Shaky Tail
Polly's Brew Co. in Mold, Flintshire, Wales 🏴
Pale Ale - New England / Hazy Regular|
Score
6.83
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Simcoe, Simcoe, Simcoe. Where would we be without you? A strong contender for our in-house favourite varietal purely on the basis of how adaptable it is, we’ve utilized this giant of the brewing scene on single hop showcases across the board, from DIPA to IPA, now it’s the turn of a more sessionable effort, with us loading this DDH Pale Ale with the same dry hop charge as one of our big IPAs, bordering on DIPA territory. Featuring an insane 40kg, and with an ultra light sprinkling in the whirlpool; apricot, passionfruit and citrus notes are positively bursting out of this beer, before being reeled back in with a healthy balance of earthy pine bitterness. With everything wrapped up in a warm hug of our bespoke LA3 yeast strain, this is our love letter to one of the true superstar hops.
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6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Keg draught at Wilfred Pinsent and Grandson, Mountsorrel. Very light gold, hazy, a thin white head with good lacing. Berries, citrus, stone fruit all compete with a strong herbal character in the aroma. Taste is sweet, more berries with a good malt backbone, a little musty. Light bitterness at the finish. Light body with light to medium carbonation. Decent but not Polly's best work.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Jun 2025
at 15:25
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7
Draft at Beerheadz Lincoln. Hazy to cloudy off golden colour with a pale head. Aroma and taste are tangerine with some sweet tropical fruit. Medium smooth body.
Tried
from Draft
at
BeerHeadZ Lincoln
on 08 Jan 2025
at 15:39
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
440ml can at the Wrekin Inn on 19th March 2023. Hazy golden yellow with a decent white cap. The Simcoe hops do their thing with a citrusy aroma and taste with a piney trace here and there.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Mar 2023
at 20:23
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap at Taphouse, Copenhagen (05/03/2023) - Bright vibrant fruity with notes of grapefruit and pineapple, touch of peach, pine needles, soft pale malts, solid hoppy close.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Mar 2023
at 08:19
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
440ml can. Pours very hazy light gold with a small head. Aroma is onion, rosemary crackers and pineapple. Taste has pineapple to start with a bitter onion finish.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Jul 2022
at 19:35
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can thanks to Ashton McCobb. Pours milky yellow with a thin white head. Aromas of citrus and light spice. Taste is light sweet, citrus, spice. Light sweet finish.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Feb 2021
at 16:46
6.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Gusjegrågul. Uklar. Grapefruktaroma. Smaken sitrus & mango. Lett tørr avslutning.
Tried
on 12 Jan 2021
at 21:15
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
440ml can from Vinmonopolet Langnes. Remaining white head over a cloudy grey-golden body, spotty lacing. Promising aromas of grapefruit and pineapple. Citrus flavours, orange and grapefruit, on a backbone of grainy malts. Mid-dry bittersweet finish. Medium bodied. Delivers quite well. (Tromsø 05.01.2021).
Tried
from Can
on 06 Jan 2021
at 14:49
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can from Beer Ambleside. Appearance - murky yellow to orange with a snow white head. Nose - orange and tinned peach. Light sweat. Taste - orange and fresh apricot. Creamy almond on the finish. Palate - light bodied, good bitterness and decent length. Overall - good.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Jan 2021
at 20:49
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
440ml can SophiesBeerStore.co.uk. Proper hazy milky oaty complexion, large white head. Big fruity exotic aroma. Palate is soft, not overly smooth, presenting pleasant juicy apricot, passionfruit, grapefruit with a little earthy pine and a nice rounded bitterness. Great fresh hoppy IPA.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Jan 2021
at 15:56