Vibrant Forest Brewery Pupa

Pupa

 

Vibrant Forest Brewery in Hardley, Hampshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular
Score
7.17
ABV: 4.5% IBU: 10 Ticks: 78
Built to sit somewhere between West and East coast, our Symbiosis series focuses on the idea of building on what we knew about hops and how they compliment and contrast against each other. Pupa is the next stage in the evolution. We're taking the hops from the limelight and moving towards the yeasts that play just an important role in flavour. Expect masses of tropical fruits bursting from the can as hops and yeast dance to create a sensual panoply of aromas. Oats lend a luxurious mouthfeel and low bitterness helps to accentuate this beer into a long and juicy finish.
 

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6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

[Cask at the Nags Head, Reading.] A cloudy straw coloured pour with a tight white head; tropical fruit aroma; smooth and creamy in the mouth with mango and pineapple flavours and some grapefruit pith adding bitterness; then a clean pithy citrus finish. Satisfying.

Tried at The Nags Head on 09 Jun 2025 at 13:29


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Can from Drankenhandel Leiden. Aroma is fruity hops with grass, citrus, tropical fruits, pineapple, grapefruit, mango. Flavour is light sweet and medium bitter. Body is medium. Fruity, hoppy and fairly juicy Pale Ale, good stuff.

Tried from Can on 07 Feb 2025 at 12:15


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Tap at Beer Hunters. Hazy yellow color and small steady white head. Pale malty, some pineapple. Light-bodied. Tropical fruits, citrus, pineapple, mango. Lots of flavors for its abv.

Tried from Draft on 19 Nov 2024 at 16:33


7

Juicy, peach, nectarine

Tried from Draft on 17 Sep 2024 at 16:18


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Can from the Low Cost Beer online shop. Pours hazy lemon yellow with a thick white head. Aromas of lemon, pineapple, guava. Taste is light tropical fruit. Thin finish

Tried from Can on 15 Apr 2024 at 15:43


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Keg at Brewdog Southampton. Pours cloudy gold with white foam. Aroma: fruity, stone fruits, light tropical fruits, citrus peel & zest. Taste: light to moderate sweet & bitter. Smooth. Medium body with soft carbonation. Tidy.

Tried on 26 Feb 2024 at 21:09


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Thin beige left a collar on a pale dull lemon coloured body. Punchy juice up aroma with exotic fruits, nectarine & mango. Medium bodied, smooth on the front with a sharp dry back. Peach, lemon, grapefruit & cereal tastes with a zesty finish. Lovely Pale.

Tried on 21 Sep 2023 at 20:13


6.9
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Can. Pours pale hazy yellow. Grapefruit, papaya, lemon, herbal, little grain. Medium body. Solid.

Tried from Can on 08 Jul 2023 at 20:42


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Draught@CBH2018. Hazy yellow colour, small white head. Arom ais floral, fruity, some herbal, bready and toffeeish malts along with honey. Flavour is herbal, floral, some honey, nectar and mild bready and crisp biscuity notes.

Tried on 07 Jun 2023 at 17:16


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask @ Rockstone, Southampton. Cloudy pale golden coloured with a thin head. Fruity cask brew, which is slightly more dominant than its other prominent feature of hoppiness. Never stated in either though.

Tried from Cask on 11 Jan 2023 at 06:41