Hoptical Illusion
Brass Castle Brewery in Malton, North Yorkshire, England 🏴
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular|
Score
6.54
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Hop-forward pale ale bursts with tropical, citrus and pine notes. Comet & Citra Pale Ale.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask @ 35th Luton Beer & Cider Festival. Nice head with good suration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are fruits, flowers, citrus, malt and hops. Nice bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Feb 2018
at 17:29
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Keighley & Worth Valley Railway Beer Festival 2016. Golden-amber ale. Crisp with a palatable texture and some light tropical fruit notes.
Tried
on 25 Jan 2017
at 09:26
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Can from Dreadnought, Leith. Appearance - golden with a decent thin head. Nose - peaches, resin and light soapiness. Taste - green plant stalks and resin. Palate - light bodied with a creamy texture and a long dry finish. Overall - the nose was better than the taste.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Jan 2017
at 16:57
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask (gravity) @ NWAF 2015, National Winter Ales Festival (2015), The Roundhouse, Pride Park, Derby, Derbyshire, England, DE24 8JE. [ As Brass Castle Hoptical Illusion ].Unclear medium amber orange color with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate hoppy, marmalade hops, sweet malt - hops. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration, sweet malt, dried fruit, hoppy, light marmalade hops. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20150212] 6-3-7-3-12
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Nov 2016
at 08:42
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
330ml bottle, takeout from IndyMan ’16. Pours a misty amber, white head. Aroma is bitter grapefruit. Taste is quite a curious blend of exotic fruit, glue, dank hop, spicy aniceed with a light amber sweetness. Interesting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Oct 2016
at 13:43
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Crafty Beer, Lincoln. Crisp golden colour with a white head. Aroma has tropical fruit, and big citrus. Taste light sweet with a big fruity bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Oct 2016
at 13:41
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle at home. Pours hazy orange, nose grapefruit, sweet toffee, astringent, taste is similar, bit past its best.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Apr 2016
at 12:09
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
330ml bottle from Crafty Pint, Darlington. Deep orange-brown amber colour, foamy white head leaving lacing and tropical fruit hoppy aroma. Taste is tangy, grain, tropical fruit hop and grapefuity bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry tangy bitter finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Sep 2015
at 16:05
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Beers of Europe, Kings Lynn. Pours a pale gold colour with a frothy off white head. Aroma is a curious mix of bitter citrus, hop, with sweetness from hints of treacle and chocolate. High level of bitterness masking a medium sweetness which comes through in a mellow finish. Medium body. texture a little creamy. Very enjoyable beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Sep 2015
at 11:54
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
330ml bottle from Alesela. A malted sorghum pale ale, apparently. Pours hazy amber, thin white head. Aromas of peach yoghurt, apricot, definitely a light sherbet note. Taste is fruity, more peach yoghurt and sherbet. Light body, sweet finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Apr 2015
at 13:47