Chieftain
Franciscan Well Brewery in Cork, County Cork, Ireland 🇮🇪
IPA Regular|
Score
6.42
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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.
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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6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draught at the brewery. Clear, amber colored. AROMA- passion fruit, some strawberries. FLAVOR- neutral to dry, lightly bitter, smooth, malty, strawberries. Light to medium bodied.
Good.
Good.
Tried
on 27 Jul 2016
at 05:03
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Keg at Pig & Tail; clear burnished amber pour with a thin off white head, aroma has light citrus and robust malts, taste has sweet caramel, some citrus action, pleasant enough.
Tried
on 18 Jun 2016
at 12:35
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Keg at the Glyde Inn, Annagassan, 05/06/16. Clear golden amber with a decent white head. Nose is caramel malt, bitter orange, hop dusting, light marmalade. Taste comprises caramel malt, grapefruit, toasted bread, orange marmalade. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close dashed with earthy hop bitterness. Decent enough well balanced IPA.
Tried
on 05 Jun 2016
at 11:03
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught Good thick off-white head over clear orange beer. Rosewater, bit cheesy New World hops, sweetened orangepeel. Bitterish but ending again in rosewater; citrus. Rather refreshing; light to medium bodied. Maybe mainstream, but certainly not bad IPA.
Tried
on 01 Jun 2016
at 12:08
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Keg at Palmer’s, Long Sutton. Reddish brown, lively with a big white head. Floral and mandarin aroma. Light bittersweet taste, with iced tea and melon in the aftertaste. Light body, slightly watery. Pretty good.
Tried
on 07 Mar 2016
at 15:51
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at The Preston Park Tavern Brighton. Clear mid brown. Lasting cream head. Grapefruit hoppy aroma. Decent apa. Resin pine. Sweetish. Not too bitter. Ok
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Nov 2015
at 08:53
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Keg at Great Expectations, Reading, served in an attractive tall brewery-branded pint jug. Clear copper with a thick creamy head. ’Merican hoppy aroma is not overbearing, suggesting sweetness as well as citrus hops. This initial impression carries on into the flavour, with pink grapefruit and orange juxtaposing pleasantly against caramel and toffee. There’s some peachy notes too. Despite the underlying sweetness, the hops keep the beer crisp and very drinkable. It is let down a little by a hint of pine disinfectant when one burps, but remains a great IPA with better balance than most.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Oct 2015
at 17:22
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
A quite decent and nice IPA. Better than the usual British IPA. Not as hoppy as the American versions. Clear golden color with a fine white head. Tropical fruity, malty, pine and citric hoppy. Medium body and an ok carbonation. Ok balance between sweetness and bitterness.
[On tap at Norseman 1696 in Dublin, Ireland]
[On tap at Norseman 1696 in Dublin, Ireland]
Tried
from Can
on 05 Oct 2015
at 11:04
6/10
Tried
on 24 May 2015
at 13:06
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From tap. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Peachy and light grapefruity. Smooth fruity, light soapy. Mild bitter and crisp hoppy. Bitter, soapy and grapefruity finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 May 2015
at 12:03