Yardsman - IPA

Hercules Brewing Co. (Yardsman) in Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland

IPA - Session Regular

Score

6.32

ABV: 4.3%

IBU: -

Ticks: 7

Yardsman IPA is a 4.3% ABV easy drinking style IPA with all the classic citrusy and hop forward characteristics of the modern IPA style. It’s brewed with our own Yardsman Pale Ale yeast strain which gives the beer a unique mild caramel back bone coupled with a good malty base.

Again like the rest of the range it is completely natural, vegan friendly and only uses the finest of local ingredients. Yardsman is first and foremost local. We pride ourselves on making beers that are easy to drink and representative of this great city. Our Yardsman IPA is the third beer in our journey to revive the classic range of the Hercules Brewing Company.

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6.4

jerseyislandbeer (5992) reviewed Yardsman - IPA from Hercules Brewing Co. (Yardsman) 1 year ago

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

Old rating from 2018 - 500ml bottle, gift from friends. Pours amber with a white head. Aromas & tastes of apple, caramel, toffee, pine & malt. Moderate body. Light bitter finish

Tried from Bottle on 08 Feb 2025 at 11:14

kristincedar (7044) ticked Yardsman - IPA from Hercules Brewing Co. (Yardsman) 1 year ago

Tried from Bottle on 13 Dec 2024 at 18:53

6.1

simontomlinson (8176) reviewed Yardsman - IPA from Hercules Brewing Co. (Yardsman) 6 years ago

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

Creamy off white head stayed on a dark copper coloured still body. Malt, caramel & berry aroma. Medium bodied, smooth on the tongue with a lightly carbonated clean back. Bubble gum, fruity, tangy berries & light hop tastes with a tangy zest finish with a long peppery aft. Nice one!

Tried on 19 Nov 2019 at 19:55

6.5

mike_77 (15880) reviewed Yardsman - IPA from Hercules Brewing Co. (Yardsman) 7 years ago

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

Cloudy dull blond with thin head. Aroma and flavour have some bitter orange peel and a hint of coriander. Also a fair amount of toasty, sweet malt.

Tried on 15 Sep 2018 at 19:50

6.6

McCash (16153) reviewed Yardsman - IPA from Hercules Brewing Co. (Yardsman) 8 years ago

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

Bottle from the Vineyard, Belfast. Appearance - golden amber with a nice fluffy head. Nose - light toffee and apple. Taste - more apple. Toffee and biscuit at the back. Palate - light to medium bodied. Creamy middle section. Fairly clean finish. Overall - like a Bitter really. Solid.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Aug 2017 at 16:59

Fergus (31537) reviewed Yardsman - IPA from Hercules Brewing Co. (Yardsman) 9 years ago

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

Bottle at home in Northern Ireland. Picked up from Crumlin Tesco. A mostly clear caramel orange coloured pour with a greyish thin head. Aroma is sweet burnt toffee and caramel, leafy hop, pine burnt orange. Palate is medium sweet, highish frothy carbonation burnt toffee. Flavour is composed of sweet sticky malts, burnt toffee, orange and woody pine hop. Mediocre old school ipa.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Feb 2017 at 10:26

4.5

stravale (3279) reviewed Yardsman - IPA from Hercules Brewing Co. (Yardsman) 9 years ago

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

Bottle from Tesco, Enniskillen [070516]
Dark amber, light haze, frothy white head
Aroma of soft sweet malt, light hay, very dull
Taste of light malts, soft hay malts, bit grassy, no depth, dull
Palate Soft carb, medium light body. Finish quite dry, rapid.
Overall - Too little hops to be an IPA. Poor example of the style.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Aug 2016 at 12:19