Narwhal Enigma
Baron Brewing in Great Hormead, Hertfordshire, England 🏴
IPA - Red Regular|
Score
6.79
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This Red IPA was brewed in collaboration with our friends and long time supporters at Ghost Whale - a pair of award winning craft beer stores in London. Dry hopped heavily with enigma and plenty of simcoe on the hot side, this Red IPA has loads of fresh forest pine aromas and deep red berry notes that pair perfectly in a good red ale.
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6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Rocky off white head left a froth on a copper coloured still body. Berries, conifer, spiced & malt aroma. Medium bodied, smooth with an almost chewy fuller sticky back. Blackcurrant, red berry, pine, caramel & malt tastes with a syrup-like finish. Tasty but hard going.
Tried
on 04 Feb 2024
at 21:21
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can from Rad at home. Deep and slightly hazy amber red colour. Rich malty sweet aroma and taste. Decent pine taste. Full body.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Feb 2024
at 19:42
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can at home picked up from the brewery. A clear deep reddy amber coloured pour with a lasting beige cap. Aroma is stick piney sap, bark, burnt grass, toffee biscuit, singed pine. brown sugars. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, pine tar, brown sugars, sticky pine, resinous pine. Palate is sticky resinous, moderate carbonation. Lingering pine and tobacco.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Jan 2024
at 22:42
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
500ml can. Crystal clear amber, beige head. Aroma is earthy, caramel, some light piney and citrusy orange hops. Taste is earthy, caramel, piney and herbal, berries, orange. Those hops feel a little subdued so to me it's maybe more of a standard red ale than a red IPA to be honest. Nice enough though.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Jan 2024
at 23:10
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Can at home, 30th December 23. Pours a reddish brown. Aroma is light caramel, malts. Taste is lack luster, caramel, sweet, some malts. Not a great Red IPA
Tried
from Can
on 30 Dec 2023
at 22:46
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can online from HoTM. Pours light unclear ruby amber with a biege foam. Aroma: malt, caramel, dark fruits, red berries, pine. Taste: light to moderate sweet & moderate bitter, spicy, earthy. Palate is dry. Medium body with average carbonation.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Dec 2023
at 12:08
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can from Beer Cave. Appearance - amber to copper. Foamy, beige head. Nose - spice, earthy and dried red and dark fruits. A wee bit challenging. Taste - peppery, bitter red fruits, again quite dirty earthy. Palate - medium bodied, chewy middle and a sweet and claggy finish. Overall - it has complexity but it's a tough one to take on, this one!
Tried
from Can
on 15 Dec 2023
at 20:10