Le Commandant
BrewBoard in Harston, Cambridgeshire, England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
IPA - Brut Regular|
Score
6.84
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A multi-hopped bone-dry Brut IPA. Amarillo and Citra set the citrussy tone. Ekuanot and Mosaic add an assortment of tropical fruit in both aroma and flavour. Melba brings the clean spicy bitterness. It is light in mouthfeel and effervescent. Think sparkling dry Champagne but with fruit-forward hop aromas. There's a lot going on, but Le Commandant is in total charge.
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7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap to bottle from lowcostbeer.com. Mostly clear golden-amber with small white top. Citric aroma with orange zest and hop spice dominating. Taste of orange peel, grapefruit, light tropical, pine, hop spice, touch of biscuit. Medium bodied, semi-dry, fine carbonation. It lacks the greater dryness and mouthfeel to be a genuine Brut IPA so I'll mark a point off. Tasty IPA though so I'm more than happy.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:06
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can from Beers of Europe. Slightly hazed golden colour with a thick white head. A but of a gusher!! Floral and fragrant aroma. Taste id dry and slightly bitter. Medium to full oily body.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Oct 2019
at 17:28
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Keg at the pint shop Birmingham. A medium golden orange coloured pour with a sticky white head. Aroma is fresh zesty orange, Stixky hop. Flavour is composed of stmi sweet, sticky orange rind, apricot, tangerine.. Palate is semi sweet, moderate carbonation, sticky hop. Good all round ipa.
Tried
on 19 Jul 2019
at 19:10
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Keg at the Pint Shop, Bingoham, Cotts Convention V day, 08/06/19. Clear golden orange with a decent off white cap that retains well. Nose is malty, bitter orange, grass, grapefruit. Taste comprises orange peel, light mineral bite, bitter citric zest, grass, toasted malts. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying spiked with dusty grassy hop bitterness. Decent IPA but not getting the usual brut vibes.
Tried
on 24 Jun 2019
at 14:47
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Keg at Pint Shop, Brum. Citrus and veg aroma. Hazy gold. Frothy white head. Light bitter. Underlying malts and biscuits. Thin. Light. Average carbonation. Dry finish. OK.
Tried
on 08 Jun 2019
at 18:42
6/10
Tried
on 08 Jun 2019
at 11:41
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Keg at the Pint Shop; hazy golden amber pour with a creamy off white head, aroma has peach, taste has pine, quite dry with peach.
Tried
on 08 Jun 2019
at 11:32
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can from Beers of Europe. Appearance - cloudyyellow amber with a big lively head. Nose - jaffa cake without the chocolate. Taste - pungent apricot and a hint of mango. Palate - close to medium bodied and creamy. The sweet malt base stops it from truly being a Brut. Overall - would be interesting to see the same beer made with purely pale malt.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Apr 2019
at 11:05
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can shared with Ashton McCobb. Pours hazy dark golden with a short-lived bubbly white head. Aromas of orange, light tropical fruit. Taste is mango, sweet ripe mango. Quite sweet for a Brut. Malty notes at the end.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Apr 2019
at 11:00
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap. Pint Shop, Cambridge. Hazed, orange gold. Thin, dense, lacing, glossy topped white head. Nose has sweet grain. Satsuma and candied peel. Some minty herb. A little flowery and soapy. Taste is very sweet for a supposed brut IPA. Some herbal bitterness. Medium body. A little sticky. Fine carbonation. Fairly sticky with herbal bitterness to finish. Decent enough, but itโs not true to โstyleโ.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Nov 2018
at 16:59