Sainsbury's Taste the Difference - IPA

Taste the Difference - IPA

 

Sainsbury's in City of London, Greater London, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Brewed at/by: Marston's
  IPA Regular
Score
5.97
ABV: 5.9% IBU: - Ticks: 48
This traditional IPA has fresh aromas of white flowers and citrus with a clean, bitter hop flavour. This classic India Pale Ale is made in Burton-upon-Trent, the home of British brewing. The recipe uses Fuggles, Goldings and Cascade hops and yeast from the Burton Union System, only used by the Marston's Brewery in Burton. The famous Burton water is also used in the brewing process which helps give the ale its distinctive flavour.
 

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6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Amber pour with a beige head. Citrus, caramel and floral aromas. Light citrus tang. Fruity bitter finish.
Tried on 24 Apr 2011 at 07:26

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottled. A golden beer with a white head. The aroma has notes of straw and malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt and straw, leading to a bitter finish. Thanks yespr for sharing.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Jan 2011 at 14:19

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
50 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is cornish and slight grassy. Malty, cornish and slight grassy. Bitter and cornish finish.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Jan 2011 at 12:50

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
@yespr tasting. thanks a lot. clear yellow, smooth white head. flowery aroma, malts. flavor is malty, quite bitter, flowery, nice flavor.
Tried on 05 Jan 2011 at 12:47

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle 50 cl. Courtesy of yespr. Pours a clear golden with a white head. Sweet malty and fruity nose with British hops. Medium body, sweet maltiness and some fruit with a rather massive and good hop bite. 050111
Tried from Bottle on 05 Jan 2011 at 12:41

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
500ml bottle from Sainsbury’s funnily enough. Clear gold, very thin collar of off white head. Some orange fruit hop on aroma. Hops are ok if just a touch of blue cheese. The problem with this beer is in the body. The malts aren’t present enough. And I’m guessing this is filtered and pasteurised so it has that empty feel in the mouth. Hops on the finish are bitter but lacks some flavour and a touch more blue cheese. But really all you get is this touch of emptiness from the lack of malt and the filtering. Ultimately dull no matter if it does have more hops than usual for a UK beer.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Oct 2010 at 11:32

3.9/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 3 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 3.5
500ml bottle. Pours golden with a tiny head. Aroma doesn’t exsist. Some hops somewhere. Malty, hoppy start, weak. Medium bitter finish. Waste of time.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Oct 2010 at 12:13

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
50cl bottle from local Sainsburys. Golden amber with a white head; this has the classic sulphorous aroma associated with Marstons; crisp citrus malt flavour with some honeylike sweetness and digestive biscuit; and a rather green hop finish. Pleasant enough.
Tried from Bottle on 29 Sep 2010 at 12:57