Festive Hop Gremlin
Brinkburn Street Brewery in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, England 🏴
IPA Winter|
Score
6.60
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Malts: Maris Otter & Pale Ale
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.
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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6.4/10
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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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Mar 2018
at 20:44
6.6/10
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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
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Feb 2018
at 18:05
6.8/10
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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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jan 2018
at 23:03