Bantha Blood
S43 Brewery in Durham, Durham, England 🏴
Collab with: Full Circle Brew CoAmber / Red Ale - Imperial Regular
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Score
7.64
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A style that's not really made its way over to the UK yet, but the Brother's Alex at S43 and Full Circle locked horns and came up with this big hitting IPA. Expect sticky, chewy toffee and caramel flavours from the malt, offset by a huge hop bill of Columbus, Chinook, Centennial and Simcoe for a bitterness as dry as the desert planet of Tattooine, and some Citrus and Pine notes to bring it all Full Circle (Pun Intended).
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8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Sample courtesy of Grumbo via Ed. Cheers! Aroma is of toffee, caramel, pine, hints of tropical fruit and citrus. Taste of toffee, caramel and malts as advertised. Certainly does dry the mouth but unpleasant After a while the citrus and tropical fruits come through. Love the name, love the description and love the beer. Nothing more to be said.
Tried
on 12 Jan 2025
at 09:37
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from lowcostbeer.com, consumed 1 week past BBE. Pours a murky red-brown, small off white to beige head, good retention and lacing. Aroma of sweet malts, caramel, toffee, light roast, earthy-pine and some fruitiness in the hops. Taste has a pine bitterness, sweet caramel like malts, citrus zest and dried fruit. Full bodied, chewy, dry. Very good, tasty.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Dec 2024
at 02:23
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
24/8/2021. Can sample courtesy of danlo, cheers Ed! Pours rich, clear, deep bronze with a foamy/creamy off-white head. Great looking beer. Aroma of toffee, biscuit, malt, berries, bread, pine and dried fruit. Moderate sweetness and medium to heavy, earthy bitterness. Full body, smooth texture, soft carbonation. Very tasty.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Aug 2021
at 17:22
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
440ml can from Craft & Berry. Red amber-brown colour, big tan foam head leaving lacing and aroma of malt, toffee, caramel, fruity, pine. Taste is sweet malty, toffee apple, caramel, marlamade, pine, fruity hop, with earthy bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry bitter warming boozy finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Jul 2021
at 12:48
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can from Beerdome. Clear deep red brown with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel, a little dried fruit and moderate hoppy - pine. Flavor is quite sweet and rather bitter. Dry and rather bitter finish with a little warming alcohol. 090221
Tried
from Can
on 09 Feb 2021
at 19:26
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can. Color: Clear orange-brown amber, frothy yellowish beige head. Aroma: Hoppy, sweetish caramel / toffee, fruity notes. Taste: Over moderate bitter, grassy and some pine hop, citrus and orange notes, hints of dark fruit, quite strong caramel notes. Lightly sticky and dry-ish and pretty dense mouthfeel. Over moderate sweet. Long lasting sweetish and fruity finish with bittery palate. Just over medium body, average carbonation. Nice.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Jan 2021
at 19:44
9.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Can from The Beerhive. Hazy amber body with a thick beige head. Low carbonation. Good lacing. Aroma of pine and caramel. Flavour of toffee apple and stewed tea. Medium to full body with a chewy mouthfeel. Soft fizz. A brilliant beer, great depth of flavour. Would love to see more Imperial Reds.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Nov 2020
at 22:29