Popobawa
Brass Castle Brewery in Malton, North Yorkshire, England 🏴
Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey - Spiced Regular|
Score
6.96
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Part of our Legends series where we take a classic beer style and give it a modern twist. Popobawa is a shapeshifting demon that often takes the form of a bat and hunts at night. This 5.6% red ale has been spiced with cumin, ginger, cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, chillies and black pepper. Abundant aromatics plus a touch of heat balance perfectly against the rich red malt sweetness.
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6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Keighley & Worth Valley Railway Beer Festival 2024. Mildly hazy amber-brown but more of the former. Autumnally spiced brew, slightly earthy with a gentle sensation in the palate.
Tried
on 26 Dec 2024
at 08:15
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Clear dark amber with a thin head which soon fizzles away. Spicy/sweet beer with a genuine warmth. Flsvour has a mix of actual heat, sweetness, malt. Like a fairly traditional ale, but with spicy Christmas vibes. I dig it.
Tried
on 20 Jun 2024
at 21:15
7/10
Can from Appellation Wines. Appearance - golden amber with a thin wispy off-white head. Nose - toffee, red fruit and generally bready. Of the spices, cardamom is coming through the most, they are generally subtle. Taste - so chilli up front, then into strawberry jam, followed in with toffee and light breadiness. Palate - medium bodied, a little sweet and rich through middle and finish. Then a very late smoky note. Overall - good.
Tried
from Can
on 26 May 2024
at 10:28
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Keg draught at the Two-Tailed Lion, Leicester. Light amber, clear with a small swirl of off-white head and a fair bit of lacing. Malty aroma, gentle resinous notes, getting plenty of white pepper and chili. Sweet taste, spices are subtle among the berry notes but I get a spicy ginger/pepper hit just at the end. Warming and subtle. Spicy finish with a slight body lifted by heavy carbonation. Exceptional.
Tried
on 16 May 2024
at 18:58
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
@ Londinium Cask Festival IV @ Treefolk's
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Apr 2024
at 17:56
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
440ml can from HOTM. Gluten Free. Reddish tinged amber colour, foamy off-white foam head and aroma of malt, spices. Taste is malt, bready, spice, with cardamon, clove, ginger, cinnamon, some warming chilli heat and peppery bitterness. Mediujm bodied, soft carbonation, dry warming spiced finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Mar 2024
at 18:18