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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6.6/10
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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
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Fra keg på Cambrian Tap Cardiff 2 Mai 17. Gylden. Lavt skum som daler sakte. Lett karamellaroma. Smaken lett fruktig. Syrlig avslutning.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Jun 2017
at 08:53
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask, 5 % abv, at The Cambrian Tap. Spotty lacing from a pearl white head. Bright golden-brown body. Moderate aromas of grain and lemony hops. Flavours of bread, mild caramel and a citrus backdrop. Rounded malt-fruity finish. Medium bodied. Pretty nice. (Cardiff 02.05.2017).
Tried
from Cask
on 28 May 2017
at 05:53
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
300ml bottle from Ales by Mail. Clear golden colour with decent off-white head, good retention. Aroma: citrus, grapefruit, pine, caramel. Taste: Same as the aroma, with a little vanilla, dry mildy bitter finish. Medium body and carbonation. Easily drinkable, but unmemorable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Feb 2017
at 20:37
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
33cl bottle. Pours slightly hazy orange golden colour with a huge most good lasting off-white head. Aroma of bitter fruity hops, resins, peach. Taste of intense bitter hops, zest, peach, resins, long bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 May 2016
at 14:34
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle at home, orange beer medium head. Aroma is citrus, caramel. Taste is citrus, bitter, hint of soap. not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Apr 2016
at 15:08
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Clear medium amber colour, small half-way lasting off-white head, good lacing. Aroma pale malt, light fruity, bubblegum, caramel, pine. Taste medium sweet and bitter, malty, bready, aftertaste bittersweet, herbal notes, bit dusty, dry finish. Smooth and mild mouthfeel, medium body, oily texture, average carbonation. For sure not an APA but a pleasant mild IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Feb 2016
at 12:00
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle 500 ml. Golden color with normal white foam. Aroma: sweet nectar, flowers, fruit and a little citrus, malts. Taste: light sweetness, fruit, caramel, nectar, light hop bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Feb 2016
at 03:26
4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 8
Overall 3
Review based on the BJCP2015 guidelines (style 21A). Bottle 33 cl - Batch unknown. AROMA: predominant diacetyl notes overwhelming everything else. slight toffee note. APPEARANCE: pale ambar color and translucent. medium off-white head with below average retention. TASTE: dominant diacetyl flavour with slight toffee notes. oxidation notes also present. high bitterness that lasts beyond an almost dry finish. Hop notes not present. PALATE: medium body with a slight slickness from diacetyl. Medium carbonation. OVERALL: a supposed American IPA that lost its hop aroma and flavors, with overwhelming buttery character.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jan 2016
at 11:41