IPA
Harvey's in Lewes, East Sussex, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
5.87
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Abv 3.2% in a bottle and 3.5% in cask
With a delicate grassy and earthy hop aroma, the refreshing bitterness of this beer is balanced by the subtle malt flavours which make for an extremely drinkable pint that has a dry finish and lasting after taste.
With a delicate grassy and earthy hop aroma, the refreshing bitterness of this beer is balanced by the subtle malt flavours which make for an extremely drinkable pint that has a dry finish and lasting after taste.
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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask, on gravity at the Avon Valley Beer festival, 4/6/2015. Chestnut in colour, with a slight, off-white, head. Sweetish malts, some house yeast character, leafy hops and a decently bitter finish. Fine.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Jun 2016
at 14:48
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
On cask @ the brewery tap. Smooth mild beginning. Nice fresh malty ale body, fresh with mild earthy hops. Smooth mild slightly bitter floral aftertaste with a very nice smooth ale malty aroma.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 May 2016
at 08:22
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ White Hart, Crawley. Orange amber, negligible head/lacing. Scent is woody, musty and sulphurous. Bitter and sour notes dominate the taste. Grows on you, but perhaps a beer to respect but not necessarily to love.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Oct 2015
at 07:51
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask at the White Swan, Arundel. Chestnut brown with a foamy white head; malty aroma; earthy malt taste with a twiggy bitterness. This is actually a palatable country bitter, but clearly doesn’t fit with the modern meaning of IPA.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Sep 2015
at 13:29
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
275ml botte, thanks Pierre T. BB 03/2016. Léger ambré, col fin blanc. Arôme est malté nettement plus présent, le bouquet fleuri d’un houblonné noble anglais perce en rétro nasal. Ce dernier reste cependant un peu faiblard. Palais est assez faible en terme de complexité, on retrouve un malté très basique anglais, ce dernier apporte une fine note caramel. L’effervescence, minime, contribue aussi à une alimentation faible en bouche au niveau du caractère attendu de cette IPA. Reste cependant correcte pour une IPA anglaise traditionnelle où l’on retrouve un profil de base de Fuggle.
Tried
on 23 Aug 2015
at 08:26
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle from the brewery. It pours clear amber with a small white head. The nose is soft, toasty grain, brown bread, stone fruit and earth. The taste is smooth, soft, mellow, toasty grain, earth, grassy and a touch of citrus rind with a short, dry finish. Light body and fine carbonation. Not bad really, just not very much to it. You could chug a lot for sure.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jun 2015
at 12:34
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Cask at Lord Nelson, Brighton. It pours clear brown with a small white head. The nose is earth, wood, light caramel and brown bread. The taste is wood, twig, dull bitterness, leather, cereal and toast with a dry finish. Light body and soft, massaging carbonation. Bland and boring bitter....
Tried
from Cask
on 26 May 2015
at 15:33
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle from the Harvey’s online shop. Appearance - golden amber with a thin head. Nose - orange and bran. Taste - more of the same. Palate - light bodied, thin in texture, decent finish. Overall - solid but unexciting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Mar 2015
at 08:36
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle at ash’s. Pours clear amber, nose is dull toffee, cardboard, taste is buttery, thin, sweet.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Mar 2015
at 08:35
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle at AshtonMcCobb’s. Pours clear gold with a thin white head. Aromas of orange, butterscotch. Taste is thin and watery, sweet finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Mar 2015
at 08:35