Spectrum QIPA

Polly's Brew Co. in Mold, Flintshire, Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

IPA - Quadruple New England / Hazy Regular

Score

7.72

ABV: 13.0%

IBU: -

Ticks: 6

Well it’d be rude not to wouldn’t it? We’re all about innovation and using the most modern techniques and processes in our brewing here at Polly’s HQ. When our hop merchant presented the idea of Spectrum hops earlier in the year, we were immediately hooked in and interested to see what we could utilise them in. As hops in pure liquid form, we’re able to use less, but maintain the intensity of aroma and flavour throughout, adding an extra level of complexity we’ve never been able to achieve previously. With less vegetal matter within the beer too boot, this means we yield even more beer, which means more beer for everyone to enjoy! After the debacle of our Birthday Beer being as rare as hens teeth, we’ve returned to the QIPA style, and gone full big boy batch this time around. Featuring a mixture of 50kg of Mosaic and Citra pellet hops, paired up with 4kg of Mosaic and Citra Spectrum; expect mega intense gooseberry, lychee and grapefruit notes from Citra, backed up with a tropical medley of mango, peach and tangerine notes from Mosaic, along with a warming alcohol booziness. Better than the Birthday Beer? Well, we don’t wanna jump the gun…

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8.4

madmitch76 (40452) reviewed Spectrum QIPA from Polly's Brew Co. 4 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

17th July 2021 Can. Very hazy deep orange mango beer, small pale cream colour head. Smooth palate, slightly viscous, decent fine carbonation. Smooth creamy malts, nice malt base for a big old 13% hop job. I really didn't notice the alcohol in this one, some viscosity on the palate but no alcohol heat. Hops bring an intense ripe rich citrus, some peel in there and some mild hop spice. Really nice savoury edge to the hoppage here. Smooth pine runs throughout. Slightly jammy tropical fruits. Smooth and slightly viscous finish. Punchy and satisfying. As the abv has gone up in this series, so has the flavour intensity. Yeah - hard not to neck. Love the savoury ripe fruity richness.

Tried from Can on 17 Jul 2021 at 18:21

8.3

Mr_Pink_152 (17201) reviewed Spectrum QIPA from Polly's Brew Co. 4 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Can from Hoptimism. Hazy to cloudy pale golden colour with a white head. Aroma and taste are citrus, slightly tropical coconut. Fruit sweet bro bittersweet full smooth body. Drinks well below the abv.

Tried from Cask on 13 Jun 2021 at 20:10

8.8

LordAlwold1970 (9754) reviewed Spectrum QIPA from Polly's Brew Co. 4 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

Can from Eltham Wines. Cloudy deep orange pour with a white head. Nose is mango, sweet citrus, apricot, papaya, peach. Mouthwatering sweet fruit flavours- mango,peach,nectarine, sweet citrus, pineapple, dessert pear. Soothing alcohol warmth. Mouthcoating sweet juicy fruit in the close. Lovely stuff.

Tried from Can on 16 May 2021 at 13:55

smallwat3r (4866) ticked Spectrum QIPA from Polly's Brew Co. 4 years ago

QIPA, what else? Cheesy, boozy, powerful.

Tried from Can on 15 May 2021 at 20:11

Tommann (7637) reviewed Spectrum QIPA from Polly's Brew Co. 4 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

440ml can. Pours very hazy dull reddy gold with a medium head. Aroma is strong hop oils and onion hop. Taste is sweet with lychee and pineapple to start. Strong onion hop and boozy finish.

Tried from Can on 06 May 2021 at 20:50

7.9

jamestulloch (9642) reviewed Spectrum QIPA from Polly's Brew Co. 4 years ago

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Can from House Of Trembling Madness. Murky bronze body with an off-white head. No visible carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of overripe peach and sponge cake. Flavour of orange cream and grapes with a peppery hop burn on the finish. Medium to full body with a smooth texture. Soft fizz. Heavy and boozy. It’s pretty ridiculous but good fun.

Tried from Can on 03 May 2021 at 07:47