Gage Roads Brewing Company Little Dove

Little Dove

 

Gage Roads Brewing Company in Perth, Western Australia, Australia 🇦🇺

  IPA Regular
Score
7.09
ABV: 6.2% IBU: 48 Ticks: 10
In draught, Little Dove was crowned CHAMPION AUSTRALIAN BEER at the 2016 Australian International Beer Awards. The culmination of months of collaboration between the entire brew team. The project: to create the best tasting New World pale ale possible. Huge aroma of tropical nectar ranging from pineapple, to passionfruit, to guava. Sweetness from the tropical fruit character is perfectly balanced by robust bitterness.
 

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

Bottle. Amber-golden color, yellowish foam. Sweetish aroma: nectar, honey, fruit, candied fruit. Taste: sweet, nectar, candies, candied fruits, grapefruit, other citruses, mediocre.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Oct 2019 at 17:29


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

Clear medium amber colour, tall frothy off-white to beige creamy head, dissipating slowly, patchy lacing. Aroma toasted malt, lemon, pineapple, hay, light caramel. Flavour medium sweet and light bitter, malty, sweet citrus, light caramel, grainy. Sweetbitter aftertaste, more hop bitterness but also bit sugary. Medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation; nice and easy pale ale.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Aug 2019 at 16:22


7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

33cl bottle from Antarabangsa, Penang. Medium white head. Clear medium amber pour. Citrus bitterness. Easy drinking.

Tried from Bottle on 05 Apr 2019 at 10:17


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle at Paus Craftbeer Bar, Kuala Lumpur. Poured a clear medium amber with a frothy white head. The aroma is malt, grassy tropical citrus hop. The flavour is moderate sweet, light bitter with a fresh crisp, toffee caramel malt, citrus fruit, hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Lots of fruit and nicely balanced. A great session beer.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Feb 2018 at 13:37


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

330ml bottle sampled during Aussie trip 2017-18. Pours lightly hazed golden amber with a white head. Aroma of citrus, peach, mango, fruity hops. Taste is dominated by moderate sweetness & caramel. Light bitter, some resin, tropical fruits. Medium body, carb was fine. Light bittersweet finish. Too sweet & too much caramel for me

Tried from Bottle on 01 Jan 2018 at 16:18


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Draught @ Keg & Brew, Sydney, Australia. Pours yellow with an offwhite head. Aroma of malt, rich fruity hops, tropical fruit, peach, mango, little citrus. Flavor is rather sweet, light bitter, malt, fruity hops, tropical fruit, sweet citrus. Medium body, average carboantion, light bitter finish. Drinks easily. 100317

Tried on 10 Mar 2017 at 00:53


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

(Bottle) Pours cloudy amber with no head. Lovely fresh tropical fruity aroma. Light body, good carbonation. Foretaste is, like aroma, full of fresh tropical fruit. Biscuity malt emerges and is followed by a pleasant hoppy bitterness. All very balanced, refreshing, interesting - a very good beer.

Tried from Bottle on 05 Jan 2017 at 06:55


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

330ml bottle into shaker. Cloudy golden orange beer with thin creamy head, lightly carbonated with tiny bubbles. Laces well. Smells of fruit and bread but pretty subdued. Lovely smooth beer with glorious guava, pineapple and malts with a little hop bitterness right at the end to finish. Excellent beer, tasty and moreish.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Oct 2016 at 03:03


8.2
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Pours amber with a large head.Nose shows passion fruit, mango, peach and soft sweet clean malt.Flavours include more passionfruit and some lychee along with some soft biscuity malt.

Tried on 09 Sep 2016 at 20:34


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

[9/16] Growler. Clear amber with a cream head. A: Ripe but not over-ripe tropical fruit, strawberries, some acid pineapple and pepper. Light bread. Avoids smelling like fruit salad. A fair bit of body for 6.2%. Quite sweet with a (not particularly welcome) bit of caramel as well as tropical fruit, resin. Long finish with moderate bitterness, some astringency. A little too sweet for me but nice use of Australian hops and a refined finish. [3.8][9/16] Bottle. Yes, good stuff.[5/17] Bottle from a random Dan’s. OK but considerably less vibrant. Leaving score as is, but this one is about 3.5.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Sep 2016 at 06:37