Holy Island Hotspur
Lindisfarne Mead in Holy Island, Northumberland, England 🏴
IPA - Session Regular|
Score
6.21
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottle online from Northumbrian Gifts. Pours clear copper gold with a white foam. Malty. Fruity. Very dry. Long prominently bitter finish. Astringent. Medium body with soft carbonation.
Theydon_Bois (46224) reviewed Holy Island Hotspur from Lindisfarne Mead 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Panda pop thanks to Shig, supped a la home, 29/08/20. Lightly hazed golden amber with a decent off white head. Nose is light melon, grass, tangerine, straw. Taste comprises melon, light orange peel, grass, hint of pineapple, airy malts. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close splashed with mellow hop bitterness. Decent enough fayre for the style but not a revisit.
SHIG (13882) reviewed Holy Island Hotspur from Lindisfarne Mead 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle shared with Grumbo: Poured a unclear golden with a white lacing froth head. Aroma is light buttery, jammy fruit, tingle. Taste is fruity, hops, bitterness to the end.
Grumbo (24387) reviewed Holy Island Hotspur from Lindisfarne Mead 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 4.5
21/8/2020. Bottle from Northumbrian Gifts. Pours clear bright gold with a bubbly/frothy white head. Aroma of butter, fruit, toffee, malt, potato starch and veg. Medium sweetness with moderate bitterness. Moderate body, slight creamy texture, soft carbonation. Metallic bitter finish with buttery mashed potato. Not great.
BlackHaddock (17284) reviewed Holy Island Hotspur from Lindisfarne Mead 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
500ml bottle: BBE Mar 2021. Drank at home on 24th Jul 2020. Old gold colour, off-white crown. Nose and taste have singed malty notes alongside some citrus fruitiness. I liked it.
McCash (16021) reviewed Holy Island Hotspur from Lindisfarne Mead 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle from Northumbrian Gifts. Appearance - golden orange, slight haze. Carbonation normal!! White head. Nose - malt bag, burnt fruit loaf. Taste - more burnt fruit loaf. Palate - medium bodied, crunchy texture and bit astringent. Overall - it's not tasty but unlike the others there are no obvious fruits.
allmyvinyl (21071) reviewed Holy Island Hotspur from Lindisfarne Mead 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle shared with Ashton McCobb. Pours just-clear golden with a thin white head. Aromas of burnt raisin and damp malt. Taste is light sweet malt, astringent hop bitterness.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle included in First & Last's Northumbria Beer Box. Fruity stonefruit aroma but mared by a buttery streak. Medium gold. Frothy creamy off-white head. Medium bitter. Some tangy fruit but also a dose of quinine. Malty. But also buttery. Light bodied. Slick if thin. Average carbonation. Astringent finish. A mess - there's some fruit but ruined by diacetyl and quinine.