Rubus
Williams Brothers (Heather Ales) in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland 🏴
IPA Regular|
Score
6.46
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Rubus is a classic IPA, enhanced by a natural burst of grapefruit flavour - refreshing & bitter to the end! A William Brothers Brewing Co. beer sold exclusively in Aldi Stores UK.
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7/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Clear golden beer, white head. Hoppy, grapefruit aroma. Flavour is broadly the same, with some zesty citrus and a little pineapple maybe. Not desperately exciting but not bad
Tried
on 07 Feb 2021
at 18:23
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
330ml can. Poured a crystal clear golden colour with a huge frothy white head. The aroma is massive grapefruit, mineral, light fake sugar. The flavour is moderate bitter and sweet, with a crisp, fresh, light tart grapefruit, dry hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation. A really decent beer at this price point. --- Beer merged from original tick of Rubus on 14 Apr 2019 at 18:28 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7. Original review text: 330ml can. Poured a crystal clear golden colour with a lasting frothy white head. The aroma is malt, big fruity grapefruit citrus hop. The flavour is moderate bitter sweet with a crisp, fresh, light tart, zesty grapefruit, dry hop bitter palate and a lingering bitter finish. Medium bodied with average to soft carbonation.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Jul 2020
at 00:03
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
330ml can. Pours dark gold with a medium head. Aroma is bitter grapefruit and caramel. Taste is sweet to start with caramel and grapefruit.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Jun 2020
at 19:33
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can from Aldi, Manchester. Golden with a carbonation and a head. The grapefruit is prevalent in its nose, and fairly stated in its taste, but never with a high citrus value so there's not much bitterness as expected. Slightly sweet, there's a mild hoppy fusion to the aforementioned.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Jun 2019
at 21:35
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
33cl can from Aldi. Medium white head. Clear golden pour. Nice grapefruit bitterness.
Tried
from Can
on 10 May 2019
at 18:43
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can from Aldi. Amber in colour, with a frothy, white, head. Floral hops, a sharp grapefruit edge, followed by some tangerine sweetness, chewy malts and a dry finish. Fine.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Apr 2019
at 14:26
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
330ml can from a local Aldi store. Drank at home on 6th April 2019. White head on a clear golden amber body. Aroma and flavour dominated by Grapefruit, who'd have thought that? Yes, it's one dimensional, but it's OK.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Apr 2019
at 07:52
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
[33cl can from Aldi, Bracknell.] A pale amber pour with a loose white head; somewhat musty, sweet grapefruit aroma; rather thin, malty body with some pink grapefruit; then a sweet grapefruit finish. Overall there's something not quite right about this, with a suggestion of artificial flavourings.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Mar 2019
at 14:23
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can from Aldi Ashford and drunk at home. Clear amber colour lasting white head. Pink grapefruit aroma and flavour. Yes lots of pink grapefruit. Yes it was fine. A bit too fruity artificial but fun enough.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Mar 2019
at 14:25