Beavertown Brewery Skull King

Skull King

 

Beavertown Brewery in Tottenham, Greater London, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  IPA - Imperial / Double Regular
Score
7.78
ABV: 9.2% IBU: - Ticks: 61
It all began in September, last year, when we invited our “Rainbow Project” collaborators and good friends, Naparbier, to come brew our first DIPA – “Bone King”. Super drinkable, high ABV beers are Naparbier’s bread and butter, but was something of learning experience for us, being the first time we used Dextrose in a brew (which increases sugar content and therefore ease of fermentation, along with decreasing fusel alcohol making for that cleaner, more IPA-er flavour you know and love!) Well that learning experience turned out to be an absolute treat, resulting in incredible feedback and not only our and Naparbier’s first (of many, hopefully) 100 rating on ratebeer.com, but also a feature in the top 50 beers of the 2014. Excellent news all round, except it was so limited, hen’s teeth were regularly mentioned…

We couldn’t simply let it lie, but simply repeating the collab recipe felt a little half hearted, so we have sampled, tweaked, sampled, then tweaked some more in order to bring you what we are confident is the best final product possible! This marks yet another milestone, as it will be the UK’s first canned DIPA too! As mentioned, the dextrose makes for a much cleaner taste profile, meaning you will hopefully be able to taste the vast complexities alongside how much care and attention has been put into this big, juicy, hoppy, aromatic, in your face double IPA.
 

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6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

330ml can. Hazy, deep golden colour with small, creamy, moderately lasting, minimally lacing white head. Chalky and tropical fruity, hoppy aroma, cardboard-disguised, underdeveloped hints of passion fruit and mango. Taste is dry, chalky, papery hoppy, restricted tropical fruitiness. No blackout, but quite a disappointment considering my hitherto well-grounded high expectations regarding Beavertown brews.

Tried from Can on 12 Jan 2018 at 18:03


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

330ml can (9.2% 2017 version). Hazy golden with a medium white head. Tropical fruits and piney resin on the nose, citrus peel. Taste of tropical fruits, strong resin, mango, orange peel, subtle malt sweetness in the background, very bitter resinous finish, noticeable warming booze but doesn't hinder drinkability. Medium body and carbonation, smooth. A great DIPA.

Tried from Can on 30 Dec 2017 at 16:05


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Draft. A hazy golden beer with a white head. The aroma has notes of fruits, hay, and malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of straw, fruits, and malt, leading to a bitter finish.

Tried from Draft on 15 Jan 2017 at 14:00


8.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

33cl can @ Bishop’s arms, Västerås. Poured golden color with a thick white head. Juicy, tropical fruity hoppy aroma. Inviting. Flavor has tropical fruits, malt, sweetness, warmth. Feels smooth. Huge drinkability considering the high abv. Great stuff! Did I say juicy?

Tried from Can on 29 Jul 2016 at 14:02


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

Poured from a can at Humle & Bier. Hazy, pale golden body. Filmy layer, minimal lacing. Sappy tropical fruity nose. Oranges and peaches to the taste buds. Lingering aftertaste of dried fruity bitterness. Hidden alcohol. Well bodied. Nice and refreshing (Verkstedet, Kulturhuset i Tromsø 28.05.2016).

Tried from Can on 03 Jun 2016 at 11:15


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Can at Brewdog Södermalm, shared with dwyerpg. Hazy orange with dirt white head. Resinous aroma and taste with apricot, peach, dank grassy hops, pine and herbs. Tasty.

Tried from Can on 01 Jun 2016 at 04:55


8.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9.5

Imported from my RateBeer account as Beavertown Skull King (by Beavertown Brewery):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 19/20, MyTotalScore: 4.4/5

21/V/16 - 33cl can from Bierhalle Deconinck (Vichte) @ Erwin's Ponton Tasting - BB: n/a (2016-607) Thanks to Erwin for not drinking it "on the road", and sharing with us instead! ;-)

Bit cloudy blond beer, small irregular white head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: lots of tropical fruits, pineapple. MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: very sweet, tropical fruits, passion fruit, mango, pineapple. Aftertaste: sweet, pineapple, citrus, grapefruit, passion fruit, soft bitterness (then again, this is our 4rth (d)ipa of the evening, so...) Man, this is lovely stuff.

Tried from Can on 21 May 2016 at 16:00


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Bote 33 cl de el señor Lupulo tomada en el momento en Oviedo 14..05..2016 (r108) sin lona ni Fcpref. Color amarillento con espuma blanca. Aromas y sabores cereales con herbaceos y citricos todo bastante seco. Amargo final bastante bueno y duradero. Cuerpo medio a intenso con 8.7 vol. Para repetir sin duda.

Tried on 15 May 2016 at 09:28


7.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9

Thnx to phille. Pours unclear yellow. Small white head. Smell is mild orange, tropical, bitter. Taste is Sharp, bitter, orange, tropical fruits, bit Pine. Nice !

Tried on 04 May 2016 at 11:33


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

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Tried from Can on 28 Apr 2016 at 17:59