Brains Craft Brewery Gordian Knott

Gordian Knott

 

Brains Craft Brewery in Cardiff, Cardiff, Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Collab with: Hardknott
  IPA - West Coast Regular
Score
6.61
ABV: 6.0% IBU: - Ticks: 10
A rich copper coloured US West Coast IPA style brewed in collaboration with Hardknott. We have tied together a complex knot of hops that produce a robust and lingering but balanced bitterness, giving way to an explosion of late hop character with citrus and pine. The knot is cut through with Californian Ale Yeast and a smooth malty base of sweet caramel.
 

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6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Amber colour, white head. Aroma of caramel, straw, malts and pine. Malty flavour, hops, caramel, somewhat sweet and salty. Finish straw.
(from draught @ GBBF ’14, London)

Tried on 02 Oct 2015 at 17:26


6.3
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2014, Great British Beer Festival, London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX. [ As Brains Gordian Knott ].Clear medium amber orange color with a small to average, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, caramel, light nutty - grass. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a long duration, pale malt, caramel, nutty notes. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20140813]

Tried from Cask on 03 Jun 2015 at 03:00


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

From cask. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is mild fruity, toasted malty. Flat malty, toffee and caramelish to breadish. Malt dense. Slight bitter. Toasted and dry into the finish.

Tried from Cask on 30 Dec 2014 at 00:40


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask @ GBBF 2014. Pours s pale amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity citrus hoppy aroma. Fruity malty citrus hoppy bitter flavor. Has a fruity malty citrus hoppy bitter finish.

Tried from Cask on 05 Dec 2014 at 05:32


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask at pub. Newcastle... Soft sweet toffee fruit.. Light juicy fruits.. Sweet zezty fruits.. Light lemon.. Fruit.. Juicy hop..

Tried from Cask on 26 Oct 2014 at 23:35


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at Craft 100 2014. It pours clear amber with a small white head. The nose is sweet, earthy, syrupy, grainy, caramel and brown bread. The taste is bitter, earthy, wood, leather, pepper, light caramel and varnish with a dry finish. Medium body, low carbonation and oily mouth-feel. Not bad for Brains, sort of a Imperial ESB!

Tried from Cask on 29 Sep 2014 at 12:26


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at GBBF
Clear amber with a small beige head, great lacing. Aroma is floral and citrus. Flavors are citrus and grapefruit
Nice IPA

Tried from Cask on 24 Aug 2014 at 15:07


6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7

Sampled @ GBBF. Clear rusty orange golden color, small white head. Smell and taste malts, caramel, lightly bitter, a hint of nuts. Average body and carbonation.

Tried on 18 Aug 2014 at 10:02


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

Cask - Grapefruit and pine. Clear gold with a thin head. Woody and resinous with a long deep bitterness.

Tried from Cask on 17 Aug 2014 at 04:22


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

Cask at the 2014 GBBF. Orang light amber coloured pour with a halo of white head. Aroma is berry and light hop with some caramel. Flavour is biscuity caramel malt with pine and varnish. Sticky on the tongue. Decent. Some harsh bitterness.

Tried from Cask on 12 Aug 2014 at 14:11