Shape Shifter IPA
Fourpure Brewing Company in London, Greater London, England 🏴
IPA - West Coast Regular|
Score
7.12
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Island, inland, canoe or swim. Busy days in city haze, crystal clear water in a tree-lined bay. Stand in the snow and watch snowflakes, row deep lakes to catch great snakes. Choose your adventure, drink good beer. Hop-forward mango and grapefruit deliver intense, tropical flavours.
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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draught Good dense light-yellowish head leaving textbook lace over hazy yellow-ochre beer. Very citrussy nose, lots of ureum, lupuline in force, eggyolk. Dry, dry, straw-like citrus, orangepeel, kafir lime, dry coriander powder (in the best culinary way); cheese in the finish. Quite spritzy, oily-slick, medium bodied at least. Pretty excellent. 7/4/8/3/15
Tried
on 23 Jun 2018
at 06:38
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 9
From a 330ml can on 30/5/208. Pours a cloudy light golden with a medium bright white head. Has a pleasant, quite floral fruity aroma. Tastes of caramel and biscuit malt, sweet tropical fruit, and a bit of marmalade and honey. The sweetness is met with a lovely, big, pronounced grapefruit bitterness at the back. Medium bodied with slightly prickly carbonation. Beautifully balanced and super tasty. Would never have expected the poms to make a west coast style IPA as good as this.
Tried
from Can
on 30 May 2018
at 11:18
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Can at Waitrose, West Byfleet. By this point couldn't really get away with sly rating so had to take quick notes. Fuzzy floral and pine aroma. Bright amber. Thick fluffy white head. Medium bitter. Citrus with a grainy core. Thin. Light. Fizzy carbonation. Low key finish. Decent but not up there with the contenders.
Tried
from Can
on 26 May 2018
at 21:02
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tap. Shared with Riveiro and Esgueva on the 10/05/2018 at "Taphouse", Copenhagen. Pale golden colour with a medium white head. Aroma is pine, grapefruit, mango and floral hops. Taste is the same. Well balanced but not superfresh. Medium body and carbonation. Next one please!
Tried
from Draft
on 23 May 2018
at 07:53