Elusive Brewing Forbidden West

Forbidden West

 

Elusive Brewing in Finchampstead, Berkshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Collab with: Indie Rabble Brewing Co.
  IPA - West Coast Regular
Score
7.58
ABV: 6.8% IBU: - Ticks: 7
Elusive teamed up with Windsor newcomers Indie Rabble to brew this classically styled West Coast IPA. Maris Otter malt with a smidge of extra light crystal gives a balanced base to which Simcoe and Amarillo were added through multiple hotside additions before dry hopping with Centennial LUPOMAX and new experimental variety HBC522. As you'd expect from our Westie overlords Elusive, this is a banger - orange citrus and pine resin for days! Unfined and vegan friendly.
 

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7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Can at home, from HOTM online, 13/07/23 Clear orange to light copper with a decent white head. Nose is bitter orange, grass, citric tinged straw, grapefruit, pine nip. Taste comprises orange peel, airy caramel malts, citric tinged straw, grapefruit, pine. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spiked with light juicy come grassy hop bitterness. Solid clean drinking West Coast affair.

Tried from Can on 16 Jul 2023 at 21:47


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

[Panda from Low Cost Beer.] A slight hazy amber pour with a ring of white head; aroma of citrus and pine resin; rich caramel malt taste with a heavy load of hops adding spice and bitterness; then a smooth finish with a gentle warmth and lingering pine resin. A rather good IPA.

Tried on 15 Jul 2023 at 18:13


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Can thanks to my bro. It pours lightly hazy orangey - amber with a bubbly white head. The aroma is fresh, bright pine, sappy, spruce, grapefruit, pomelo, lemon sherbets and dull toffee. The taste is dry, pleasing bitterness, sappy, oily, unctuous, resinous, sappy, fresh pine, green, west coast dankness, grapefruit, lemon peel, pomelo, herbal, minty almost, kick of alcohol and peppery spice with some piney tannin on the finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Lovely soapy pine and grapefruit. Quality stuff.

Tried from Can on 14 Jul 2023 at 14:52


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Growler fill from the Low Cost Beer online shop. Pours clear golden amber with a thin white head. Aromas of light pine, caramel and burnt grapefruit. Taste is pithy, chewy, resinous bitter, marmalade, but also some zingy citrus. Chewy toffee bitter finish. Nice.

Tried from Growler on 12 Jul 2023 at 19:17


9
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

Can from House Of Trembling Madness. Clear amber body with an off-white head that holds well. Low carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of pine needles and mint. Flavour of caramel, blood orange and grapefruit. Medium body with an oily texture. Soft fizz. This is an excellent, piney IPA. I’d love to see this become an Elusive regular.

Tried from Can on 08 Jul 2023 at 15:00


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Can ordered from A Hoppy Place, Windsor. Aroma had resin, spice, grains. Clear copper gold, with a hint of amber. Thin foamy white head. Medium-heavy bitter. Resin. Peripheral citrus in the mix. Spice. Tempered somewhat by caramel malts. However it's the resinous bitterness that's that's the post-apocalyptic road warrior that defeats the cyborg raptors to stand tall. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Average-soft carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent finish. Lovely IPA... intrigued to know how much was Elusive's influence (it's a West Coast) and how much the peope who let their non-league team die input into the final results.

Tried from Can on 25 Jun 2023 at 19:26


7.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9.5

Tap at Elusive with dad, 17 June 2023. Pours a clear caramel colour. Aroma of resinous pine citrus pith aromatic. Taste is resinous Pine bitter, caramel, Aromatic full on West Coast! Good one

Tried from Draft on 18 Jun 2023 at 07:15