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JackRabbit Brewing Co. in Ardleigh, Essex, England 🏴
IPA - Imperial / Double Autumn|
Score
6.45
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Our Halloween special. West Coast DDH DIPA with a twist!
Calypso and Citra working in perfect harmony to deliver aromas of tropical and citrus fruits, also providing the nice hoppy bitterness, but followed by a smooth creamy finish.
Calypso and Citra working in perfect harmony to deliver aromas of tropical and citrus fruits, also providing the nice hoppy bitterness, but followed by a smooth creamy finish.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
440ml can. Slightly hazy golden amber with a big frothy white head - until I poured the rest of the can it when it became a dirty orange colour. Aroma of citrus fruits and malts. Taste of slightly sweet malts, caramel, marmalade, bitter citrus - orange, grapefruit peel, grapefruit juice, resin, mostly bitter throughout. Quite a soft, creamy body for a west coaster. Wondering if that's the twist they mention in the description? Because it tastes like a pretty classic WC DIPA to me, the body/mouthfeel is really the only thing suggesting it could be NE influenced.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Jan 2021
at 01:01
4.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
23rd December 2020
Can. One of those cans that didn't open properly and then pisses beer everywhere! Sigh! A mild to medium haze on this slightly deeper than average gold beer, tidy pale cream colour head. Palate is light, pretty dry and had a fine minerally crispness. Thin malts, too thin. Bitter feckin Calypso and Citra. Tasted like it all went in the boil. Tangy bitter citric peel with a side helping of something that tastes a little chemical like and definitely tastes unpleasant. Dry tangy bitter finish. Hard work and most of this went down the sink. These guys are almost local to me and I will buy more of their beers, but on the dipa front - MUCH WORK TO BE DONE!
Can. One of those cans that didn't open properly and then pisses beer everywhere! Sigh! A mild to medium haze on this slightly deeper than average gold beer, tidy pale cream colour head. Palate is light, pretty dry and had a fine minerally crispness. Thin malts, too thin. Bitter feckin Calypso and Citra. Tasted like it all went in the boil. Tangy bitter citric peel with a side helping of something that tastes a little chemical like and definitely tastes unpleasant. Dry tangy bitter finish. Hard work and most of this went down the sink. These guys are almost local to me and I will buy more of their beers, but on the dipa front - MUCH WORK TO BE DONE!
Tried
from Can
on 24 Dec 2020
at 15:35