The Blacksmith
Kvarken Brewery in Korsholm (Mustasaari), Ostrobothnia, Finland 🇫🇮
IPA Regular|
Score
6.43
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The Blacksmith IPA is the first beer of our Brewers Limited series and this time we invited Kim Smeds to brew with us. The Blacksmith IPA is a straight forward IPA, giving a gentle fruity and floral aroma and a nice bitter hoppy kick in the finish, without forgetting the crispy malts. Enjoy as is, or along with heavier fatty or salty foods.
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5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4.5
Flavor 4.5
Texture 5
Overall 6
Botte 33 cl. Pours golden with a slight haze and a lacing, rich, white head. Very faint aroma, perhaps a hint of pine. Medium body, a super dry fruitiness with a very bitter finish. Adding a ton of bittering hops to a bland Golden Ale does not make an IPA. 190525
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 May 2025
at 14:16
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
A golden beer, a head is small and white. Aroma has citrusy fruitness, quite mild, grapefruit, lime. Taste has grapefruit, lime, at least medium bitterness, it's nice. Medium bodied. Citrucy, clean, good.
Tried
from Bottle
from
K-Citymarket (Turku Kupittaa)
on 15 Feb 2025
at 09:26
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
1/8/2022. Bottle shared by SHIG, cheers. Region #403. Finnish region 8/19. Pours slightly hazy pale gold with a large frothy white head. Aroma is pithy, malty, grapefruit, melon, pine. Light to moderate sweetness, medium bitterness, light tartness. Medium body, oily, average carbonation. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Aug 2022
at 16:08
7/10
Klar lys gul med offwhite skum som daler sakte. Aroma aprikos humle furunål. Smak aprikos humle furunål gjær malt. Fin fylde, bitter, lett fruktig, balansert. God ipa
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jul 2022
at 22:56
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Klar lys gul med offwhite skum som daler sakte. Aroma aprikos humle furunål. Smak aprikos humle furunål gjær malt. Fin fylde, bitter, lett fruktig, balansert. God ipa. Gave fra DjOeye
Tried
on 06 Jul 2022
at 20:55
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottled 330ml. -Courtesy of Marko, shared with him & hrabren, thanks! Unclear pale golden coloured, medium sized white head, fruity and light herbal nose. Staleish herbal tea like taste with notes of ripe fruits and strong bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jun 2022
at 13:17
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle, huge thanks Pat! Misty golden-yellow body, white head. Buttery aroma, some fruity touches, sweetness. Medium body, slick tasty, herbal-flowery, grassy and greasy, ending bitterish. Okay, not Kvarken's best beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jun 2022
at 18:26
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
0.33 l bottle thanks to Marko who brought it from Scandinavia. Shared with Ogi and him. Unclear golden, small off-white head. Moderately hoppy, citrusy, piney, grainy, some cardboard, a soft earthy touch. After awhile overripe fruit. Herbal and piney flavour, slightly sharp, some bitterness, slightly bland, dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jun 2022
at 18:25
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Panda 🐼 at home thanks to SHIG. A translucent golden yellow coloured pour with a loose white head. Aroma is grassy hop, straw, nettle, midget gems. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, frothy wjheat, grass, straw, grainy, grassy hop, midgets gems, Palate is grassy highish carbonation.
Tried
on 24 Jun 2022
at 21:43
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Panda at home, thanks to SHIG, 23/06/22. Almost clear golden to light amber with a good sized lasting just off white head. Nose is spruce, bitter orange, light pine nip, citric tinged straw, caramel. Taste comprises bitter orange, herbal notes, spruce, hedgerow, earthy hop, melon. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spiked with dusty hop bitterness. Ok old skool leaning IPA.
Tried
on 23 Jun 2022
at 18:07