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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7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Christianssand Brygghus 100822. Yellow color with a white head. Aroma is tropical fruit. Flavor is tropical fruit, malt, grapefruit, pine, citrus, hop. Easy drinkable beer.

Tried on 28 Aug 2022 at 05:59


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

440 ml can, from Vaaland, Bryne. ABV is 4.5%. Medium hazy yellow colour, moderate white head. Distinct aroma of mango, pineapple, papaya and guava, also notes of spruce. The flavour has notes of citrus and said tropical fruits, sprucetips and pine needles in the finish, moderate bitterness. Very pleasant to drink.

Tried from Can on 16 Aug 2022 at 19:51


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Can, at Christianssand Brygghus. It's an unclear one, yellow-orange in color, with a finger thick white head. Some lacing. The aroma is very grapefruity and piney, with some generic citrus and a faint malty hint. Notes of green grapes and melon. It's medium bodied and quite dry on the palate, with a pleasant carbonation and a good bitterness. Mostly piney and grapefruity flavor too, with some hop bag notes and a very light hop burn. Some melon and grass hints, and a very light maltyness. Lasting dry, bitter and fruity finish. A refreshing and delicious one. 220810

Tried from Can on 10 Aug 2022 at 14:10


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

Hand-pulled pint on 11th June 2022; Bookshop Alehouse, Southampton. Poured a cloudy pale body (yellow-ish), white head. Yip, it's hop forward all right, citrus leanings throughout.

Tried on 27 Jun 2022 at 04:04


6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

440ml can. Poured a hazy light yellow straw colour with a lasting frothy white head and lots of bubbles. The aroma is grainy malt, fake sugar and citrus fruits. The flavour is moderate to light bitter and sweet, with a light, watery, crisp, light tropical citrus, mineral, light hop bitter palate. Light to medium bodied with lively carbonation.

Tried from Can on 16 Dec 2021 at 01:07


6.8
Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 9

Draught @ Soho. Rated on 11.11.2021 Aroma has sweet candy and tropical fruits. Flavour has sweet candy tones, tropical fruits, pineapple juice. Sweet and candy-like, yet drinkable.

Tried from Can on 13 Nov 2021 at 05:56


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

Can from the Brewhouse & Kitchen, Islington. Yellow gold, hazy with a big loose white head. Smells of grapefruit, candied citrus peel, lemon balm. Well-balanced taste: its got some sweetness but isn't a 'sweet' beer,and there's noticeable hop kickback in the finish. Very heavy carbonation. Its tempting to label it as competent as opposed to mind-blowing,bit it sits comfortably between the two. I could drink a few of these.

Tried from Can on 29 Jul 2021 at 14:12


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Can from the brewery online shop. Appearance - cloudy yellow, one inch snow white head. Nose - orange, then dank mango and melon. Taste - mango skin, fresh orange and a resin note. Palate - light to medium bodied. Tangy, lightly bitter finish. Overall - good but resin note more than preferred.

Tried from Can on 29 May 2021 at 20:35


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Tap. Blurred, milky yellow, white foam. Aroma: florally, grassy, citrus, light sweet, tangerine, lime, fruity. Taste: light, dry, slightly aspirin, grassy, citrus, fruity, tropical fruit, light bitterness.

Tried from Draft on 10 Jun 2020 at 07:37


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

(Can) Pours cloudy golden with white head. Good aroma of tropical fruit and citrus with notes of pepper and onion. Full bodied with excellent carbonation, both smooth and bright. Taste unusual with a significant evolution from a tangy fruity start to a bitter and peppery finish. The malt is well down in the mix with little apparent sweetness. Plenty of hops. Very drinkable, if just a little unusual.

Tried from Can on 04 Jun 2020 at 13:42