IPA
Vasileostrovskaya Brewery (Василеостровская Пивоварня) in Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg, Russia 🇷🇺
IPA Regular|
Score
6.13
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Note: previously known as Bengal IPA and First IPA
The epitome of Victorian epoch legendary style, created for East Indian colonies to endure long sea journeys from Britain, moderately strong ale with significant hop aroma and bitterness.
The epitome of Victorian epoch legendary style, created for East Indian colonies to endure long sea journeys from Britain, moderately strong ale with significant hop aroma and bitterness.
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7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 500ml. @ home. [ As Vasileostrovskoe (Василеостровская Пивоварня) Bengal India Pale Ale ].ABV: 5.6%. Clear medium orange colour with a large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, dusty malt, sweet malt, moderate to heavy hoppy, grass, orange, fruity hops, dusty hops. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, fruity hops, grass, orange, caramel, fruity malt, medium dry, funky notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to lively. [20180110] 7-3-7-3-15
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jan 2018
at 04:42
6/10
Tried
on 10 Jan 2018
at 20:47
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Clear gold with amber color, white foam. Aroma: spicy, fruit, lollipops, a little earthy. Taste: caramel, maltiness, lollipops, a little fruit, slightly earthy hop bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jul 2017
at 11:23
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Clear deep golden, moderate off-white fluffy head. Average retention. Pleasant aroma. Citrus. Tropical fruit. Resin. Light to medium body. Oily. Bittersweeet taste. Clean. Notable resiny bitterness basing on biscuity malts. lingering light+ bitter finish & aftertaste. This is an IPA without ambitions. it doesn’t scream for success. It’s just made well enough. A beer of charming modesty. A nice choice to pick up new craft movement participants.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Mar 2017
at 15:11
5/10
Ссобойка из ростова решает. Жаль рыбки нет
Tried
on 30 Aug 2016
at 19:37
4.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
500ml bottle from apivo.ru. Pours orange with a medium-sized white head. Citrus and pine aroma. Not so great sourish taste. Harsh bitterness in the finish. My least-favourite Russian IPA so far. --- Beer merged from original tick of Bengal IPA on 12 Aug 2015 at 12:16 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5. Original review text: 500ml bottle from Bochka in Moscow. Pours orange with a medium off-white head. Aroma is spicy and citrusy. Taste is citrus, malt. Finish is bitter, but harsh. There's something about Vasileostrovskoe IPAs that I don't like.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Apr 2015
at 11:36
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled 500ml. -Unclear amber coloured, small off-white head, mild fruity hoppy nose. Sweet malty, light caramel, jam like fruity notes ant touch of spices with decent hop profile. Hint of alcohol in the finish. Not bad for Russian IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Mar 2015
at 06:33
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bouteille 50cl de Tomaz, BB 14/07/2014, thanks for hauling this one back from Russia. Orangée sur un léger trouble, col épais et crémeux blanc-cassé. Arôme est léger au niveau des houblons, le tout restant assez noble, je peine à percevoir le caractère de l’Amarillo, et je note plus un léger rétro d’agrumes. Palais est houblonné assez agréable même avec cette date avancée. Je note tout de même que la levure commence à prendre des notes de vieux. Profil général reste noble et sec avec une certaine insistance sur le grains rappelant plus l’épeautre voire le sarrasin. L’amérisant arrive péniblement à se faire présent avec en retrait un léger côté houblonné US - agrumes mais surtout très anglais pour le fini.
Tried
on 11 Nov 2014
at 05:45
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle at Appellation. Pours hazy golden, nose is floral, toffee, taste is sweet, toffee, light fruit. --- Beer merged from original tick of Bengal IPA on 30 Aug 2014 at 09:19 - Score: 6. Original review text: Bottle at Appellation. Pours hazy golden, nose is floral, toffee, taste is sweet, toffee, light fruit.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Aug 2014
at 01:21
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Bottle at the beer dudes gathering at Appellation Wines Comely Bank thanks to Onkelgobber. Appearance - cloudy orange with a frothy head. Nose - apples grapes and biscuits in the background. Taste - tangy bitter apples then bread. Palate - light to medium bodied with a tangy texture and a long dry finish. Overall - this fits the style of English pale ale most closely.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Aug 2014
at 01:04