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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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
DØE. Clear golden with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, light buttery and moderate hoppy - grass. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. 230514
Tried
on 31 Jul 2014
at 03:11
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Clear amber with small off-white head. Aroma is malt, fruit, hop, caramel and a little earthy. Flavour is malt, fruit, caramel, little sweet, medium bitter and a little earthy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jul 2014
at 04:45
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle at KØ14. Mild hop aroma. Clear dark golden colour. Small white head. The flavour is malty, slightly rustic. Has a good hoppiness, not so powerful. Chalky finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jun 2014
at 11:08
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle at The Grapes, Oxford, Thursday 29th May 2014 in company of Helen & Geraint however I have this before but clearly not rated from Tesco Extra. A mix of citrus on the nose, orange, lemon and maybe some grapefruit all underpinned with a little biscuity maltiness, a little dry in the finish. Appearance is gold, a little murky and a white head atop. Just about the best tonight. I recall going to Butlins Barry Island when I was a young whippersnapper, great memories. A7 A3 T7 P4 Ov14 3.5
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 May 2014
at 04:29
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Creamy White good mostly deminishing head. Yellow colour. Moderate malty and hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Oily palate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 May 2014
at 05:01
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Bottle at home, bought some time ago at Tesco’s. Pours a slightly hazy orange-amber. Quite flat with minimal carb/head. Smells of pilsner malt (?) and faint grassy/grape hop. Taste starts bittersweet with a surprisingly bitter finish. Verdict: like others have said this is not an IPA, but neither is it a standard UK bitter dressing itself up as an IPA. I find it almost reminiscent of an aromatically hopped Vienna Red. Intriguing, and I appreciate Brains pushing the boat out (and what a great name!) but this isn’t for me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Mar 2014
at 10:17
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle from local supermarket. Clear amber colour with a decent slightly off white head. Subtle citrus fruit and floral aroma with mild hoppiness. Was expecting more hop given its ’style’. Fairly dry, quite thin body. Left somewhat disappointed.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Feb 2014
at 10:40
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
bottle from Tesco Exmouth. Amber-golden colour, malty with shy fruity hops. Nothing special, quite disappointing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Dec 2013
at 14:44
5.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
330ml bottle at home. Pours clear amber, thin white head. Aromas of light tropical fruit. Some light malt sweetness. Orange at the end. Slightly sticky texture.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Dec 2013
at 12:25
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Slightly lively golden beer with a decent head. Light aroma of grapefruit-y citrus. initial flavour is quite light and grapefruity as well but it’s followed by quite a strong hit of bitter, orange hop and leaves a very dry finish in the mouth. Quite tasty.
Tried
on 23 Nov 2013
at 13:12