Bear State
Thornbridge Brewery in Bakewell, Derbyshire, England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
IPA - West Coast Regular|
Score
7.23
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Bear State is a classic IPA brewed in the spirit of the West Coast of the USA. This is a massively hoppy beer, balanced perfectly with a touch of malt sweetness and an intensely citrus hop character to finish.
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7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle, as Bear State. Just hazy gold with a white head. Aroma of mandarins, some lime and grapefruit, hay, pine, mango.Quite sweet but no caramel - peach (touch of the tinned variety), mango, mandarin. Pine is there with the bitterness just to keep things under control really. Pretty good. Not very American.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jan 2016
at 05:24
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle fromReal Ale Store, Newark. As Bear State. Golden colour with a big white head. Tropical and citrus aroma. Taste slight oily resin with a sweet taste and light bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jan 2016
at 15:23
8/10
Tried
on 05 Jan 2016
at 08:28
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
500ml Bottle - Golden with a white head. Pine, grapefruit and a faint hint of ginger in the aroma. Hoppy, zesty and slightly sweet taste with pine, grapefruit and a hint of caramel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Dec 2015
at 10:07
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Tap at Kaapse Brouwers Anniversary 2015. Mango passionfruit canned peaches weed nice. Backlog from 2015/05/30. --- Beer aliased from original tick of Bear State on 30 May 2015 at 20:29 - Score: 8. Original review text: Mango passionfruit canned peaches weed nice
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Dec 2015
at 18:05
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle shared with Jaap @ Van Moll Brewpub. Hazy yellow to light orange color, medium to full sized white head. Aroma is lightly malts, lightly citrus peel, lightly floral. Taste malts, hops, a bit floral, medium bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Dec 2015
at 11:00
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft @ Craft Beer Co - Clerkenwell, Clerkenwell EC1. As Bear State. Pours a golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity citrus hoppy grapefruit aroma. Fruity malty citrus hoppy grapefruit bitter flavor. Has a fruity malty grapefruit hoppy bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Nov 2015
at 09:40
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
500ml bottle: labelled as Bear State. Poured into an โOld Speckled Henโ badged vase shaped pint glass at home on 20th Nov 2015. Slight haze to the light golden body, on top a full foam blanket of tightly knit bubbles. Piny hop nose and taste, proper Californian style IPA, grapefruit flavours coming through, citrusy and powerful: very pleasant. The alcohol level helps, but this is an easy drinking hoppy monster that would sit happily alongside some of the big hitters on the American West Coast, certainly the ones I have tried anyway.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Nov 2015
at 10:58
7/10
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Tried
at
Jabeerwocky Craft Beer Pub Warszawa
on 18 Nov 2015
at 00:34
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
At the Belgrade-Serbia tasting on 31/10/2015. On tap at Samo Pivo pub in Belgrade-Serbia. Pours clear golden color, medium white head. Nose: a bit old, cookies, lavender, sweet notes. Mouth: malty-peppery feel, on the malty side with a decent bitter end. Not properly in style but quite tasty.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Nov 2015
at 08:03