From a 500ml bottle on 2/2/2012. Pours a clear bright golden with a small head which dissipates quite quickly. Has a very pleasant floral, fruity hop aroma, with a touch of caramel malt. Flavour wise, there is some muted caramel sweetness up front, along with some orange, mango and a bit of pineapple. The bitterness is reasonably assertive, with grapefruit and pine prevalent in quite a dry finish. Perhaps just a little muted on the malt side, this is otherwise an impressive US style IPA from Holgate.

This is a well-balanced iPA (yes, that’s a small ’i’), with notes of watermelon and passionfruit complementing the grapefruit aroma, and some caramel with just a hint of wet dirt. The palate has a good punch of mild grapefruit spilling right over the sides of the tongue and down the back of the throat. There’s a hint of malt biscuit to give it some good body. A pleasant beer and certainly a real winner for those who like their IPAs on the lighter side.

Pours amber with a large, lasting head.Nose shows lots of juicy fruit, with pineapple, nectarine and peach confectionery notes.The flavours instead focus on grapefruit along with a little clean malt.Finishes quite dry with a piny, hoppy bitterness.Carbonation is perhaps a little excessive.

Growler. Amber with an inch of white head. Pine, nectarines, caramel, some citrus. Full, creamy mouthfeel - doesn’t feel underweight for an IPA at all. Modest caramel sweetness, prominent but not dominant bitterness with pine and a little kumquat. All very tenor-register hops - a little more zesty citrus would have made it more vibrant. Pretty good.