Festive Hop Gremlin
Brinkburn Street Brewery in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, England 🏴
IPA Winter|
Score
6.60
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Hops: Chinook, Otto, Cascade & Citra (US), leaf in the kettle and Falconers Flight & Eldorado (US) pellets (dry hopping)
Taste: Complex tropical fruit tones balanced with a hoppy dry linger
ABOUT THIS BEER
This Christmas 2016 Festive Hop Gremlin beer, available in a festive sized 750ml bottle or 30 litre keg, has our hero in a Christmas jumper and angel wings in the Fair Isle style, along with a Santa hat and red ears. He also has been given, in the traditional festive style, red eyes. Festive Hop Gremlin is normally a kinder, more ‘zen/peace-on-Earth’ type of guy (Dr Jekyll) than his Radgie* cousin Hop Gremlin (Mr Hyde). However, he can ‘turn to the dark side’ if fed or given a drink after Midnight.
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle at home... copper.. thin white lacing.. soft sweet caramel toffee.. Light spice fruits nose.. Soft woody toffee malts.. soft caramel spiced woody malts
Stuu (34926) reviewed Festive Hop Gremlin from Brinkburn Street Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle at Craigs. Pours orange, nose is floral, citrus, toffee, taste is grassy, musty toffee.
saxo (29673) reviewed Festive Hop Gremlin from Brinkburn Street Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle from AlesByMail. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are hops, fruits, flowers, malt and has a light bitter finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
500ml bottle. Slightly cloudy, reddish, pale golden colour with huge, frothy, slowly osteoporosing, minimally lacing, white head. Piney and fruity, hoppy aroma, notes of red berries, some gooseberry, biscuity and husky, pale malty basis. Taste is sweet-ish pale malty and fruity hoppy, notes of red fruit (berries, cherry, etc.); bitter finish with chalky overtones and a touch of burnt straw.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle from Alesbymail. Hazy amber with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and light hoppy - old hops and fruity. Flavor is medium sweet and rather bitter. Dry and rather bitter finish. 010218
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
500 ml bottle, from Ales By Mail. ABV is 5.6%. Cloudy brownish golden colour, large white head. Nice aroma of fruity (tropical fruits, citrus) and spicy hops, also notes of pine and spruce. The dry flavour has notes of grapefruit, pine and spruce. Bitter finish. A half-decent American-style IPA, a bit one-dimensional, nothing particularly festive or "Christmassy" about it. Too bitter and resinous.
yespr (55607) reviewed Festive Hop Gremlin from Brinkburn Street Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
50 cL bottle. Pours hazy orange. Small white head. Aroma is grassy and slight herbal. Bitter, Slight fruity. Dry, mild herbal. Grassy and slight citrusy fruity. Bitter and dry hoppy finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Botella de @Ales By Mail, Online 08/12/2017
Color amarillo anaranjado, espuma blanca consistente, aromas herbales con notas especiadas, sabor maltoso caramelo cuerpo medio.