Eight Degrees Brewing Polar Vortex

Polar Vortex

 

Eight Degrees Brewing in Mitchelstown, Cork, Ireland 🇮🇪

  IPA Regular
Score
6.84
ABV: 5.8% IBU: - Ticks: 15
Distinctive Cascade floral and citrus flavours are complemented by Simcoe’s pine and tangerine notes, brightened with Citra’s tropical fruits.
 

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

From tap at In De Wildeman, Amsterdam. Aroma of malt, caramel, mild tropical fruits, some pine resin, some nuttiness, hop, slightly herbal-ish. Flavour is light to moderate sweet and medium bitter. Body is medium. Smooth and pleasant, easy malty IPA.

Tried from Draft on 13 Feb 2025 at 05:01


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Thin beige head stayed on a murky light brown body - unusual colour for an IPA. Malt & stone fruit aroma. Medium body. Finely carbonated. Nothing on the back. This is a malty IPA with bitter citrus, mango & caramel. There’s something just lacking with this.

Tried on 04 Jun 2017 at 10:14


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle from Hippo Beers. Pours clear golden with a thin white head. Aromas of mango and citrus. Taste is bitter, pithy, green mango. Bitter finish.

Tried from Bottle on 14 May 2017 at 02:25


5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Amber helder met witte kraag. Aroma van mout en caramel. Smaken matig zoet, caramel overheerst, mout, matige body

Tried on 05 Feb 2017 at 13:11


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle @ home. Clear orange to reddish color, average to medium sized off-white head. Aroma is malts, nice firm hoppiness. Taste malts, hops, grapefruit, hop bitter. Medium body, decent carbonation. Nice beer.

Tried from Bottle on 31 Oct 2016 at 17:39


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Small yellowish head, with some transparent shards of lace ove hazy copperish orange beer. Cheesy hops, even a bit of ammonia, green leaves, lunaria, unripe banana. Bitter-leafy, bit of caramel, slightly earthy; quite dry. Medium bodied at best, some hopoils, rather low carbonation. Tastes not bad at all, but the nose is worthless, which is a pity to the whole.

Tried on 21 Oct 2016 at 11:51


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

330ml bottle. Hazy orange colour with a thin head. Aroma: hoppy, pine, citrus, floral, malt, tangerine. Taste: piney, tangerine, citrus, tropical fruits, caramel. Bitter finish and aftertaste. Medium bodied, average carbonation. Pretty good IPA this one.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Oct 2016 at 22:43


8.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Imported from my RateBeer account as Eight Degrees Polar Vortex (by Eight Degrees Brewing):
Aroma: 9/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 18/20, MyTotalScore: 4.4/5

5/VIII/16 - 33cl bottle from Geers (Oostakker) @ home - BB: 9/XII/16 (2016-817)

Hazy dark orange to amber beer, irregular big bubbled off-white head, little stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: nice! What a lovely smell! Lots of tropical fruits, mango, pineapple, passion fruit, citrus. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: very fruity, grapefruit, tropical fruit, bit malty, nice bitterness, resinous. Aftertaste: lots of citrus, grapefruit, hoppy, bit grassy, very bitter, lovely beer.

Tried from Bottle on 05 Aug 2016 at 16:04


6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

24th June 2016
Hazy deep gold - amber beer, tidy cream colour head. Palate is light, fairly dry. Thin and mildly sweet pale malts. Tangy orange peel hop. Floral orange. Light dry finish. It’s a bit thin and tangy. Weak compared to the other Eight Degrees IPAs I’ve tried.

Tried on 02 Jul 2016 at 09:22


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

Bottle from Callans, in mum and dads garden, 04/06/16. Lightly hazed orange amber with a decent off White head that soon dissipates to a swirl and edging. Nose is caramel malt, orange, faint spice, cantaloupe melon, light herbal rip. Taste comprises bitter orange, red grapefruit, caramel, bubblegum, toasted bread, faint spice and a light chalky mineral tickle. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close dashed with earthy hop bitterness. Adequate IPA.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Jun 2016 at 12:45