Deception - Dry-Hopped
Abbeydale Brewery in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England 🏴
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular|
Score
6.83
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The same sessionable, light and refreshing New Zealand pale ale you know and love – but turned up to 11!
We’ve taken our regular Deception recipe, then double dry-hopped it with Nelson Sauvin for flavours of white grape, gooseberry and elderflower in absolute abundance, and a boosted citrus character. Finishes with a fruity flourish and a tasty, crisp bitterness.
We’ve taken our regular Deception recipe, then double dry-hopped it with Nelson Sauvin for flavours of white grape, gooseberry and elderflower in absolute abundance, and a boosted citrus character. Finishes with a fruity flourish and a tasty, crisp bitterness.
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8/10
All the white wine, gooseberry flavours I love in Nelson. Cracking!
Tried
from Can
on 17 Aug 2025
at 18:27
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
440ml can from Craft & Berry. Gluten Free. Hazed gold colour, bubbly white foam head and aroma of oats & floral fruity woody hops. Taste is sweetish, malt, grain, oat biscuit, fruity, with zesty citrus and resinous hop bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying hoppy bitter finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Jul 2023
at 21:51
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Hazy blond colour with lasting head. For a Nelson Sauvin hop it's rather skunky and resinous. Misses some of the lighter notes.
Tried
on 25 Oct 2022
at 23:21
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
On tap at BeerHeadz Lincoln. Light golden colour with a white head. Aroma and taste are citrus and fruity slight bitter. Crisp body.
Tried
from Draft
at
BeerHeadZ Lincoln
on 04 Sep 2022
at 15:54
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Can. Mitchell’s Wines Sheffield. Haze straw gold. Fine dense blotchy white foam. Nose has big tangy Nelson. Smells very fresh and hop laden. Bit of a milky oat thing detract somewhat. Taste is dry, chalky and excessively bitter. Light body. Mouth stripping dryness. Fine foamy carbonation. Bitterness on the finish is a little harsh. Thought this was going to be decent at first. --- Beer merged from original tick of Deception - Dry Hopped on 22 Jul 2025 at 17:40 - Score: Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5. Original review text: Can. Mitchell’s Wines. Hazed straw gold. Good thin dense white foam. Nice NZ twanginess here. Bright and light. Clean malt backdrop. Similarly clean on the palate. Light shiny bitter finish. Solid.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Aug 2022
at 17:57