Rafiki

Villages Brewery in Deptford, Greater London, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

IPA - Session New England / Hazy Regular

Score

6.59

ABV: 4.3%

IBU: -

Ticks: 29

RAFIKI is our Core Range session IPA. A hazy, pale-amber beer. Hopped with Mosaic, Ekuanot, Chinook, and Centennial for aromas of grapefruit, pine, citrus, and stone fruit. All backed up in a resinous, pithy, malty, session-strength IPA with a light bitterness.

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6.5

ITFCDan (1921) ticked Rafiki from Villages Brewery 7 months ago

Tried from Draft on 05 Jul 2025 at 11:01

6.5

Grumbo (24387) ticked Rafiki from Villages Brewery 7 months ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 6.5

5/7/2025. Draft at the 28th Festival of Beer & Brewing, Stowmarket.

Tried from Draft on 05 Jul 2025 at 11:01

6.3

ITFCfan (3577) ticked Rafiki from Villages Brewery 7 months ago

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Tried from Draft on 05 Jul 2025 at 11:00

6.4

simontomlinson (7969) reviewed Rafiki from Villages Brewery 2 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Tight white head on an unclear amber coloured body. Pine, malt & resinous aroma. Medium bodied, sharp dry & clean. Pine, peach, blueberry & mango tastes with a malt backbone. Nice Sesh Ale.

Tried on 11 Feb 2024 at 21:24

7.5

Basementonline (12540) ticked Rafiki from Villages Brewery 2 years ago

Tried from Can on 30 Jun 2023 at 10:10

6.5

BeardedAvenger (9068) reviewed Rafiki from Villages Brewery 2 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Can at Burger&Beyond, Borough (Mondo Beer+Pizza, nextdoor, was not open yet having changed opening times overnight). Serves into my water glass as was given a frozen glass for it. Aroma has stone fruit, citrus and malts. Opaque-hazy dull gold. Foamy white head. Light-medium bitter. Resinous l. Herbal. Citrus sourness. Underlying sweet stone fruit, moreso into the finish. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Average-fizzy carbonation. Long dry astringent finish. Nice enough.

Tried from Can on 30 May 2023 at 13:43

eurosoba (18570) ticked Rafiki from Villages Brewery 3 years ago

07/03/2021

Tried on 13 Feb 2023 at 16:26

jjsint (8631) reviewed Rafiki from Villages Brewery 3 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Keg draught at the Job Centre, Deptford. Mid-gold and hazy with a film of white head. White grape, berries and some soft citrus in the juicy aroma. Sweet taste with Mosaic berry-ness shining through, and light hoppy bitterness enveloping the finish. All in all a gorgeous sessionable pale.

Tried on 27 Aug 2022 at 16:42

5.6

RuneBlix (26316) reviewed Rafiki from Villages Brewery 4 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

330ml can bought at Juicy Trap. (formerly known as Offie & Toffee). Shared with Finn. Hazy golden body, dissipating white head, rings of lace. Moderate floral nose, moments of pineapple. The taste profile brings moments of juicy wheat and pineapple. Aftertaste of juicy fruits, mid-sweet and short. Okay session qualities. (Hotel room session, London 18.11.2021).

Tried from Can on 13 Dec 2021 at 19:42

6.1

Finn (18112) reviewed Rafiki from Villages Brewery 4 years ago

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Fra «flaskebutikk på hjørnet». Delt med Rune på rom 319 Travelodge, Bethnal Green. Gusjegyldengrønngul. Lavt bobleskum. Litt lacing. Aroma av sitrusfrukt. Mest klementin. Smaken det samme. Søt. Lett tørr syrlig fruktig bitter avslutning.

Tried on 18 Nov 2021 at 21:30