Brid's Cross Brewing Bolster’s Blood

Bolster’s Blood

 

Brid's Cross Brewing in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  IPA - Red Regular
Score
6.67
ABV: 5.5% IBU: - Ticks: 4
Bolster’s Blood is a delicious Red IPA. There is a powerful tropical fruit aroma up front, a hint of toffee from the malt, and a resinous bitter finish, which draws you back in for more.

Hops: Chinook, Simcoe, Galena
 

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6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Can. Nose is citrus, cherry, orange juice, malt, toffee, faintest hint of smoke. Taste is bitter grapefruit leading to spicy resin, toffee and then a grapefruit and lime finish.

I really like this.

Tried on 18 Sep 2025 at 20:57


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

(Cask at Cask Pub & Kitchen, Pimlico, London, 12 May 2024) Reddish amber colour with frothy, beige head. Malty, hoppy nose with notes of caramel, red fruit, resin and orange peel. Malty, hoppy taste with caramel, toffee, red fruit, pink grapefruit, resin and a balanced citric/resiny bitterness in the finish. Medium body, with a certain sweetness. A bit sharp, but tasty and refreshing. Quite nice.

Tried from Cask on 14 Jul 2024 at 21:22


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Can ordered from Tap Door on-line. Aroma has sweet rye with light resin and berries. Cloudy amber. Foamy off-white head. Initial short caramel and berries intro, which is then swept away by a big wave of resin and rye. Juicy edge. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Flat carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent finish. Red IPA with West Coast characteristics. Yum.

Tried from Can on 24 May 2024 at 20:28


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask @ Flying Horse Hotel, Rochdale. Amber-red with a thick creamy head. Strong with red ale qualities including a smattering of darker malts, but a bigger bitter finish

Tried from Cask on 04 Feb 2024 at 12:25