Challenger
Mash Brewing in Perth, Western Australia, Australia 🇦🇺
IPA Regular|
Score
6.76
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6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Thanx Addie for the bottle.
This was poured into a pint glass.
The appearance was a nice hazy paled orange color with a film of a quarter fingered white foamy head that dissipated within less than a minute. There was some light speckled stringy lacing here and there.
The smell had a generous amount of a tropical fruitiness with a decent complimentary apricot coming about in the aroma.
The taste was moderately sweet and resinously bitter, sour? Maybe...but acceptable at least to me.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a decent but also somewhat smooth harshness (does that make sense to IPA drinkers?) Hmmm...okay, maybe to me. There’s nothing wrong with what these guys do.
Overall, okay, I think this is my first IPA from the country/continent of Australia. Good job! I’d have it again.
This was poured into a pint glass.
The appearance was a nice hazy paled orange color with a film of a quarter fingered white foamy head that dissipated within less than a minute. There was some light speckled stringy lacing here and there.
The smell had a generous amount of a tropical fruitiness with a decent complimentary apricot coming about in the aroma.
The taste was moderately sweet and resinously bitter, sour? Maybe...but acceptable at least to me.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a decent but also somewhat smooth harshness (does that make sense to IPA drinkers?) Hmmm...okay, maybe to me. There’s nothing wrong with what these guys do.
Overall, okay, I think this is my first IPA from the country/continent of Australia. Good job! I’d have it again.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Sep 2014
at 02:42
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pours dark amber with a fading head.Nose shows herbal hops with some sweet biscuity malt underneath.Aggressive flavours. Sharp bitterness and alcohol almost steamroll everything. Some grainy malt.Carbonation is too high.
Tried
on 25 Jun 2013
at 17:42
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle, 10C. Clear amber with a white head that settles to a half inch. Earthy and fruity aroma with a bit of caramel behind. Earthy and spicy hop aromas with peach and bit of passionfruit. Taste is more peachy than suggested by the aroma with some oranges, tropical fruit, pepper, firm bitterness. Classy, balanced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 May 2013
at 04:55