Dark Star Brewing Co. Hophead

Hophead

 

Dark Star Brewing Co. in Partridge Green, West Sussex, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Golden / Blonde Ale Regular
Score
6.87
ABV: 3.8% IBU: 50 Ticks: 145
An extremely clean-drinking pale golden ale with a strong floral aroma and elderflower notes from the Cascade hops. This beer is full-bodied and full-flavoured yet gentle enough to make it a favourite session beer.
 

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6.5

Tried from Draft on 23 Mar 2024 at 14:02


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Pours bright golden with a white head
A - toffee/caramel with floral undertones
F - bready, with fairly muted hop character. Much more body than a lot of ipas, fair bitterness. Over all a nice malty base with floral elderflower aroma and flavour from the hops, it's clean, fresh and easy drinking. Nice IPA.

Jan 2025 - just had a 3.4%abv version, ABV dropped from 3.8 - 3.4%. It similar to how I remeber it but I think the hops are not as prominent as they where.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Jan 2024 at 20:41


7
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

1/2 pint cask @ The Harp, Covent Garden.
Pâle/dorée, col épais crémeux blanc.
Arôme est frais houblonné, léger rétro-nasal fleuri avec un léger apport malté anglais.
Palais pâle, Marris qui assurent une bonne balance, houblonné plasiant sur le fleuri rappelant un peu un côté fleur de sureau. Petite note beurrée qui se retrouve parfois dû au cask?
Léger et bien pintable.

Tried from Cask at Harp - Covent Garden on 14 Aug 2023 at 12:39


6.5

Tried from Bottle on 21 May 2023 at 21:51


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Pint at the Old Joint Stock. Clear golden pour, small foamy white head, rings of lacing. Biscuity, malty aroma, grainy. Taste follows with malts and a bit of crispy hops, fading out to a dry finish.

Tried on 16 Feb 2023 at 16:54


12/12/2008. SALEHURST HALT, Church Lane, SALEHURST, East Sussex, England

Tried on 23 Nov 2022 at 11:12


6

Tried on 31 Oct 2022 at 17:26


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

First hot golde with Cloin. On cask at The Parcel Yard Kings Cross. Pours a clear copper gold with frothy white head that lasts. The aroma is grapefruit and pine. Medium body, grass, citrus, resin bite, very good.

Tried from Cask on 28 Apr 2022 at 18:07


5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask at the pub: Light aromas of citrus, some hops. Tase is malt/bread with some fruity notes. OK, but not mindblowing...

Tried from Cask on 10 Apr 2022 at 09:45


6

Quite bitter and dry, papery, citrus peel, esters

Tried from Cask on 24 Feb 2022 at 14:07