Hopopotamus
Broughton Ales in Broughton, Scottish Borders, Scotland 🏴
Golden / Blonde Ale Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.18
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Handcrafted by our Master Brew crew. We’ve added a barrel load of new world Cascade and Chinook Hops and light Crystal and Vienna malts to deliver a sessionable and refreshing IPA with a zesty twist
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6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Old rating - A 500ml bottle from Waitrose in East Kilbride. Pours amber with a white foamy head. Aromas & tastes of tropical fruits, citrus, flora & malt. Dry medium bitter finish. Very enjoyable blonde ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jun 2025
at 10:03
25/07/2017. PUNCH BOWL, 7 Stonegate, YORK, North Yorkshire, England (NICHOLSONS)
Tried
on 25 Feb 2023
at 05:11
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 5.5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at Scarborough Hotel, Leeds. January 2016 from historic notes. Pours clear gold with a white cap. Light sweet & bitter, bread, some citrus. Light bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
at
Scarbrough Hotel
on 03 Oct 2022
at 20:05
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at Great British Beer Festival 2019 - London. Pours clear gold with a foamy, white head. Lightly sweet with notes of pale bread, lightly tangy citrus fruits, lemon in particular. Light bodied with fine carbonation, decent condition. Alright balance in the finish, further pale malts, soft lemony hops. Fine overall.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Dec 2020
at 20:08
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
500ml bottle; BBE Dec 2020. Drank off the coast of Scotland on 5th Sep 2019. This was my 10,000th rate on this site (I didn't realize at the time). Clear amber pour, wispy topping. A malty base with some serious hop action giving a tropical fruit aroma and citrusy flavour; decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Sep 2019
at 07:00
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2019, [ Great British Beer Festival 2019 ], London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX.
[ As Broughton Hopopotamus ].
ABV: 3.8%. Murky matt medium yellow - amber orange colour with a average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, sweet malt, toffee, caramel, sweet malt, light butterscotch. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, sweet malt, pale malt, butterscotch. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20190806]
5-2-5-3-10
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Aug 2019
at 16:10
5.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
6th August 2019
GBBF Day 1. Cask. Light haze on this gold beer. Small pale cream colour head. Light palate. Semi dry. Modest fine carbonation. Light malts. Grainy sweetness. Tangy citrus. Light finish. Boring standard twangy stuff. So tired of this ubiquitous and indistinguishable bollocks!
GBBF Day 1. Cask. Light haze on this gold beer. Small pale cream colour head. Light palate. Semi dry. Modest fine carbonation. Light malts. Grainy sweetness. Tangy citrus. Light finish. Boring standard twangy stuff. So tired of this ubiquitous and indistinguishable bollocks!
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Aug 2019
at 18:41
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
bottle bbe 2/20 oro carico limpida buona schiuma media persistenza nasi piuttosto spento discreta maltatura biscotto aroma luppolato praticamente sparito non molto amara lieve diacetile
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Feb 2019
at 13:03
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle (500 ml) at Inveraray. Good amber color with a bit of a green patina in it. They call it an IPA, but for that I miss the real bitterness in the aroma and taste. But, since the abv of 3,8%, is a very good beer!
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Aug 2017
at 11:07
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ White Hart, Waterloo, London. Golden-amber with a thin head. Has a sugary hoppy fruitiness with the emphasis on the former.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Jul 2017
at 23:36