Brithop Typically English Day
Burning Sky Brewery in Firle, East Sussex, England 🏴
Pale Ale - Classic English Special|
Score
6.88
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To showcase new British hops, we paired the delightfully citrus experimental CF185 and 218 hops with some light spices to create a quietly contemplative and refreshing pale ale set to the beauty of the astronaut’s song.
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle at home in London - picked up at Clapton Craft. Pours mostly clear gold with a frothy, white head. So so overall, quite dry and flinty, plenty of grassy bitterness, citrus rind, pale bread. Medium bodied with fine to average carbonation. Bitter finish, lots of pale grains, straw, lemon peel, more flinty minerality. Alright overall.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
330ml Bottle - Golden with a white head and a slight haze. Ginger and lemon zest are the most discernible elements of the aroma. Refreshing and really nicely balanced taste with grapefruit, ginger, lemon, coriander and orange peel followed by a slightly peppery finish. Very nice but would've been interesting to try these experimental hops without the spices added.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
330ml bottle, Tokyo Midtown bottleshare, thanks Tim. Cloudy yellow with some foam on the top. Soft oaty nose velvety fruity and light grassy hop hint. Taste is nicely lupulin dust focused, tropical fruits, good hop presence. Finish has some herbal bitter edge, slightly rough. Overall liking this, very tasty.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draft. A hazy yellow beer with lazing white head. The aroma has notes lemons, straw, and hops. The flavor is sweet with notes of straw, hops, and citrus fruits, leading to a bitter finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle from Crafty Bottle Lincoln. Hazy golden colour with a white head. Fruity and berry aroma with some light spice. Slightly dry taste with a berry finish. Medium body.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle at home. Pours hazy golden, nose is floral, apricot, musty toffee, taste is sweet toffee, chewy, some garden pea vibes.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
From tap. Pours hazy yellow, small white head. Aroma is mild herbal, slight hops fruity. Grassy, slight herbal and mild fruity. Subtle sage like. Bitter and herbal finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle in Croydonia - thanks to Dave for the pick - up from The Bottle Shop. It pours lightly hazy pale golden with a medium, foamy white head. The aroma is earthy, spicy, leafy, sweet lemon balm, doughy bread and some dustiness. The taste is firmly dry, bitter, earthy, dusty, grassy, spiced, leafy, grainy, chalky and bitter lemon with a spicy finish. Medium and moderate, foamy carbonation. A bit too spiced for my liking. A fun idea, but a bit so-so for Burning Sky.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Can’t recall where from. Pale, vibrant gold. Thin and fully lacing, white head. Nose has fruited bread. Bit of a hot cross bun thing going off. Green, leafy hop. Some fusty citrus. Taste is sweet and fruity, with a fairly hefty, leafy bitterness. Bit of a stodgy mouthfeel. Low carbonation. Intense, leafy bitterness to finish. Didn’t get on with this one. Too spicy and fruity.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Tap @ Mig & Ølsnedkeren, 5.6%. Hazy golden with medium off-white head. Aroma is malt, fruit, hop, spicy and straw. Flavour is malt, hop, grass, straw, medium sweet, little dry and medium bitter