Happy Cowshake - Raspberry Ripple IPA
Carnival Brewing Company in Liverpool, Merseyside, England 🏴
IPA - Milkshake Series Out of Production|
Score
6.86
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Our first dalliance with the milkshake IPA genre of beer, with a typical Carnival twist.
This isn't a fruit beer masquerading as an IPA, it's an IPA through-and-through. We brewed a huge oat and wheat laden IPA base wort, added lactose into the boil and fermented with our house pale yeast. We then added a huge dose of raspberry puree, freeze-dried raspberry and dry hopped with the wonderful Barbe Rouge. This French-grown hop imparts raspberry and bramble flavours with a good level of hoppy juiciness to remind you this IS an IPA, first and foremost. We finished the beer with more freeze-dried raspberry and Madagascan vanilla beans to add woody, tobacco aromas. A big beer and ideal for fans of IPA and fruit beers.
Vegetarian
This isn't a fruit beer masquerading as an IPA, it's an IPA through-and-through. We brewed a huge oat and wheat laden IPA base wort, added lactose into the boil and fermented with our house pale yeast. We then added a huge dose of raspberry puree, freeze-dried raspberry and dry hopped with the wonderful Barbe Rouge. This French-grown hop imparts raspberry and bramble flavours with a good level of hoppy juiciness to remind you this IS an IPA, first and foremost. We finished the beer with more freeze-dried raspberry and Madagascan vanilla beans to add woody, tobacco aromas. A big beer and ideal for fans of IPA and fruit beers.
Vegetarian
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sample courtesy of SHIG, cheers. Aroma is grapefruit, orange zest, stone fruit and raspberry. Taste of vanilla and raspberry comes through. Quite carbonated.
Tried
on 12 Jan 2025
at 09:37
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Panda at home, thanks to SHIG, 30/08/21. Murky orange with light reddish hues topped with an off white head. Nose is sweet malts, red berry fruits, melon, pineapple, mixed tropical fruits. Taste comprises sweet malts, light hop spice, red berry compote, mango, melon. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spiked with mellow hop bitterness. Not bad for the sub genre.
Tried
on 30 Aug 2021
at 16:57
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
30/8/2021. Can sample courtesy of SHIG, cheers. Pours cloudy dark orange brown with a small bubbly off-white head. Aroma of porridge oats, raspberry, hedgerow berries, vanilla, fruit salad, wood, ashtray. Medium sweetness, moderate bitterness, light tartness. Medium body, average carbonation. Interesting/curious brew that would have also ticked the box for Liverpool's much lamented Mad Hatter.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Aug 2021
at 15:03
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Panda 🐼 at home thanks to SHIG. A hazed reddy orange coloured pour with a off white head. Aroma is creamy wheat, raspberry ripple, vanilla, a little smoke. . Flavour is composed of semi sweet, smoked raspberry, vanilla, raspberry, Bit odd. Palate is semi sweet, milky, light tang, moderate carbonation. Odd but fun. lingering phenols.
Tried
on 27 Aug 2021
at 22:51
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can: Poured a hazy burnt orange with a off white head. Aroma is fruity, hoppy, citrus, raspberry, creamy, vanilla. Taste is fruity, bitter hops, thick, juicy, tropical, raspberry, lactose.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Aug 2021
at 15:19