One Hop: Simcoe
Grand Union in Hayes, Greater London, England 🏴
Pale Ale Special Out of Production|
Score
7.38
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All the beers will have the same degree of hoppy bitterness, and drinkers are able to compare the aroma, flavour, and pleasing aftertaste of each of the varieties. Instead of using specialty malts that might mask the flavour of the hop, only Maris Otter pale malt is used. Maris Otter is the finest strain of malt available. With only pale malt used, there is little to come between the hop lover and the hop.
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Alengrin (11609) reviewed One Hop: Simcoe from Grand Union 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
One of those ’didactic’ ales for hopheads featuring one single hop variety each time (Mikkeller, Alvinne and others have done the same thing before or after this American-style English brewery). Pretty orange blond beer with loose, off-white head and soft pale maltiness, but of course it’s the hops that stars, spicy, citrussy and herbal, ensuring a long, very agreeable finish. Great brew - and obviously a stimulus to try and find all versions.
Fin (18365) reviewed One Hop: Simcoe from Grand Union 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Cask at Merton Summer Beer Festival 06-07-07. What a stunner. For me when I had a sneaky taste of this well before we opened this beer and the Bowman Quiver were always likely to be fighting it out to be my favourite, but what a contrast. In the Red corner was the Grand Union Simcoe a beer that was looking for the big knockout it was an out and out impact beer that was exciting, vibrant and a big hitter. In the blue corner was the Bowman Quiver equally exciting but more prepared to go the distance and seeking to come out on top on points, on this occasion the Grand Union Simcoe come out on top but for all it’s attributes it was taken quite a long way by the Quiver. This beer poured golden with a superb clarity, the hoppy nose hit you straight away stunning aroma of grapefruit. The taste just zapped you wow what a zapper the citrus just smacked home, and it didn’t stop there that grapefruit and bitterness just kept on lingering, christ you get your moneys worth with this little beauty you can still taste it for ages afterwards. It reminded me of the old ’You’ve been tangoed advert’, with this beer you really had been Simcoed, it seemed like someone had came up with a half of hollowed out grapefruit and then proceed to rub it all over one’s face and stuff it in the mouth before legging it. I warned people to be wary of what they drank after this as you really needed something that would counteract that bitterness afterwards, when I initially tried this on Thursday I had a couple of more standard gentler bitters after which were totally ruined by this as the bitterness from the Simcoe was still evident in everything I drank, you needed a porter or the Smokestack Lightning after I felt. A truly great bitter, it’s just a shame that it will only be around for this month. This was [b] joint Beer of the Festival along with Bridge of Allan Red Mist [/b]
Harrisoni (26233) reviewed One Hop: Simcoe from Grand Union 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Cask handpull at Wenlock Arms. Distinctive whiff of simcoe hop. Leafy and a little tinny, but otherwise awesome. Great bitter, flavoursome grapefruit. The flowery hop aroma is wonderful. Needs either more malt to balance or hop blend to take the sharp simcoe edge off. Challenging.