Tropical K.O.
Dark Star Brewing Co. in Partridge Green, West Sussex, England 🏴
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Score
6.89
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BlackHaddock (17284) reviewed Tropical K.O. from Dark Star Brewing Co. 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
440ml can; BB Jun 2020. Poured into a UK pint sleeve at home on 3rd Oct 2019. Slight haze to the amber body, deep white blanket of foam on top. Stone fruits and piney esters in the aroma. The taste is also both piney and fruity with a semi-sweet maltiness in there too. Finish is bitter oranges flavour wise, decent.
jjsint (8631) reviewed Tropical K.O. from Dark Star Brewing Co. 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Can from Waitrose, drunk at home. Bold golden brown, clear with a tiny ring of white head. Resinous aroma with apricot jam, fruit loaf, astringent hop. Taste is sweeter than I'd expected. There's some bitter medicinal hop but it's toned down a bit allowing for a good balance. The fruitiness is gone before the finish, leaving a fairly astringent aftertaste. Soft carbonation. Preetty decent.
fonefan (84534) reviewed Tropical K.O. from Dark Star Brewing Co. 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask (handpump) @ Craft Beer Co - Clerkenwell, 82 Leather Lane, Clerkenwell, Greater London, England EC1N 7TR.[ As Dark Star Tropical K.O. ].Clear medium orange colour with a average, fizzy, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, caramel, sweet malt, moderate hoppy, citrus, fruity hops, tropical fruit. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration, sweet malt, pale malt, caramel, tropical fruit, fruity hops. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20170814] 7-3-7-3-14
Leighton (34941) reviewed Tropical K.O. from Dark Star Brewing Co. 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can at home in Hackney - picked up at Waitrose. Pours totally clear honey-gold with a foamy, white head. Fairly sweet, with notes of white grape gummies, tangerine, melon, soft piney bitterness, pale bread. Medium bodied, lightly oily, with fine carbonation. Sweet, fruity finish, more melon and white grape, soft resinous pine. Decent.
berkshirejohn (10223) reviewed Tropical K.O. from Dark Star Brewing Co. 6 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
[44cl can from Waitrose, Bracknell.] An attractive golden amber pour with a thick cream head; mellow tropical fruit aroma; soft malty body with a peachy taste and some pine resin in the background; and a satisfying finish with sweet malts and nicely balanced resinous hops. Excellent stuff.
CraftBeerNick (11005) reviewed Tropical K.O. from Dark Star Brewing Co. 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Can at home from Waitrose, I think, 2nd August 19. Pours a caramel colour. Aroma is pithy, some caramel, light tropical. Taste is bitter than I expected, which is a good thing, pithy, some sweetness, it’s not as tropical as the name suggests, but actually not a bad IPA
Tommann (7637) reviewed Tropical K.O. from Dark Star Brewing Co. 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
440ml can. Pours dark orange with a medium head. Aroma is bitter with caramel and orange. Taste is quite bitter throughout, with caramel, tofffee and orange squash. Some tropical fruit on the finish.
Mr_Pink_152 (17201) reviewed Tropical K.O. from Dark Star Brewing Co. 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Can at home. Pale amber colour with a white head. Aroma o tropical fruit. Taste juicy sweet. Medium to full body.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
On cask at Dark Star Sussex Yard Party. I didn't rate this beer too highly to be honest; highly tropical but in a bit of a squash way.
Anders37 (30296) reviewed Tropical K.O. from Dark Star Brewing Co. 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Cask @ Craft Beer Co - Islington, Islington N1. Pours a slightly hazy golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty tropical fruit hoppy aroma. Fruity malty tropical hoppy grapefruit flavor. Has a fruity malty grapefruit hoppy tropical fruit finish.