Siren Craft Brew Limoncello (Lemon Cello) IPA

Limoncello (Lemon Cello) IPA

 

Siren Craft Brew in Finchampstead, Berkshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Collab with: Mikkeller / Hill Farmstead Brewery
  IPA - Imperial / Double Special Out of Production
Score
7.15
ABV: 9.1% IBU: - Ticks: 121
This is an awesome collaboration with Mikkeller and Hill Farmstead. It will mess with your mind as an IPA designed to mimic Limoncello. A slightly sour mash, combined with Lactose for sweetness, tonnes of lemon Zest and hopped to death with Sorachi Ace and Citra. Bottle, cask and keg. [Labeled as "Lemon Cello IPA" in the US Market.]
 

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8.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
500 ml bottle into tulip glass, best before 1/14/2016. Pours very hazy deep orange/amber color with a 2 finger dense and fluffy off white head with good retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass. Aromas of big lemon, lime, grapefruit, tangerine, orange peel, citrus rind, pineapple, berry, pepper, pine, wheat, honey, cream, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great complexity and balance of citrus/tropical hops, lemon juice, and pale malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big lemon, lime, grapefruit, tangerine, orange peel, citrus rind, pineapple, berry, pepper, pine, wheat, honey, cream, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Good amount of piney/spicy/citrus rind bitterness and citrusy tartness on the finish; with lingering notes of lemon, lime, grapefruit, tangerine, orange peel, pineapple, berry, wheat, honey, cream, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/tropical hops, lemon juice, and pale malt malt flavors; with a great malt/bitter/tartness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Good amount of dryness from bitterness and tartness. Medium carbonation and medium-full bodied; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/sticky/resinous, and lightly acidic mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a small warmth lingering after the finish. Overall this is an awesome fruited double IPA style. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/tropical hops, lemon juice, and pale malt flavors; and very smooth to sip on for the big ABV. A highly enjoyable offering.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Oct 2015 at 21:00

8/10
Badass.
Tried on 24 Aug 2015 at 19:34

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 7.5
Poured from bottle hazy deep orange with a thin white head. Aromas of sweet lemon candied citrus floral and pine. Taste is sweet with a light bitter notes like the aroma. A nice drinker for a hot summer day.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Aug 2015 at 19:57

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
From cask. Hazy yellow golden color with white head. Hoppy malty and yeasty aroma, citrusy fruity, lemon and orange, grassy. Sweet and light bitter taste like aroma. Medium oily body with soft carbonation
Tried from Cask on 08 Aug 2015 at 05:02

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Draft at Hen of the Wood. Mostly clear gold orange with a sheeting off white head and medium lace. Strong lemon aroma. Spice forward. Good mix of sweet, tart, and hoppy.
Tried from Draft on 03 Jul 2015 at 19:24

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bouteille 500ml. Couleur orangée pâle translucide, mousse blanche nuageuse. Arôme de zeste de citron, malt, citronnelle, alcool, houblon herbal. Goût de citron, acidité moyenne-faible, malt, alcool, houblon herbal, amertume un peu "harsh". Carbonatation moyenne-élevée, corps moyen.
Tried on 25 May 2015 at 21:12

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Draft @ Toer de Gueuze 2015, Tilquin. Dorée trouble, col fin blanc. Arôme aux effluves fruitées versant des la citronnelle, citron vert. Palais présente un agréable profil fruité plein de citron et qui rappellent bien le côté citrique-liquoreux du limoncello. Le tout est ponctué par un palais restant légèrement aigrelet alliant les qualités fruitées des houblons et un style à la Berliner dans le malté. Sympa, léger à condition de bien aimer tout ce qui s’apparente au citron.
Tried from Draft on 08 May 2015 at 16:40

7.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
@ Tilquin English Beer Festival 2015. Golden colour, white foam. Medium carbonation. Bitter and citrussy. Tart notes with sweet hints. Well balanced. Good IPA.
Tried on 05 May 2015 at 07:55

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 8
Sampled @ Tilquin English Beer Festival 2015 Trübe goldene Farbe, ordentliche weiße Schaumkrone. Geruch sehr grasig, Limetten, bitter. Geschmack nach säuerlichen Limetten, grasig bitter.
Tried on 03 May 2015 at 09:53

4.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 3 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 2.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Siren / Mikkeller / Hill Farmstead Limoncello (Lemon Cello) IPA (by Siren Craft Brew):
Aroma: 3/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 4/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 5/20, MyTotalScore: 1.9/5

2/V/15 - on tap @ Tilquin English Beer Festival - BB: n/a (2015-583) Thanks to the ratebeer crew and other people for sharing today's beers!

Clear orange beer, cramy off-white head, very stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: lots of raclette cheese, and no that's not a good thing! Very weird and cheesy. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: very cheesy, no really, it's all raclette cheese, bit lemony and sourish as well. Aftertaste: very cheesy, bit sourish, dairy, funky. Man that's bad!
Tried from Draft on 02 May 2015 at 14:03