Orkney IPA
Swannay Brewery in Swannay, Orkney, Scotland 🏴
IPA Regular|
Score
6.50
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India Pale Ales (IPAs) of old were heavily hopped to survive their journey to the colonies. This is Rob’s interpretation - believing the hops may have mellowed by arrival.
Malts: Maris Otter, Best Pale, Wheat
Hops: Chinook, Dana, Summit
Malts: Maris Otter, Best Pale, Wheat
Hops: Chinook, Dana, Summit
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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled. A golden beer with a thin off-white head. The aroma has notes of lemons, straw, and malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, straw, and cardboard, leading to a dry and bitter finish. Thanks yespr for sharing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Sep 2011
at 11:50
5.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
clear yellow ,smooth white head. aroma is english bitter. flavor is english herbal hoppy, malty sweet notes.
Tried
on 29 Sep 2011
at 11:44
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 50 cl. Courtesy of yespr. Pours a clear golden with an off-white head. Very fresh citrusy hops. Medium body, sweet fruitiness, a little phenols and a dry, hoppy finish. Nice. 290911
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Sep 2011
at 07:50
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
50 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden yellow with a small white head. Aroma is mild citrusy and toasted malty. Light breadish. Citrusy, light peachy and crisp grassy hoppy. Citrusy and crisp hoppy finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Sep 2011
at 07:47
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Take 2 - It’s the Bandstand Bar again 030912
Soft fruity citrus hop, nice fruity pale malts that are not too sweet. The palate had a good bitter sweet balance - OK it’s up to 3.7
Cask @ Bandstand Bar, Nairn. 08102011 7/4/7/4/14
Golden amber with thin white head...Aroma of citrus lemon orange hops....Taste - caramel fruity malts, honey, citrus hops with a bit of grass.....Palate...tangy citrus and hoppy bitter finish....Overall - More malt than expected for an IPA which reduces the hoppiness. Pleasant, drinkable beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Aug 2011
at 03:22
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Re-rating from cask at Caledonian Sample Rooms. More creamy on the pour and much more fruit on the nose and palate this time - reminiscent of grapes and grapefruit. Much better on cask! Original Rating from bottle on 26/03/2011 5/3/5/4/12 = 2.9. Dark golden with just a little head. The nose has sweet barley malt and green herby hops. The taste is more obviously hay and nettles. The palate is light to medium-bodied, dry and refreshing. Overall, a summer thirst-quencher, that gets better as you drink more.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Mar 2011
at 16:00
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle from Peckhams. Dark golden colour, off-white head. Aroma is malty, citrus, grapefruit. Flavour is well malted, grapefruit, juicy. Little caramel, very fruity Fairly bitter and dry finish. Medium bodied. This is great tasting stuff, very easy drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Dec 2010
at 12:07
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from a very good offie in St Andrews, Fife, the name of which eludes me. Nose was fragrant and fruity, almost sickly, with notes of apples on the turn lingering in a damp shed. Fruitiness predominated in the taste with the hops not really being allowed to shine. The bitterness therefore lacked any real nuts, a crucial element for an IPA surely. Reasonable enough on the whole though, but the final sentence of the commercial description is well wide of the mark.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Nov 2010
at 04:26
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (handpump) @ Cask and Barrel, 115 Broughton Street, Edinburgh, Scotland EH1 3RZ.Clear medium yellow orange color with a large, creamy, excellent lacing, fully lasting, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, moderate hoppy, grapefruit. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, peel bitter, hoppy, grapefruit, dusty. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20100205]
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Oct 2010
at 11:18
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
cask at Bow Bar - Pours copper-gold with the usual nice, lingering cask head. It smells of citrus accented hops. The flavor is mild to moderately bitter with some good grapefruit notes. Pretty good.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Jul 2010
at 17:22