Franciscan Well Brewery Chieftain

Chieftain

 

Franciscan Well Brewery in Cork, County Cork, Ireland 🇮🇪

  IPA Regular
Score
6.42
ABV: 5.5% IBU: 50 Ticks: 88
Franciscan Well Chieftain IPA is a hugely popular IPA, and Franciscan Well’s answer to Ireland’s growing demand for IPA style beers. IPA’s are traditionally high hopped to deliver intense bitterness that lingers on the palate which usually limits what you can drink or taste after it.

With Chieftain IPA, Shane wants everything an IPA has to deliver, but he wants you to be able to enjoy another beer after it. Chieftain IPA is a great stepping stone into the land of big and bitter.
 

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6/10
Tried from Draft on 04 Jun 2017 at 18:10

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 8
Tap in Belfast. Pours amber with a beige head. Aroma suggests pine. Med body. Flavor is pine/floral. Decently hoppy, decently bitter. Pleasingly bitter.
Tried from Draft on 05 May 2017 at 05:48

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Pint at The World’s End. Clear copper amber colour, off-white head. Aroma of grapefruit, citrus, sweaty socks, caramel. Flavour is likewise, not much to it but it’s a decent drop. Light bodied.
Tried on 29 Apr 2017 at 05:18

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Tap at a Dublin hotel. Poured a crystal clear copper colour with a frothy white head and some broken lace. The aroma is sweet malt creamy caramel, tropical fruit. The flavour is moderate sweet light bitter with a rich, sweet malt, fruity, light hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried from Draft on 23 Mar 2017 at 15:09

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5
Tap @ The Errigle, Belfast. Shared with Niilstrong. Clear autumnal red-brown color, medium sized white head that lasts for a long time and leaves fair lacing. Aroma is malts, some hops. Taste malts, hops, bitter, unfortunately lightly butter as well. Ok body and carbonation.
Tried from Draft on 09 Mar 2017 at 12:06

6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
By keg at Murderers in Norwich. Thanks to the Danes for sharing. Deep dark brown body. Crocheted lacing. Caramel and mid-sweet hops on the nose. Mixed malt-fruity flavours of citrus and brown malts. Malt-fruity bitterness to the finish. Decent (Shared with Cunningham, 18.02.2017).
Tried on 01 Mar 2017 at 06:09

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Tap @ Murderers, Norwich. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are caramel, fruits, flowers and hops. Light bitter finish.
Tried from Draft on 25 Feb 2017 at 05:02

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Draught @ Gardeners Arms, Norwich. Pours amber with an offwhite head. Aroma of malt, caramel, grassy hops. Flavor is light sweet, malt, caramel, grass. Thin to medium body, lively carbonation. 180217
Tried on 24 Feb 2017 at 10:07

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Tap @ Gardeners Arms, Norwich. Clear amber with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel, light toffee and light hoppy - grass. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. 180217
Tried from Draft on 22 Feb 2017 at 11:59

7/10
Tried from Can on 01 Oct 2016 at 13:20