Ice Breaker
Craft Academy in London, Greater London, England 🏴
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.15
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A smashing beer, perfect ice cold. Dry hopped with Citra & Simcoe hops (lupulin powder), waves of guava and passionfruit crash with big citrus flavours. This light coloured ale brings a big splash of cool refreshment. Iceberg ahead.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
[33cl bottle from my local Londis.] A golden amber pour with a loose cream head; pleasant malty citrus aroma; similar taste with a sweet malty body with some caramel and some pink grapefruit. Very drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jan 2020
at 22:55
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle at the Crown, Hazlemere, 31/12/19. Clear golden blonde with a decent white head. Nose is tangerine, grass, toasted malts, citric tinged straw. Taste comprises orange zest, faint pine, grass, melon, toasted grains, light weed, hint floral. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spiked with light juicy to grassy hop bitterness. Not that bad actually !
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2019
at 13:43
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Draft at The Oak Barrel, HEL as Greene King Ice Breaker. Golden colour and creamy medium-sized off-white head. Flowery citrus aroma. Light-bodied. Pale malty, citrusy and flowery hops. Some off-flavours but I think they are from tap.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Dec 2019
at 11:00
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at Black Prince, New Haw. Vague pine aroma. Slightly hazy pale gold. Creamy white head. Light bitter and a load of buttery malts. Light. Thin. Average carbonation. Abrupt finish. Pretty awful but didn't look at the date on the bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Dec 2019
at 23:16
5.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle at The Battleaxes, Elstree. Dull golden-amber with a thin white head and negligible fizz. Nice tropical fruit up front, quickly descends into caramel and orange with a cardboardy bitterness in the finish. Don't think GK have really understood this style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Nov 2019
at 21:12
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
330ml bottle. Pours dark gold with a small head. Aroma is fruity hops, boiled sweets and vanilla. Taste has caramel, boiled sweets, some tea.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Oct 2019
at 19:28
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tap. Golden color, white foam. Aroma: fruity, nectar, citruses, a little exotic fruit. Taste: malt, a little malt biscuit, citrus, light fruity, medium piney hop bitterness, drinkable.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Aug 2019
at 18:04
6.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Clear deep gold. Two finger tall white frothy head. Aroma: citrus fruit, pine, juniper, biscuit malts. Light body. Average carbonation. Taste: clean, light sweet, light plus bitter. Rather hoppy. Pine, tangerine, grapefruit. Background malts. Highly drinkable. Decent ale.
Tried
on 11 Aug 2019
at 16:13
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Keg @ Moorings, Sowerby Bridge. Golden with a creamy head. It's a lightly carbonated pale ale, but low in character within this style, however it is crisp and easy-supping. There's some caramels in both aroma and taste.
Tried
on 05 Jul 2018
at 19:58
5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Draught @ The Swan, 7 Cosmo Place, Bloomsbury, Greater London, England WC1N 3AP. [ As Craft Academy Ice Breaker ].Clear medium yellow orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, sweet malt, cookie, caramel, toffee. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, sweet malt, fruity malt, toffee. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20170814] 5-3-5-3-10
Tried
on 01 May 2018
at 15:54