Wild Hop
Harvey's in Lewes, East Sussex, England 🏴
Golden / Blonde Ale Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.12
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Harvey’s Brewery Wild Hop is ‘beautifully balanced, but a bit on the wild side’!
Brewed with the aptly named ‘Sussex Hop’ – originally discovered growing wild in a hedgerow in Sussex, but now cultivated as a variety in its own right. It is supplemented with Cascade hops grown in the UK.
Brewed with the aptly named ‘Sussex Hop’ – originally discovered growing wild in a hedgerow in Sussex, but now cultivated as a variety in its own right. It is supplemented with Cascade hops grown in the UK.
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5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Old rating from 10-05-16 - 500ml bottle titled 'Sussex Wild Hop' from the brewery shop. A gift from a friend who visited Lewis for work. Pours a clear amber colour with a off white head that disperses quickly. Aromas of hop & grain. Tastes of grass, bread as well as hop and grain leading to a mild bitter finish. Overall I was expecting much more having tasted other beers from this brewery.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jun 2025
at 09:25
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask ale, half-pint shared with Finn at Royal Oak, Borough. Clear, warm golden body. Film-type layer leaving spotty lacing on the glass. Moderate aromas of pale malty sweetness and ripe fruits. Quite fine blended taste of earthy malts, herbal hops, and a citric support. Moments of malt-fruity bitterness to the ending. Clean mouthfeel. Like it. (London, 29.09.2023).
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Oct 2023
at 10:00
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(Backlog. Drukket 29.9.23). Delt med Rune. Stråfarget. Filmskum. Klar. Lett maltaroma. Smaken jordbær. Tørr. Nesten ingen bitterhet.
Tried
on 12 Oct 2023
at 06:37
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
4/4/2018. Bottle from Cobbetts, Dorking. Pours clear pale gold with a small white head. Aroma of grass, hop, flowers, citrus and straw. Medium sweetness, moderate bitterness. Light body, thinnish texture, average carbonation. Preferred the cask version.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Apr 2018
at 21:20
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
23rd October 2017
Bodney Towers Bottleshare. Thanks to Dave Wingman. Clear gold beer, residual white head. Palate is light and semi dry, modest carbonation. Light malts mildly sweet. Mellow ripe orange and marmalade. Light finish. Drinkable unlike the cask swill version of this. What people see in this brewery continues to elude.
Bodney Towers Bottleshare. Thanks to Dave Wingman. Clear gold beer, residual white head. Palate is light and semi dry, modest carbonation. Light malts mildly sweet. Mellow ripe orange and marmalade. Light finish. Drinkable unlike the cask swill version of this. What people see in this brewery continues to elude.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jan 2018
at 13:51
7.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 4.5
Bottle at home from the brewery. Crystal clear in the tankard with a minimal head. It was a fairly typical golden ale and as it followed the Olympia Ale it didn’t stand a chance. Malt and bitter hops were all present and correct and it was perfectly drinkable, but nothing spectacular. The other two bottles will still be enjoyed.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Nov 2017
at 02:59
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle shared at Bodney Road, 23/10/2017. Thanks to Wingmane for this one. A very clear yellow coloured pour with a loose fine white head. Aroma is semi sweet, light grains, honey, hedgerow hop, green berries. Flavour is composed of light grains, straw, earthy, penny, hedgerow, , honey, tangy green hop. Palate is light grains, grainy, straw, hedgerow. Mellow carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Oct 2017
at 16:10
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle shared in Hackney - many thanks to Dave. Pours clear gold with a small, creamy head. Simple pale bread in the snout, some English yeast, a little hay, ripening citrus. Light sweet flavour with simple doughy pale bread, mild bitter hay. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Sweet finish with low bitterness, more doughy malts, moderate English yeast. Pretty basic but not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Oct 2017
at 15:10
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at LKS, care of WW. It pours crystal clear gold with a thick white head. The aroma is soft, fresh, zesty, zingy, lemon parfait, earthy, toasty grain and cracker. The taste is crisp, dry, fresh, zesty, zingy, lemon parfait, lemonade, grassy, straw and soft candy with a drying finish. Light - medium body and moderate carbonation. One of their better bottled beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Oct 2017
at 14:24
6/10
Tried
on 23 Oct 2017
at 14:17