High Wire
Magic Rock Brewing in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England 🏴
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular|
Score
7.08
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High Wire is our tribute to the Pale Ales of the West Coast of America, beers unapologetically hop forward in character. Let your taste buds walk this test of balance. Mango, lychee and lip-smacking grapefruit flavours harmonise against a smoothly composed malt base, which develops into a crisply bitter finish. Are you ready for our tightrope of taste. .?
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7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
CAn at home, golden beer, small head. Aroma is citrus, grapefruit, hops. Taste is the same, grapefruit, bitter, dry, citrus, hop. nice.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Aug 2021
at 17:32
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
APA by Magic Rock, thanks to Craftmember for sharing the can. Snow white, medium thick, moussy, slowly dissipating head on a hazy deep apricot-golden beer. Aroma of dried grapefruit peel, toasted onion, even armpit sweat dankness, grass, old crackers, wormwood, rusk. Clean onset, bit sweetish but subduedly so, hints of unripe banana and green pear, smooth body, oily; cracker-like, bit grainy maltiness, dryish, certainly when this grapefruity hoppiness sets in, adding an even somewhat quinine-like bitterness that spreads out over the root of the tongue, while adding wormwood and citrus pith aromas retronasally. Strangely more confidently bitter than the IPA by the same brewery we had before this one - making this more an IPA than an APA if you ask me. Lacks elegance and aroma, though I could certainly appreciate its dry, crisp bitterness especially on a hot day in southern France.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Jul 2021
at 14:36
8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
Bière en boîte métallique 33 cl. Nez original sur le foin, le houblon, les agrumes, citron, bergamote, kumquat. Bouche bien amère, longueur en bouche, toujours des agrumes. Originale, du caractère et de l'amertume, tout ce que j'aime. Une superbe découverte de la brasserie magic rock. (M)
Tried
on 28 Jun 2021
at 19:35
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
33 cl. can shared with Hilde @ home, bought @ Jumbo Culemborg.
Hazy golden with a white head. Nice citrus and tropical fruit aroma. Sweet taste with a proper bitter finish.
Hazy golden with a white head. Nice citrus and tropical fruit aroma. Sweet taste with a proper bitter finish.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Jun 2021
at 12:09
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
lattina 33 cl, schiuma bianca fine persistente, colore giallo/arancio torbido, al naso ananas Litchi agrumi frutta tropicale note erbacee resina, in bocca pompelmo uva malto e note erbacee, corpo leggero, carbonazione moderata, amaro accentuato, secca asciutta nel finale. Non male ma troppo secca per i miei gusti. Anonima c. Cantina della birra 23.04.21
Tried
from Can
on 23 Apr 2021
at 17:51
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Gold to light amber with a frothy white head that lingers. Aroma of lychee with mild bubblegum undertones. Taste is grapefruit bitter and a touch citric. Sweeter at the finish with a hint of candy. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation. Body is decently chewy. Interesting and good.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Feb 2021
at 17:19
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
On tap at HaandBryggeriet Beer Festival. Golden colour, moderate white head. Aroma of piney and citrussy American hops. Piney and resinous flavour. Quite good beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Feb 2021
at 16:47
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
330 ml can. Hazy light orange, big stable creamy head. Pine, herbal hops, grapefruit zest, tangerine, grass. Hoppy bitterness. Medium bodied, oily texture, soft carbonated, dry hoppy bitter finish. A quite hoppy and crisp Pale Ale. Very good!
Tried
from Can
on 28 Aug 2020
at 18:58
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
330ml can. Cloudy gold, small white head with good level of retention and lacing. Not a huge aroma but malt and grapefruit come through. Taste is a good balance between the biscuit like malt and the fruity hops. Grapefruit and mango is most noticeable. Finish is bitter which combines with a zesty orange peel note. A lovely soft carbonation and moderate body. Very nice.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Aug 2020
at 00:09
7/10
Tried
on 23 Apr 2020
at 23:11