Big Sea
Mad Squirrel in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England 🏴
IPA - West Coast Regular|
Score
6.78
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From across the ocean comes the resurgent west coast IPA Style. Big citrus, big pine and big bitterness come in waves throughout this brew, courtesy of some BIG ‘C’ Hops. Get ready because the tide is changing and big sea is coming!
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6/10
Can from Hoptimism. Hazy deep golden colour with a white head. Aroma and taste are pine sweet to light bitter. Creamy body.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Jul 2020
at 15:53
7/10
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Mar 2020
at 13:06
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sample courtesy Grumbo. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are rich hops, fruits, flowers, citrus, malt and has a nice hoppy finish.
Tried
on 09 Feb 2020
at 22:50
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sample courtesy of Grumbo. Thanks. Clear amber with a small white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and light hoppy - citrus. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Sweet and moderate bitter finish. 090220
Tried
on 09 Feb 2020
at 22:50
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
17/01/2020. Cask at the 11th Elysian Winter Beer Festival. Pours clear golden amber with minimal head. Aroma of tropical fruit, malt, citrus, pine, hops, caramel and light biscuit. Medium plus sweetness, light to moderate bitterness. Medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Jan 2020
at 19:57
7.5/10
Bitter hops, hint of citrus and something else I can’t put my finger on.
Tried
from Cask
at
Tap and Can
on 04 Jan 2020
at 20:15
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at PoW, Farnborough. Sweet stone fruit aroma. Opaque copper gold. Frothy white head. Medium-heavy sour. There is some underlying stone fruit sweetness but it's predominantly quinine bitterness. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Flat carbonation. Astringent finish. After the lush aroma the taste is disappointing. Suffers due to being on cask? No depth to it.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Oct 2019
at 20:51
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask at St Mary’s Axe, Craft co, 1st October 19. Pours clear and golden, aroma is citrus. Taste is bitter, creamy, some citrus, quite fun. I like it, soft pine, some sweetness, it’s a nice cask ale.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Oct 2019
at 17:41
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at Mad Squirrel, Amersham, Bucks. A golden/amber coloured pour with a medium white head on top. Fruity, malty, caramel aroma and taste. Another rather mediocre effort from Mad Squirrel.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Sep 2019
at 20:59