Smooth Hoperator
Calvors in Ipswich, Suffolk, England 🏴
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular|
Score
6.10
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As the name suggests, an extremely smooth, lightly hopped 4% pale ale. A blend of four quality malts delivers a well balanced body and copper colour. An aroma of soft fruit and honey and balanced bitterness are provided by additions of English hops at four different stages of brewing.
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6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
17/01/2020. Cask at the 11th Elysian Winter Beer Festival. Pours clear bright golden amber with a bubbly off-white head. Aroma of hops, fruit, malt, flowers and caramel. Medium sweetness, moderate bitterness. Moderate body, slight oily texture, average carbonation. Sweet caramel finish. Not bad.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Jan 2020
at 18:17
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the Live & Let Live, Cambridge on 18th April 2019. Coppery amber with shallow off-white foam and full lacing. Grassy hop on biscuit malt aroma.nutty maltiness in-mouth and fine grassy hops. Some citrus in a finish dominated by caramel malt.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 May 2019
at 22:17
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at Rampant Horse, Needham Market. Nil aroma, perhaps a floral strand. Dark gold. Insubstantial white head. Light bitter. Quite flowery but let down by underlying boiled veg. Light bodied. Watery. Flat carbonation. Long astringent finish. Bland watery take on an APA.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Apr 2019
at 21:18
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask (gravity) @ NWAF 2015, National Winter Ales Festival (2015), The Roundhouse, Pride Park, Derby, Derbyshire, England, DE24 8JE. [ As Calvors Smooth Hoperator ].Clear medium amber orange color with a small to average, frothy - fizzy, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, sweet malt, sugary malt, earthy malt notes. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, sweet malt, fruity, earthy notes. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20150211] 5-3-6-3-11 Bottle 330ml. [ As Calvors Smooth Hoperator ].Clear medium yellow - amber orange colour with a average, frothy - fizzy and open, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, sweet malt, light to moderate hoppy. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration, sweet malt, toffee, malt extract, caramel. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20150806] 5-3-5-3-10
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Oct 2016
at 13:30
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask at Chippenham Beer Festival. Nice clear copper colour. Like walking down a shady green leafy lane with lemons hanging from the bushes. Pleasant enough bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Apr 2016
at 14:52
5/10
Tried
on 05 Mar 2016
at 13:25
6/10
Tried
on 16 Oct 2015
at 18:05
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask at the Grain & Hop Store, Cambridge. Dark gold with a modicum of filmy white head. Hmmmm... doesn’t smell too hoppy for the name, mostly breach malt with hints of grass. Sweet taste, not terribly engaging, with a bitter/sour note at the end. Surprisingly dry finish. Can’t get hugely excited about it but at least it’s well made.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Oct 2015
at 12:53
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Burnley Beer Festival 2015. Clear copper-gold. Has an easy drinking character with grainy-malts abundant. There’s a mild sweetness in its nose.
Tried
on 13 Sep 2015
at 10:22
6/10
Tried
on 06 Aug 2015
at 12:11