Cliff Edge IPA
Orkney Brewery (Sinclair Breweries) in Stromness, Orkney, Scotland 🏴
IPA Regular|
Score
6.59
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The Cliffs of Yesnaby, one of Orkney's many landmarks, are just a few miles south of our brewery and the coastal walks are memorable, much like this beer.
Cliff Edge is a brilliant bronze beer with a tantalising trio of American hops. Pushing you to the edge of your senses, with an intense impact of piney and spicy fruit flavours before dropping to a crash of bitter zestiness.
Hops: Simcoe, Cascade, Eukanot
Malts: Pale, Crystal, Malted Wheat
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
500 ml bottle, from Gulating Ølutsalg, Stavanger. ABV is 4.7%. Clear orange to copper to amber colour, small white head. Aroma of piney and citric hops, notes of orange marmalade. The flavour has sufficient malts with a touch of caramel, but is not very sweet. Distinct notes of citric and piney hops, with a very bitter aftertaste.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
50cl bottle from Abeervinum, Rimini, Italy. Pours copper amber, clear, with fine white foam. Aroma is malty and earthy, like a bitter. Body and carbonation are average. Taste is starts well balanced with some malty sweetness, but ends with quite some dry bitterness.
Bottle from the Orkney Brewery. Pours an almost clear Golden/Copper colour with a medium to large sized off-white head. Aromas of caramel, marzipan, citrus (orange), floral and hints of spice. Taste has more caramel, marzipan, orange, floral, spice and an added big earthy and citrus hop bitterness on the dry finish. Medium bodied with a smooth slightly oily mouthfeel. Fresh tasting and lots of hoppy bitterness. Very good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle. Clear golden/copper body with an off-white head. Lively carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of earth, marzipan and pear. Flavour of dried grass and a bitter, hoppy finish. Thin to medium body with a slick texture. Soft fizz. A bit dusty and dull.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
500ml bottle from Aldi. Clear amber with a big foamy white head. Orange and apricot aroma, flavour is orange, apricot and pine. Oily mouth feel
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle from Westhill Service Station. It pours clear amber with a decent foamy white head. The aroma is general fruity character, tropical perhaps, citrus, malt - driven, biscuit, oily, wood, light leather and dull toffee. The taste is dry, light bitterness, pithy citrus action, waxy peel, toothy, spicy, wood, varnish, esin, leather, biscuit and earth with a citrus peel on the finish. Average body and moderate carbonation. Not bad.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Cask at the Roseburn Bar. Pours clear golden amber with a thin white head. Aromas of cooked orange and toffee. Taste is very sweet. More orange. Sticky finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask @ Guildford Arms, Edinburgh. Clear golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty and light hoppy - citrus. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. 160419
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draught 1 Pt@Orkney Brewery: Dunkler Bernstein, Kupfer, klar, stabiler mittelporiger Schaum; fruchtige + frische Nase, kräftige Hopfennoten, frische fruchtige Bitterkeit, Zitrusnoten, dunkle Früchte; frischer + fruchtiger Körper, kräftige Hopfennoten, cremig, kräftige Kohlensäure, Zitrusnoten, dunkle Früchte, würzig, leichte Tannine; angenehmer würzig-fruchtiger Nachgang mit deutlichen Hopfennoten
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5
Cask at the Guildford arms... Glowing amber.. Small white head.. Soft dry biscuit toffee fruits malts nose... Light dry herbal soapy biscuity fruit