Wylam Brewery Imperial Jakehead

Imperial Jakehead

 

Wylam Brewery in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  IPA - Triple Regular
Score
8.05
ABV: 10.0% IBU: - Ticks: 16
This year sees the 10th anniversary of Jakehead IPA which we humbly believe is considered one of the beers that helped propel the UK independent beer scene and is regarded as something of a modern classic.

To celebrate 10 years (where did they go!) we have brewed a one off Imperial Jakehead 10%.

The beer will see its first pour on 15th December which we have cheekily monikered NATIONAL JAKEHEAD DAY.

For details on participating beer bars and bottle shops you can cut and paste the link below - thanks x

https://www.wylambrewery.co.uk/national-jakehead-day/
 

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6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Can from Slimey Simey. Thanks!
Strong dank IPA. Nice deep gold. Profound deepness to it but I did leave it until it's a few months OOD. Proabbly better when fresh.

Tried from Can on 23 Dec 2025 at 17:56


8.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5

Can from an online retailer. Pours clear golden with a thin white head. Aromas of grapefruit, orange, pine. Taste adds ripe mango. Bitter finish. Well done for not being boozy.

Tried on 07 Dec 2025 at 14:30


8.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Аромат сильный, и при этом интересный, сначала много пыльцы цветов и меда в придачу, также есть мультифруктовые ноты, типо ананасов, манго апельсин. Цвет желто яркий, пенка хорошая, белая, стойкая. Вкус тоже мощный, с харакетром. Снова пыльца, мед, корочка цитрусовая, и немного сладких тропиков на отдалении. При глотке небольшая горчинка. В целом очень мощно и круто, самую малость алкоголя ощущается.

Tried on 07 Feb 2025 at 05:51


9.6
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9.5

Cans from The Beerhive. Murky deep golden body with a thick off-white head. No visible carbonation. Lots of sticky lacing. Aroma of peach, honey, peanut and dried mango. Flavour of honey, watermelon, peach and lemon sponge. Full body with a creamy mouthfeel. Soft fizz. This is superb, heavily hopped and incredibly drinkable for the ABV. One of the best hoppy beers I’ve tried.

Tried from Can on 25 Dec 2024 at 21:16


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Panda at home, thanks to Kenneth, 19/05/24. Clear golden to light amber topped with a just off white head that thins to a swirl. Nose is bitter orange, grapefruit, grass, ripe melon, airy malts. Taste comprises orange zest, grapefruit, pine needle, melon, papaya, light booze, bubblegum. Medium bodied with bite, fine carbonation, semi drying close spiked with juicy come lightly resinous hop bitterness. Solid easy drinking ramped up hop juice.

Tried on 19 May 2024 at 13:51


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

3rd May 2024
Can. Strewth, another dipa with a long waffley description that absolutely fails to do one of the fundamental things we might want to know about a very hop forward beer. Hmm what could that be? Oooh! I know! What bleedin' hops went in to this hallowed brew? Right then, let's look at the can - that would be Citra, Centennial, Chinook and Simcoe. Just a light haze on this gold beer, small pale cream colour head. Smooth palate, reasonable fine carbonation. Resinous piney hops, a mild savoury skunk from the classic quartet of hops. Citrus peel with an associated but lighter bitterness. Smooth finish. Clearly West Coast in style but for me, avoiding the worst tropes of that narrow and tired style but not even close to escaping all of its constructions. Tidy.

Tried from Can on 04 May 2024 at 01:57


8.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9.5

Can at home, 28th March 24. Pours orange, hazy. Aroma is weedy, dank, citrus, marmalade and pith. Taste is dank, skunky, pithy, mellow, easy drinking for the abv, marmalade, bitter candied fruits, candied orange, bittersweet and weedy, pine and citrus close

Tried from Can on 28 Mar 2024 at 19:58


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Tap at BrewDog Malmö 17/02/2024 Intense sweet fruity aroma and taste, lots of citrus and tropical action delivered, sweet upon a big sweet malty backbone, sticky sweet resinous bitter hoppy close. Very nice.

Tried from Draft on 08 Mar 2024 at 05:14


9

Tried from Can on 10 Feb 2024 at 19:43


9

Tried on 07 Feb 2024 at 22:27