Duration Brewing Bend Before You Break

Bend Before You Break

 

Duration Brewing in West Acre, Norfolk, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular
Score
6.76
ABV: 4.5% IBU: - Ticks: 10
How do you keep the glass half full when the shifting baseline will never let you go back? Please enjoy this delightfully hoppy pale ale with bright eyes and a clean palate to find new horizons. Hints of clementine and pineapple interplay with our house yeast to bring fresh perspectives in flavour, helping you bend before you break.
 

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

Rating catch up. Shared 30/5/2021 with Dan and Grumbo. No full review but rating breakdown taken and discussed at the time.

Tried on 12 Jan 2025 at 11:06


6

Tried on 10 Apr 2023 at 13:31


10/04/2021

Tried on 27 Nov 2022 at 12:54


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

Sample thanks to Grumbo: Poured an orange, burnt coppery, head is off white. Aroma is citrus, fruity, malty, tingles the nose. Taste is citrus, caramel, well balances, lively hops tingle, stays that way in the finish.

Tried on 26 Jun 2021 at 16:06


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

30/5/2021. Can shared with Dan and ITFCfan, from A Hoppy Place, Windsor. Pours clear pale gold with a frothy white head. Aroma of citrus, melon, peach melba, passion fruit, grass. Moderate sweetness, bitterness and body. Average carbonation. Nice aroma.

Tried from Can on 01 Jun 2021 at 09:06


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

Can at home picked up from Honest Brew. A light hazed yellow straw coloured pour with a lively frothy white head. Aroma is light grains, peach melba, white grape, floral citrus, some waxy. Flavour is composed of soft bready grains, wheat, floral citrus, peach, some chalky dryness, little savoury, floury wheat. . Palate is soft delicate, pillowy carbonation.

Tried from Can on 20 Sep 2020 at 20:22


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

440ml can on 26th August 2020 from Caps and Taps, Kentish Town. Pours a thickly hazy amber with a good 2cm of loose off-white foam and full lacing. Citrus aroma with lemon peel. Zesty lemon and grapefruit in-mouth with spicy hints and berry fruits. Fruity citrus finish with biscuit malts. Velvet smooth mouthfeel and plenty of body.

Tried from Can on 26 Aug 2020 at 21:32


Tried from Can on 25 Aug 2020 at 21:22


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

Can from Beer Ambleside. Appearance - hazy yellow, big fluffy snow white head. Nose - apple and quince. Taste - white grape, apple and kiwi. Palate - light bodied. Dry, bitter-ish finish. Overall - quite good.

Tried from Can on 16 Aug 2020 at 20:06