British IPA
Empress Ales in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England 🏴
IPA Regular|
Score
6.68
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A gorgeous limited edition 5.9% IPA to add to the family. This IPA is smooth with citrus and hoppy profiles and a hint of toffee. Perfect with grilled meats and BBQ’s.
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7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draft at the Shaking Hand, Shirley, Solihull. Poured a mostly clear medium amber with a mostly lasting frothy white head. The aroma is toffee caramel malt. The flavour is moderate sweet, light bitter, with a smooth, somewhat rich, malt, toffee caramel, burnt treacle, herbal, woody hop bitter palate and a long bitter finish. Medium bodied with average carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
at
Shaking Hand
on 31 Aug 2025
at 15:05
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Large foamy white head on a murky dull amber coloured body.
Minimal aroma of bitter hops.
Medium bodied, foamy on tongue with a lively cloying back.
Malt, pine, grapefruit & grassy tastes.
Nicely balanced - Ike a cross between Traditional & Craft Ale.
Minimal aroma of bitter hops.
Medium bodied, foamy on tongue with a lively cloying back.
Malt, pine, grapefruit & grassy tastes.
Nicely balanced - Ike a cross between Traditional & Craft Ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jun 2025
at 20:56
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Citrus aroma. Grapefruit and light pine flavor. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Grapefruit and light pine linger.
Tried
on 02 May 2025
at 21:26
6/10
Tried
on 30 Mar 2024
at 16:22
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
30/3/2024. Bottle shared with ITFCDan. From a shop on Kingsland Road, Dalston. Pours clear bright copper gold with a frothy white head. Aroma is old hops, caramel, stewed fruits, syrup, spicy edge. Medium sweetness and moderate bitterness. Medium body, oily, average carbonation. Not so great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Mar 2024
at 12:03
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle at home in Hackney - picked up from the Wine Cellar, Dalston. Pours clear honey-hold with a tight, frothy white head. Light sweet flavour with pleasant earth hop character, some citrus peel, a little dirty grass and pine. Light bodied with fine, massaging carbonation. Clean bitterness to finish, mildly dry, more earth, soft pine. Nice one. It grew on me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 May 2023
at 20:44
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Tap I think at Cinnamon Kitchen, 14th October 2021. Pours a hazy yellow beer. Aroma is earthy and caramel. Taste is distinctive and earthy, with light citrus and toffee. Not bad
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Oct 2021
at 21:59