4th January 2016
Mother Kelly’s. Keg. As ’Invasion of the Lupuloids #2’. 7.0% Light haze on this amber beer, small pale cream colour head. Palate is smooth and semi dry, good fine minerally crispness. Malts bring a mild sweetness and thin cream. Dank skunky hop nose carries over to the taste and add spicy pine and resin. Modest hpo fruits. Light hop spicy finish. A very green hop beer but very nice too.

Keg at BD Sheps B. It pours cloudy rich orange with a thick white head. The nose is fresh, juicy, tangerine, papaya, mango, candied peel, touch of white sugar, marmalade and a touch of white grape. The taste is crisp, bitter, juicy, tangerine, apricot, mango, some alcohol heat, marmalade, pine and a touch of peppery spice with a dry finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Soft, juicy and well - rounded. Rather nice.

Keg at Brewdog Shep?s bush. Translucent dark orange coloured pour with a small white head. Hop haze. Aroma is juicy citrus, orange and mango, sweet mango and apricot jam, hints of peach and some caramel in the background. Flavour is sweet and juicy jammy hops, orange marmalade, mango and peach with hints of toffee and caramel. Palate is semi sweet, soft, moderate carbonation. Assertive clean hop bitterness. Rounded body.

Keg at Cotteridge Wines Tasting Room; hazy amber pour with a thin creamy white head, mango, tangerine and pine in the aroma, taste has sweet caramel, resinous pine hop, tangerine.

Keg at the brewery taproom. Pours unclear, deep orange with a creamy, off-white head. Lightly toasted, bready malts in the aroma, ripe orange, mango, pine, caramel. Medium to heavy sweet flavor, with gooey ripe fruits, pulpy orange, gooey pine, rich bread, a little caramel, papaya. Medium to full bodied with fine to average carbonation. Resinous and oily on the finish, with plenty of sticky sugars, bready malts, mellow piney bitterness. Quite tasty, but just too sweet to be highly drinkable.