Rafiki
Villages Brewery in Deptford, Greater London, England 🏴
IPA - Session New England / Hazy Regular|
Score
6.59
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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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6.5/10
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Jul 2025
at 11:01
6.5/10
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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
6.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Jul 2025
at 11:00
6.4/10
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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
7.5/10
Tried
from Can
on 30 Jun 2023
at 10:10
6.5/10
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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
07/03/2021
Tried
on 13 Feb 2023
at 16:26
7/10
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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
5.6/10
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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
6.1/10
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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