Vibrant Forest Brewery Ilex

Ilex

 

Vibrant Forest Brewery in Hardley, Hampshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Pale Ale - American Style / APA Special Out of Production
Score
6.51
ABV: 4.5% IBU: - Ticks: 3
The Symbiosis series is all about experimentation and trying new things so it made sense to dedicate it to 2018 to Tryanuary, a nationwide festival and celebration of trying new beers, new bottles shops, and new pubs and bars.

Whereas previous beers have looked to the more tropical hop combinations of the likes of Citra, Amarillo, Mosaic and Vic's Secret, in Ilex we've gone full citrus. Chinook and Lemon Drop combine to hammer out hugely refreshing orange and grapefruit flavours. We've kept to the tenets of the previous in the series - namely huge dry hopping, reduced bittering hops, and a chunky ole mouth feel from the wheat!
 

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

Fra fat på Røør 4 Mar 18. Aprikosfarget. Uklar. Filmskum. Litt lacing. Lett plommearoma. Smaken vanilje & syrlig frukt. Litt dorens i ettersmaken.

Tried on 13 Mar 2018 at 17:50


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5


Cask (handpump) @ #MBCF18, [ Manchester Beer & Cider Festival 2018 ], Manchester Central Convention Complex, Windmill St, Petersfield, Manchester, Great Manchester, England M2 3GX.

[ As Vibrant Forest Ilex ].
ABV: 4.5%. Hazy matt medium yellow colour with a small to average, frothy - fizzy, good to fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, sweet malt, moderate hoppy, grass - hoppy, fruity hops. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a long duration, dry, fruity hops, grass, pale malt, light citrus - grapefruit. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20180125]
7-3-7-3-15

Tried from Cask on 10 Feb 2018 at 10:40


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Keg @ Tilt. Pours a misty yellow, medium white head. Soft citrus and grapefruit on the nose. Taste is fairly light with breezy grapefruit, pale malt, pleasant bitterness. Good light sessionable pale.

Tried on 30 Jan 2018 at 12:03