Utopia 30th Anniversary Brew
Hogs Back Brewery in Tongham, Surrey, England 🏴
Pale Ale Special|
Score
6.81
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Full-bodied, 5%, golden in colour and loaded with hops, for tangy citrus and mellow tropical notes. Brewed with Fuggles and Cascade hops from our own garden, complemented by a fine trio of US hops - Centennial, Mosaic and Ekuanot.
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Cask at the brewery tap. Aroma is low key - malts and caramel. Clear light brown. Creamy white head soon recedes. Initial ligh-medium woody bitterness soon joined by warming caramel sweetness. Sour berry and citrus edge. The bitterness is there for the duration but into the finish I get a real sugary streak. Medium bodied. Slick verging on oily. Soft carbonation. Long slightly astringent finish. Enjoyable.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
[Cask at the Ale House Reading.] A golden amber pour with next to no head; citrusy aroma; quite syrupy in the mouth with some tropical fruit; then a fresh leafy hop bitterness to finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Cask at the Hogsback brewery taproom, Tongham, 06/08/22. Lightly hazed golden orange with a decent lasting off white crown. Nose is orange zest, mellow citric peel, melon, straw. Taste comprises soft malts, tangerine, light pine nip, bread dough, juicy citric flesh, papaya. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close spliced with balanced lighy juice laden hop bitterness. Decent easy drinking cask pale.