HPA (Hoppy Pale Ale)
Gadds' The Ramsgate Brewery in Broadstairs, Kent, England 🏴
Pale Ale - Classic English Regular|
Score
6.69
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24/05/2025 Sample at Mikkeller Beer Celebration Copenhagen 2025 (nice to have Charlies here) :)
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7
(Cask at Akkurat, Stockholm, 13 Jan 2024) Pale golden colour with foamy, white head. Fruity, hoppy nose with citrus, grass and biscuits. Malty, fruity taste with notes of citrus, grass, bread, a touch of resin and a balanced floral/grassy bitterness in the finish. Light body, quite dry. Tasty and refreshing. Nice one.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask at The Rusty Bucket, Eltham. Gold pour with a white head. Malty citrusy nose. Taste is bitter citrus, malty bitter action. Tangy hoppy finish. Nice and easy drinking.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Cask at the Cock Tavern - Hackney. Pours clear yellow-gold with a fluffy, pure white head. Lightly sweet flavour with soft grassy bitterness, crispy pale grains, a little hay and biscuits. Light bodied with delicate carbonation. Finishes with fresh, crunchy pale grains, more straw, mellow grass. Easygoing and rather drinkable.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
--Cask at Oliver Twist, Stockholm. -- Hazy golden. Grassy citrus aroma. Dry with light body and crisp, rounded mouthfeel. Citrus, bread and grass. Resinous bitter finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Cask @ Ship Inn, Deal. Pale clear golden with a small head. It's an easy session ale, hoppy, but does taste and feel a tad thin - but maybe it is supposed to.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Cask at the Gadds taproom, 19/06/21. Clear golden with a white head. Nose is tangerine, grass, airy malts, light breads. Taste comprises mellow citric notes, melon, soft malts, grass, biscuit. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close with a splash of hop bitterness. Decent cask pale.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
3.6% Cask gravity at Firkin Alehouse Folkestone . Clear gold colour lasting white head. Light biscuit. Some decent hop on finish. OK citrus hop. Pretty drinkable I thought.