste and a lingering bitterness.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Mar 2014
at 00:10
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle 330ml @ My parents
Pours slightly hazy golden with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel, pine, citrus and floral. Taste is medium sweet and medium to heavy bitter with a long piney finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to fizzy
Pours slightly hazy golden with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel, pine, citrus and floral. Taste is medium sweet and medium to heavy bitter with a long piney finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to fizzy
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Mar 2014
at 00:29
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Keg at brewdog Shepard’s bush. Clear bright golden orange coloured pour with a lasting white head. Aroma is dank orange Dana like hop with grapefruit. Flavour is big pine resin and grapefruit. Substantial assertive clean bitterness grapefruit. Some orange in the finish. Palate is clean , touch resinous effervescent carb melts on the tongue. Gooood.
Tried
on 20 Feb 2014
at 13:26
9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 8
Overall 9
Cask by hand pump at CASK Pub & Kitchen on 7th January 2014. Amber with off-white part-lacing foam. Earthy pungent aroma with exquisite citric tangerine and grapefruit. Rich grapefruit and tangerine plus intense grassiness in-mouth. Grassy, grapefruity finish becoming grassy and bitter on an engaging mouthfeel and substantial body. Exquisite.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Feb 2014
at 10:20
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Just hazy gold with an inch of white head. Aroma of lime leaf, herbal lemon, mango, pine, maybe just a hint of soap. And so it tastes - really not much going on maltwise. Sweet fruits, plenty of citrus flavours, some pine. Dryish at the end. Bitterness is high enough that it doesn’t seem like fruit salad, but more of a closing off for the sweetness than a real kick.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jan 2014
at 04:15