Dark Star Brewing Co. Session IPA

Session IPA

 

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

  IPA - Session Regular
Score
6.59
ABV: 4.2% IBU: - Ticks: 21
A crisp, sessionable pale ale with a fruity hop aroma provided by the Simcoe, Mosaic and Columbus hops. Unrefined and unfiltered to retain the fresh hop character.
 

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6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Can from the brewery online shop. Pours hazy yellow gold with a thick white head, some surprising floaters. Probably yeast. Aromas of pine, citrus, lemon sherbet. Taste is light citrus, light mango. Thin finish.

Tried from Can on 08 Apr 2021 at 16:29


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

440ml can. Pours bright gold with a medium head. Aroma is grassy lemon and papaya. Taste has sweet straw and lemon to start with papaya on the finish.

Tried from Can on 03 Jul 2020 at 19:23


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

440ml can. Poured a slightly hazy golden colour with a thin broken white head. The aroma is grainy malt, mineral, lemon lime citrus. The flavour is moderate bitter, light sweet, with a light, slightly watery, crisp, light tart citrus, light pepper spice, light dry hop bitter palate. Medium to light bodied with average carbonation.

Tried from Can on 26 May 2020 at 23:28


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Third by cask on the 2nd day of GBBF Winter 2020, Jewellers' Bar. Shared with Finn. Huge white head over a clear late straw coloured body, Spotty lacing. Fruity smell, hints of orange. Quite fresh fruity flavours of pineapple and orange. Rounded ending with a piney touch. Clean in the mouth. Nice session qualities. (Birmingham 05.02.2020).

Tried from Cask on 09 Mar 2020 at 08:53


5.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

På GBBF Winter 2020 i Birmingham. Delt med Rune. Varm gylden. Lavt kritthvitt luftig skum. Litt lacing. Aroma av plommer & pærer. Smaken rosin. Tørr avslutning.

Tried on 05 Feb 2020 at 13:39


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

440ml can on 22nd Oct 2019. Just finished a bloody good curry and needed something to cool my belly down, this was chosen. Hazy golden body, white head. Oranges and other citrus/tropical fruit esters in the nose, taste also on the citrus side of things. Refreshing and thirst quenching, did the trick!

Tried from Can on 23 Oct 2019 at 13:01


6.5
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Can from Waitrose in Monmouth I believe. This is an okay session. Lots of light sediment. Mix of hop flavours making it lack clear direction. Some lemon sherbet in there.

Tried from Can on 07 Sep 2019 at 08:22


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

440ml Can - Hazy golden with a white head. Lemon, grass and some floral and spicy notes in the aroma. Citrus, tea and some floral notes in the taste. Not bad but a bit disappointing.

Tried from Can on 04 Jul 2019 at 19:45


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Can from West West Byfleet Waitrose for whom it is apparently an exclusive. Grassy aroma, some floral and almost earthy. Slightly hazy bright gold. Frothy translucent white head. Initial sour-bitter citrus before a more quinine bitterness develops. Underlying malts. Light bodied. Thin. lifted by fizzy-soft carbonation. Slightly astringent dry finish. Drinkable but another bland SIPA.

Tried from Can on 30 Jun 2019 at 10:31


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Can from Waitrose. Golden beer and fruit. Tried on a train journey.Mber with s thin head slightly oily body.

Tried from Can on 24 May 2019 at 21:54