Black Iris Brewery Drain the Blood

Drain the Blood

 

Black Iris Brewery in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Collab with: Boutilliers
  Wheat Ale Regular
Score
6.76
ABV: 5.2% IBU: - Ticks: 7
A blood orange tea wheat beer brewed with Boutilliers.

This wheat heavy Pale is dry hopped with loads of Olicana and Rakau hops and a generous dollop of Blood Orange Tea at the end, full of orangey bitterness and moreish juiciness.
 

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6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Keg @ Common, Manchester. Hazy orange with a thinnish head. Has juicy tropical fruit, is dry in its finish.
Tried on 03 Mar 2019 at 12:05

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
440ml can. Hazy orange with a white head. Aroma of fruit tea, blood orange, wheat. Taste is the same, definitely get the blood orange tea, wheat, orange peel bitterness to it as well. Medium body, soft carbonation.
Tried from Can on 31 Dec 2018 at 19:32

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
On tap at Hop Stuff Tap room Ashford. Cloudy amber colour. Lasting white head. Fruity as fruity aroma. Blood orange comes through. Very orange. Decent fruit just a bit too much maybe. No real bitterness.
Tried from Draft on 30 Oct 2018 at 18:18

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7

Cask (gravity) @ #RHBCF2018 🧙‍🍻🇬🇧 [ The 11th Robin Hood Beer and Cider Festival (The 43th. Nottingham CAMRA Beer and Cider Festival) ], The Motorpoint Arena, Bolero Square, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 1LA.

[ As Black Iris / Boutilliers Drain the Blood ].
ABV: 5.2%. Clear medium orange - amber yellow colour with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly lasting, off-white - silver head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, sweet malt, fruity malt, wheat, moderate hoppy, citrus, orange, dried fruit, sweet fruit. Flavor is moderate sweet and light moderate bitter with a average duration, pale malt, wheat - minerals, citrus, orange, dried fruit, sweet fruit, light tea bitter. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20181018]
7-3-7-3-14
Tried from Cask on 23 Oct 2018 at 05:02

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask @ Nottingham Beer and Cider Festival. Clear golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, wheaty, light tea and moderate hoppy - citrus. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. 181018
Tried from Cask on 18 Oct 2018 at 18:38

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask @ Nottingham Beerfestival. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are fruits, malt, hops and has a sweet finish.
Tried from Cask on 18 Oct 2018 at 18:34

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Tried at the Nottingham beer festival 2018. Hazy pale golden colour with a white head. Aroma pine and citrus. Slight earthy. Taste light sweet and a touch dry. Medium body.
Tried on 17 Oct 2018 at 23:00