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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6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
330ml bottle. Clear golden dark amber colour, bubbly white head leaving some lacing and citrus hop aroma. Sweetish caramel malt taste with tangy grapefruity bitterness and orange, pear & biscuit notes. Slick mouthfeel with moderate carbonation, warming dry bitter finish. OK
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Feb 2013
at 12:49
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
330ml bottle - A great looking golden body, white fluffy head, loads of grapefruit in the nose along with some bitter tropicals and a hop laden nose. Surprisingly thin on the palate, but the taste is pretty stereotypical IPA, with the usual tang and a bitter finish. It’s okay, but the way this was marketed I’d hoped for so much more.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jan 2013
at 15:34
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottle at ChrisO Snow Tasting, picked up at Sainsbury’s. It pours clear golden amber with a medium off-white head. The nose is faint toast, lime, citrus pith and hay. The taste is hay, straw, faint toast, pithy lime and ok bitterness with a dry finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Really not much to it at all. Nice idea, but pretty bland.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jan 2013
at 05:28
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle at Chriso Snow Tasting, thanks to Paul for this one, 20/01/13. Clear light amber with a thin off white bubbly head that clears to the edge. Nose is pale malt, apples, frut, blandish - where’s the hop aroma? Taste follows, just as bland, pale malt, light fruit, some sugar. Medium bodied, softish carbonation, a touch of bitterness in the dry finish. Sub average!
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jan 2013
at 13:28
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle at the ChrisO Snow Tasting, London - thanks to Paul for this British IPA! Pours clear gold with a light, white foam head. White bread on the nose, some floral notes. Medium sweet flavor with mellow, dry white bread. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Somewhat dry on the finish with hay and yet more white bread. A rather uninspiring effort from the Brains.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jan 2013
at 10:01
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at Chriso Snow Tasting. Clear gold lasting white head. Earthy fruoty aroma. yes thats the best brainz beer i have had its got some hops
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jan 2013
at 08:10
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle bought at Tesco in Watford, Herts. A golden/amber coloured pour with a small white head on top. Hoppy, malty aroma. Tastes hoppy, malty, fruity with a slight bitterness. It’s OK.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Dec 2012
at 14:44
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ Bree Louise, Euston NW1. Pours a clear golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty hoppy aroma. Fruity malty hoppy citrus flavor. Has a fruity malty hoppy finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Dec 2012
at 13:04
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask@GBBF2012. Golden colour with a small creamy white head. Aroma is bready, fruity, floral and caramelly with some sweet honeylike notes as well. Flavour is fruity, floral, sweet malts, mild crystal notes as well as some toffee. Even though the 6 % abv, it tastes more like a bitter than an IPA.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Aug 2012
at 22:20
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
cask at gbbf ... goldden amber ... thin white head ... soft orange hop ... light sweet nose ... custardy ... soft fruits ... light subdued hop ... this one a little to custartdy ... Golden amber ... small white head .. soft dry orange hop nose .. soft fruits ... bitter and dry ... soft fruits ... little custardy
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Aug 2012
at 06:21