Pale Ale - HBC 522

(Draft at Craft Beer Clerkenwell, London, 18 July 2026) Hazy golden colour with frothy, white head. Fruity, hoppy nose with citrus, grapefruit, tropical fruit and pine needles. Fruity, hoppy taste with notes of citrus, grapefruit, grass, white bread and a balanced citric/floral bitterness. Medium body, quite dry. Fresh and tasty, with a generous hop presence. Very nice.

Bottle from Cotteridge Wines; slightly hazed golden yellow pour with a bubbly white head, aroma has big pine and light citrus, taste has slight herbal action, resinous pine, quite big bitter finish. --- Beer merged from original tick of Pale Ale HBC 522 on 25 Aug 2019 at 14:18 - Score: 7

Keg at the Rusty Bucket, Eltham. Gold pour with a white head. Aromas of pine,citrus, pineapple, peach. Flavours of peach,nectarine, pineapple, mango. Long bittersweet finish. Very nice indeed.

There's kind of a cough drop note here--orange pine/apple, low residual sugar

6th July 2019
Light haze on this paleish gold colour beer, small pale cream colour head. Smooth palate, slightly soft, reasonable fine carbonation. Soft malts, a little creamy sweetness. The HBC 522 hops deliver smooth pine. Modest stone fruits and citrus. Smooth finish. Hmm. The weakest HBC hop I can recall. It's piney in abundance but so are many other hops that have much more about them. Delighted to try another new hop, showcased properly by Kernel. Will be astonished if this makes in to full scale production, doesn't have enough individuality about it to me.