26/01/2019. HOP LORD'S, 7 Pump Street, WORCESTER, Worcestershire, England

7

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Brut IPA ‘fruited’ with mango, pineapple, peach and passionfruit, a collaboration of Gipsy Hill (a craft brewer in London) with the more familiar Verdant. Thanks to sebletitje and tderoeck for sharing. Egg-white, loose and open, bubbly, quickly disappearing head over a cloudy peach blonde beer with egg-yolk-like hue. Aroma of (strong) mango jam, canned pineapple slices, guava, orange, passionfruit lemonade, ripe yellow raspberries, sugared lemon juice, ripe melon, moist white pepper, dough. Sweet onset completely drenched in a truckload of tropical fruitiness, with mango and ripe peach being a bit more prominent than passionfruit and pineapple but still all recognizable; soft carb, smooth mouthfeel, with a very thick layer of tropical sweet fruit purée resting heavily on top of a doughy, fluffy malt base. Still ends rather dry, with refreshing fruitiness (again the mango dominating) and a light peppery touch. Granted, this beer feels drier in its basic structure than a typical NEIPA would so I guess it qualifies as a brut IPA, but then this huge dosage of sweet fruitiness kind of nullifies that effect – so that the end result is again very ‘alcoholic fruit juice’-like, as would be the case with most NEIPAs... In short: this one did not succeed in convincing me of the benefits of that new brut IPA thing, I’m afraid, though it certainly was easy and pleasant to drink.

7.3

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

Can courtesy of and shared with Tderoeck @ Taquito and buffalo turds night. BB 28/05/2019. Dorée, paille, col blanc. Arôme offre un gros coup de poing tropical avec sur le devant une saveur intense de jus de pêche et de mangue - de fait de l'ajout de ces fruits l'effet houblonné demeure plus sur le retrait. Palais est axé sur le fruité purée, mangue et pêche, bol tropical, amertume perce timidement retrouve une petite pointe de fruit de la passion et ici aussi, les houblons sont en peu en retrait par rapport à l'apport des fruits. Le malt assure une bonne balance sans pour cela être aussi sur le devant.

7.8

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

Imported from my RateBeer account as Gipsy Hill / Verdant Fugitive (by Gipsy Hill Brewing Company):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 16/20, MyTotalScore: 3.9/5

2/III/19 - 44cl can from Fresh Fields Market (Croydon, London), shared with sebletitje, alengrin and Vince @ Tim's Tremendous Taco Tasting, BB: 28/V/19, canned: 25/XI/18 - (2019-330)
Pretty cloudy orange blond beer, small creamy off-white head, little stable, non adhesive. Aroma: malty, some melons, fruity. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: pretty sweet, super fruity, bit acidic, passion fruits, soft bitterness, some orange juice, bit sugary. Aftertaste: bit acidic, more passion fruits, ripe tropical fruits, mango, papaya.

7.6

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

Keg at salthorse. Pours deep orange, nose is pineapple, mango, bit of custard, taste is basically pineapple juice, tart, sweet, some pine and chewy toffee.

8.2

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

Keg at salty... Hazy amber.. Thin white lacing.. Soft dry zezty peach fruit nose.. Soft sharp passion fruit.. Juicy big zezty fruits.. Big big pinnapple

8

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

Can shared at the Columbus tasting 17/01/2019. A translucnt bright golden orange coloured pour with a loose white head. Aroma is sweet tangy breakfast orange, passion fruit, flower. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, mango milkshake, passion fruit, orange, super juicy, . Palate i s medium sweet, moderate carbonation, . Super juicy.

6.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

0,44 boks delt med Odd Gunnar og Bryne 25.01.19: uklar korngul med kort skum. Coop fruktjuice med alkohol. Sikkert velegnet til reparasjon og som trusefjerner siden vitamininnholdet er så godt skjult. Smaker friskt og godt, men lite og ingenting som minner meg om øl. Ikke gi denne til tenåringer!

8

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

Can from BeerHeadz Lincoln. Looked like mango juice deep orange cloudy and flat. Aroma was mango fruity. Taste mid sweet but dry. Body was zesty and fresh , lighting. To finish.