Vocation Brewery Smash & Grab

Smash & Grab

 

Vocation Brewery in Cragg Vale, West Yorkshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  IPA - Imperial / Double Regular
Score
7.40
ABV: 8.0% IBU: 70 Ticks: 95
Smash & Grab is an explosive hop-bomb of juicy goodness.
Crammed full of fruity tropical and citrus flavours from only the freshest, tastiest hops; this big hitting double IPA takes taste to the next level.

With smooth malty depths to match its huge hoppy highs, the finish is smooth, sharp and moreish.
 

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7/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
44cl can from Vocation.
Thin white head. Cloudy golden pour. lovely bitterness.
Tried from Can on 30 May 2021 at 22:06

7.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Brilliant white head on a clear gold body. Malt & pine aroma. Medium to full bodied, smooth & clean. Confectionery, tropical, lune, resin & stone fruit tastes. Good one
Tried on 24 Apr 2021 at 22:52

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 8
Can at home. Golden coloured. Pineapple 🍍, mango, bit phenolic, slightly dry and wry. Medium carbonation.

Purchased at Vinoteca Las Barricas
Tried from Can on 26 Mar 2021 at 20:36

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Can from HavnensVin&Tobak (Batch829@8.0ABV). Pours hazy bright golden with huge white head. Aroma is intense spruce and pine with sweet notes of orange juice, mango, passion fruit and lemonade. Taste is medium sweet, very bitter and faint acidic. Body is oily with fizzy carbonation. Finish is very long, juicy and balanced freshly sweet and hoppy bitter with notes of pine, spruce, resin, mango, orange, passion fruit, pineapple and a finishing acrid touch of rubber tyre and pencil eraser. Not hugely sophisticated, but what it does, it does really well.
Tried from Can on 02 Mar 2021 at 22:39

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Cloudy golden, white froth. Orange and pine aroma. Bitter, hoppy flavour, pine, orange, pineapple. Lasting bitter finish, nice alc warmth.
Tried on 12 Feb 2021 at 17:11

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Can from the Vocation Brewery online shop. Hazy orange pour with a white head. Pineapple, mango, peach, papaya, sweet citrus, orange sherbet aromas. Taste is orange zest, breakfast juice, lots of tropical fruit, pineapple, peach, splash of pink grapefruit. Zesty, peachy and gosh darn it a thoroughly fruity finish.
Tried from Can on 26 Dec 2020 at 10:24

8.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 9
Can on 20th December 2020 from Advent Calendar. Pours hazy orange with thin patchy film left by rapidly diminishing foam. Rich zesty aroma. Nutty malts and intense citrus peel in-mouth. A zesty finish with rear mouth bitterness and just the hint of smoke. Full bodied with a smooth mouthfeel. Exquisite.
Tried from Can on 20 Dec 2020 at 00:59

6.8/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 6.5 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
Pours unclear dark blonde, small white head. Smell is malty, mild citrus, tad 'unfresh' aspect. Taste is full, medium bitterness. Green, bit weird. herbal, towards-yet-not-DMS.
Tried on 24 Sep 2020 at 10:40

8.5/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8
Cette Vocation, DIPA titrant à 8,5% me fait penser à un certain travers qu'ont certains brasseurs artisanaux de vouloir tout pousser pour assurer un effet Waouh !. Ils ne font en cela que suivre la tendance de certains consommateurs en mal de sensation forte. Et ce que l'on peut voir sur certaines DIPA où lame brasseur va forcer à la fois amertume, houblonnage à cru et base maltée, nous pouvons également l'observer sur les Imperial Stout ou autres. Plus d'un serait déçu par une Rochefort 10 ou Westleveren 12... Cette DIPA en reste cependant globalement appréciable avec une bonne complexité et des arômes plaisants sur les herbes, le pamplemousse, la pêche, le miel et un soupçon de poivre. Le visuel n'est pas top avec un blond trouble quasiment sans mousse. Le nez est sur un duo herbes/pamplemousse très développé allié à de la pêche et du miel. A l'attaque c'est un houblonnage à cru très poussé que l'on découvre, alliée à une amertume sur le pamplemousse racée et à une base maltée sur le miel, pêche et pain, bien présente. Une pointe de poivre vient compléter l'ensemble sur une bonne complexité. La vase maltée permet une bonne corpulence en.seconde bouche avec une amertume qui monte en intensité. L’arrière-bouche, lui, permet à l'alcool, à 8,5 % de se poser quelque peu. Le final, un brin court, n'apporte rien. Le tout n'est pas d’en vouloir plus, mais d'être juste.
Tried on 23 Jul 2020 at 11:45

7.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Can, courtesy of MiP. Pours cloudy dark straw with airy white head. Clear aroma of hops, with notws of grass and touches of yeast, fruit and citrus. Bitter, hoppy and citric onset, giving way to round, sweetish notes of fruit and malt and estery touches. Lingering bitter aftertaste with grassy and estery notes and acidic touches. Satiating and rich-bodied. Decent stuff.
Tried from Can on 11 May 2020 at 21:07