Old School Quality
Saint Mars Of The Desert in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England 🏴
IPA - West Coast Regular|
Score
7.58
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Remember when IPAs were young and bitter? When you could see through them? When they celebrated not only the light floral fruity aromas of hops, but also delved deeper into the leafy, bitter side?
This is one of those beers. You can call it West Coast if you like, but these beers were being brewed all over the US, including on the East Coast (by Dann amongst others), throughout the 1990s and early 2000s. At Pretty Things, we made one called Meadowlark IPA, which was a fun beer that we used to drink the crap out of every Monday night while our friend John Funke played old Rockabilly and vintage Rock n Roll vinyl records at a cool Boston/Cambridge bar called State Park. Those were the days.
This is one of those beers. You can call it West Coast if you like, but these beers were being brewed all over the US, including on the East Coast (by Dann amongst others), throughout the 1990s and early 2000s. At Pretty Things, we made one called Meadowlark IPA, which was a fun beer that we used to drink the crap out of every Monday night while our friend John Funke played old Rockabilly and vintage Rock n Roll vinyl records at a cool Boston/Cambridge bar called State Park. Those were the days.
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31/08/2020
Tried
on 05 Feb 2023
at 14:36
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can from Park Fever, Hither Green. Gold pour with a white head. Nose is grapefruit, orange zest, passionfruit, lemon sherbet. Taste is lots of bitter citrus, white grape, white pepper, lemongrass. Bitter citrusy finish.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Apr 2021
at 19:44
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
440ml can. Pours a light golden amber with a slight haze, huge white head. Aroma of grapefruit juice, orange peel, resin, mild honey. Taste of grapefruit, orange peel, very resinous, mild floral honey notes, assertive bitterness. Medium bodied. Yes, this is a quality old school IPA. More like this please!
Tried
from Can
on 15 Feb 2021
at 22:58
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Can at home in Hackney - sourced from Caps and Taps, London. Pours crystal clear gold with a big, frothy white head. Light to medium sweet, great piney resin character, citrus accents. Medium to full bodied with fine to average carbonation. Lightly resinous finish, more pine, melon, tangerine. Delicious.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Sep 2020
at 21:35
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Can from House Of Trembling Madness. Clear golden body with a white head. Steady carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of earth, honey and lemon. Flavour of lemon and glue. Medium body with an oily texture. Soft fizz. Bitter and slightly harsh.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Sep 2020
at 21:46
7.5/10
Clean apricot and floral notes up front, smooth WC style IPA.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Sep 2020
at 21:35
7/10
Tried
on 20 Aug 2020
at 17:22
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from House of Trembling Madness. It pours clear(ish) orangey - copper with a medium foamy white head. The aroma is sweet and tangy, orange marmalade, grapefruit, gummy bears, candied peel, sticky, resin, pine and light spice. The taste is dryish, bitter, oily, sticky, resin, leafy, grassy, pine, pithy grapefruit, orange gummy bears, jelly tots, touched of spice, lick of boozy warmth with a drying and bitter linger. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Works well. If anything I want more bitterness to elevate it further. Pretty enjoyable stuff anyhow.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Aug 2020
at 16:10
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can at home thanks to Colin for the hookup. A light hazed pale orange coloured pour with a lasting rocky sticky white head. Aroma is semi sweet, sticky toffee, spicy oragne, pine, hint of vanilla. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, toffee, vanilla, spicy pine, orange rind. Firm grassy orange bitterness. Palate is semi sweet, frothy carbonation, spicy finish. Good. Very well made beer.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Aug 2020
at 20:33
8/10
Yes, nails the style. More of this kind of IPA again please.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Aug 2020
at 00:20