Barry Island IPA
Brains Craft Brewery in Cardiff, Cardiff, Wales 🏴
IPA Regular|
Score
6.21
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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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6.5/10
Bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Mar 2026
at 12:31
6/10
Magus, mõru, karamelline, linnaseline, kuiv. Ok.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Aug 2025
at 15:52
7.3/10
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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
6.8/10
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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
6.2/10
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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
3.9/10
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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
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Tried
on 06 Jan 2020
at 12:53
6.2/10
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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
7.2/10
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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
4.6/10
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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