Brains Craft Brewery Barry Island IPA

Barry Island IPA

 

Brains Craft Brewery in Cardiff, Cardiff, Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

  IPA Regular
Score
6.21
ABV: 5.0% IBU: - Ticks: 68
Barry Island IPA is brewed with a trio of hops from the US and bursts with citrus aromas that create unique, smooth malt taste, followed by a vigorous bitter finish and a tidy clout of citrus and berry hop flavours.
 

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6

Magus, mõru, karamelline, linnaseline, kuiv. Ok.

Tried from Draft on 10 Aug 2025 at 15:52


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

Old rating from 2014 - 330ml bottle, Pours caramel colour with a white head. Aromas & tastes of caramel, grass, toffee, butterscotch, vanilla, citrus & hops. Medium body. Dry medium bitter finish

Tried from Bottle on 18 Apr 2025 at 13:38


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Can from Lidl. Clear dark gold with small white consistent head. Aroma of bready malt, citrus, slightly leafy. Taste of citrus, grains, grass, buttery, nice touch of spice. Medium bodied, slick, drying. Not bad.

Tried from Can on 02 Jan 2025 at 03:06


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

330ml can - Pours a clear golden amber colour with an average sized off-white head that settled. A buttery malty aroma with some light citrus notes. A moderately sweet to light sweet taste, sweet malts, caramel, buttery and citrusy flavours with a bittersweet finish.

Tried from Can on 04 Sep 2022 at 18:02


3.9
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5

Can. Liggles. Missus picked me up 5 ticks. This looks, smells and tastes exactly how I’d imagined it would. Buttery and ripe banana nonsense. Harsh bitterness. Can’t be arsed. Shite, tbh.

Tried from Can on 21 Jul 2022 at 19:43


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Tried on 06 Jan 2020 at 12:53


6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

330 ml can. Pours with an almost clear, amber color and a very nice off-whte head. Nose is slightly malty with a slightly citirc nose. Taste is mild, also maltry and citric. easy drinking, not very intense.

Tried from Can on 09 May 2018 at 15:44


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

330 ml can, from Ales By Mail. ABV is 5.0%. Amber colour, moderate white head. The aroma is busting with citrussy hops, some caramel and toffee in the background. The flavour is first smooth and moderately fruity, with distinct bittering hops in the end.

Tried from Can on 11 Feb 2018 at 19:32


4.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

330ml bottle from RusBeerShop in Moscow. Pours clear amber with a small white head. Aroma is peaches, floral notes, butter. Taste is sweet, peaches, citrus, light bitterness. Just weird.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Nov 2017 at 13:11


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle. Clear light amber pour, small well-lacing head. Aroma: floral hops, buscuit malts, honey. Medium body. Medium dry flavour. Floral and grassy light to medium bitterness. An earthy touch. Short hoppy ending. Just OK.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Jun 2017 at 12:16