Vibrant Forest Brewery Nova Foresta

Nova Foresta

 

Vibrant Forest Brewery in Hardley, Hampshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular Out of Production
Score
6.21
ABV: 3.8% IBU: - Ticks: 9
Nova Foresta is a refreshing amber bitter packed with a generous amount of spicy and fruity English hops to balance the delicious maltiness.
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6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at the Peterborough beer festival 27/08/2016. A dark orange amber coloured pour with a fading off white head. Aroma is mild nutty malts, grassy hop, faint citrus. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, faint dried fruits and strawberry jam. Toasted nuts. Palate is semi sweet decent cask condition. Pretty good.

Tried from Cask on 27 Aug 2016 at 08:16


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask at Prince of Wales, Farnborough. 12/08/16. Fruity aroma. Not strong but I like. Medium amber, with a reddish tinge in the sun. Healthy white head. Light bodied. Flat. Initial sweetness followed by a sour bitterness. Lemon. Refreshing.

Tried from Cask on 12 Aug 2016 at 07:27


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Cask (Vibrant Forest Beer Festival 2015) - Amber with a slight haze. Nutty aroma with hints of dried apricot and sultanas. Nutty and fruity taste with peach, dried apricot, toffee and sultanas.

Tried from Cask on 01 Oct 2015 at 08:02


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Cask-conditioned at the Beer Emporium, Bristol 24/9/2015. Amber in colour, with a slight, off-white, head. Sweetish cereal malts, a touch of caramel, some citrus hops and a moderately bitter finish. Pleasant.

Tried from Cask on 29 Sep 2015 at 12:40


5

Tried on 16 Aug 2015 at 14:03


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2014, Great British Beer Festival, London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX. [ As Vibrant Forest Nova Foresta ].Clear medium orange - amber yellow color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, sweet malt, caramel notes, light hoppy. Flavor is light moderate sweet with a average to long duration, malty, fruity. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20140813]

Tried from Cask on 11 Jul 2015 at 03:08


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

From cask. Pours clear and golden orange with a small off white head. Aroma is toasted malty, light breadish. Mild citrusy, bitter and slight herbal. Dry and bitter finish.

Tried from Cask on 30 Dec 2014 at 10:55


5
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Sampled @ GBBF day 2. Clear copper orange color, small off-white head. Smell and taste malts, a light touch of fruits, slightly a touch of hops but a bit of cardboard as well. Average body and carbonation.

Tried on 19 Aug 2014 at 10:32


6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Cask - Caramel and twiggy.  Clear gold with no head.  Light grains and caramel.  Little bitterness and quite light.

Tried from Cask on 17 Aug 2014 at 08:45