Polly's Brew Co. B-Side - Spur

B-Side - Spur

 

Polly's Brew Co. in Mold, Flintshire, Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

  IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Series
Score
7.47
ABV: 7.2% IBU: - Ticks: 8
Our little mini series of beers have always proved to be insanely popular here at Polly’s. Whether it’s the individual staff-designed beers, or the Late Summer single hop pales, a long running theme always seems to go down a storm with our fans. When tossing up ideas for the next series to whirl into our brew plans, our owner Sean came up with the idea of “B Sides” – BIPA versions to run alongside re-brews of our most popular beers. Naturally, it felt the right thing to do to christen this series with the original Augment trio – second up to the plate is Spur! The scrappy middle child of the original trio; we’re absolutely vibing off how well the relatively low key but ultra high juice Citra, Simcoe and Azacca hop bill works when turned to the dark side. An in-house favourite and for good reason – the series rolls on!
 

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

Can at home in Hackney - picked up from Cotteridge Wines. Pours black-brown with a sturdy, frothy beige head. Moderately sweet with some good, meaty dark malts, nips of grape, toasted pine, raisins. Medium to full bodied with fine carbonation. Finishes with some ashy roast, burnt sugars, dark fruits, more toasted pine, cocoa. Nice overall.

Tried from Can on 21 Jul 2022 at 21:23


8.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8

Can from Salt Horse. Dark brown body with a beige head. Steady carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of cola, roasted malt and pine. Flavour of chocolate, orange and raisin. Medium body with a slick mouthfeel. Light fizz. Really well balanced.

Tried from Can on 17 Jun 2022 at 20:53


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

440ml can from Cotteridge Wines, Brum. Pours deep brown towards black with a beige cap. Aroma: roast malts, chocolate, pine. Taste: moderate sweet & bitter, toasted malts, light chocolate, liquorice, grapefruit, pine. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Surprisingly sweet but very enjoyable.

Tried from Can from Cotteridge Wines on 16 Jun 2022 at 21:12


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5


Can 440ml. @ The Shnoodlepip, 🇬🇧 London.

[ As Polly's Brew B-Side: Spur ].
ABV: 7.2%. Clear medium to dark brown colour with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, dark malt, sweet malt, light blackcurrant, marmalade - butterscotch notes. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and light to moderate bitter with a long duration, sweet malt, dark malt, sugary, fruity hops, marmalade - grapefruit, light woody, medium dry, light blackcurrant. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20220428]
7-3-7-4-15

Tried from Can on 28 Apr 2022 at 17:21


7

Tried on 28 Apr 2022 at 17:00


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

440ml can. Almost black with a beige head. Aroma of chocolate, tropical and citrusy hops. Taste of light sweet chocolate and roast malts, tropical fruits, orange, grapefruit, bitter finish. Medium bodied. Superb BIPA.

Tried from Can on 12 Apr 2022 at 18:59


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8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Can from Hoptimism. Hazy chocolate brown colour with a thick tan head. Aroma and taste are roasted malty chocolate and slight citrus. Smooth full body.

Tried from Can on 03 Apr 2022 at 16:48


8.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9

Can at home, 19th March 2022. Pours black as the night and murky. Aroma is cocoa, liquorice and citrus, tropical fruits. Taste is smooth, liquorice, cocoa, sweet tropical fruits and citrus and then a roasted malts and cocoa bitter sweet finish. Excellent stuff

Tried from Can on 19 Mar 2022 at 19:00