Big Lightning
Villages Brewery in Deptford, Greater London, England 🏴
IPA - Belgian Special|
Score
6.85
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BIG LIGHTNING is a Belgian IPA brewed in collaboration with hop masters Yakima Chief Hops from the Pacific Northwest.
For this beer we use a pale, oaty grist to allow the hops to shine, and ferment it with Bastogne yeast (which we used for our much-loved Belgian Pale Ale, LIL’ LIGHTNING). For BIG LIGHTNING the green-fingered hop wizards brought along their wares to add Ahtanum® and Centennial in the whirlpool, followed by a dry-hop of Idaho 7® and more Centennial. Lush!
BIG LIGHTNING strikes nice.
For this beer we use a pale, oaty grist to allow the hops to shine, and ferment it with Bastogne yeast (which we used for our much-loved Belgian Pale Ale, LIL’ LIGHTNING). For BIG LIGHTNING the green-fingered hop wizards brought along their wares to add Ahtanum® and Centennial in the whirlpool, followed by a dry-hop of Idaho 7® and more Centennial. Lush!
BIG LIGHTNING strikes nice.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can from lowcostbeer.com, consumed past BBE. Pours a hazy gold with big white foamy head which takes a while to settle. Aroma of citrus peel, yeast, sweet floral notes. Taste of tangy candied peel, spice, earthiness, pillowy malt, pine resin and some grapefruit light relief. Medium+ bodied, fine to prickly carbonation which works well here. I enjoyed this one, nice complexity, lovely mouthfeel. More of a sipper than expected for 6% but a good one to savour.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:06
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can from the Low Cost Beer online shop. Pours hazy straw gold with a thick white head. Aromas of yeast esters, lemon, spice, candy sugar, pale malt. Taste is light white pepper, citrus, sugar. Light sweet, thin finish.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Sep 2022
at 20:11