Pope's Yard Brewery Galaxian IPA

Galaxian IPA

 

Pope's Yard Brewery in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  IPA Regular
Score
6.61
ABV: - IBU: - Ticks: 6
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6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Bottle at home, 30/10/16. Hazed orange with a well appointed white cap of tightly knit bubbles. Nose is tangerine, straw, orange peel, straw, light bread notes. Taste comprises orange marmalade, bread dough, melon, lemon tinged straw, toasted grains. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close peppered with light earthy hop bitterness. Mediocre for style, drinkable enough but never pulls out of first gear and lacks depth for the ABV.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Oct 2016 at 11:17


6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

24th September 2016
Billynomates solo hotel tasting. Hazy gold beer, big pale cream colour head. Palate is airy, dry and has decent fine carbonation. Airy malts, mildly sweet. Light citric sherbet, some citrus peel and bitter floralness, Prett dry finish. Okay.

Tried on 23 Oct 2016 at 08:58


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at Watford Beer Festival, Watford, Herts. A hazy golden/amber coloured pour with a medium white head on top. Hoppy, ripe musty tropical fruit aroma. Tastes quite rich, hoppy, tropical fruit, slightly malty. Not bad.

Tried from Cask on 16 Nov 2014 at 04:42


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle at home from Bottle:Shop St Albans. Rich golden orange coloured pour with a light hazew and a lasting off white frothy head. Aroma is grassy, slightly cheesey hop with some bready malts. Flavour is sharp citrus, slight wet grass hops. Big hop bitterness is sharp and slightly rought round the edges. Some hairspray solvent lingers in the finish. Palte is medium light with spritzy carbonation. Tangy citrus finish.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Aug 2014 at 13:11


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

33 cl bottle @ hotel room, Amsterdam. BBE 07.08.2014
Aroma has hops, some tropical fruits, hints of apricot and biscuits. Also some toffee typical to English ales behind the fruity tones. Flavour is somewhat hoppy with peaches, apricot, grapefruit, gooseberry bush and hints of biscuits. A feeling of English hops at the middle of the glass. A bit mellow for an American IPA – an English IPA this must be.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Jul 2014 at 11:45


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle at home in London - picked up at Kris Wines. Pours cloudy, rich gold with a thick, tight off-white head. The aroma holds tangy tangerine, lemon, pale wood, faint brett maybe, a bit of grass. Light-medium sweet flavor with a bit of peach, mild twangy citrus fruits, melon, some bitter wood, dry grass, hay, slight grain husks. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Finishes relatively clean with low bitterness, some sandy grass, more woody aspects, orange rind, light minerality, balancing sweetness, some slight lemon notes. Interesting stuff and pretty drinkable, but the galaxy hops seem fairly neutered. Still, it’s fair.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Jun 2014 at 15:36