Old School Quality
Saint Mars of the Desert in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
IPA - West Coast Regular|
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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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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Can at home, from SMOD Online, watching the England innings vs Ireland in the first ODI 30/07/20. Moderate haze on an orange to golden pour with a well presented lasting white cap. Nose is orange pith, light floral notes, raw green strawberry whisper, melon, light candied fruits. Taste comprises orange zest, melon, light minerality, trace of apricot, grapefruit twang, grass, airy malts. Medium bodied, fine massaging carbonation closing with balanced lightly aggressive juicy hop bitterness. Solid quaffable IPA with an old skool leaning as advertised ... drinkability is high in this juan !
Tried
from Can
on 30 Jul 2020
at 17:34
9.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Can, picked up at the brewery. Light haze on a fairly deep, orange gold. Thin, dense, fully lasting, semi lacing, leggy white head. Looks the beans. Nose has bitter orange peel. Clean, sweet malt. Some sticky pine. Big hit of sweaty, pissy, grassy simcoe. Absolutely delivers whatโs promised. Taste has an initial, marmalade like sweetness, turning punchy, fresh hop and pine sap bitter. Lingers an age. Smooth and slick on the palate. Fine carbonation. Long lasting bitterness to finish. Right up my street this, and the kind of beer Iโd never tire of. Awesome.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Jul 2020
at 18:37