Jaipur - On The Union
Thornbridge Brewery in Bakewell, Derbyshire, England 🏴
IPA Regular|
Score
7.48
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Here at Thornbridge we have a deep respect for British Brewing heritage and on hearing that the historic Burton Union system was being retired we decided we wanted to do our part in saving one of the sets. We installed it in Bakewell, and after getting up and running we brewed this batch of Jaipur using it, each pint is a true piece of history. Hops: Chinook, Centennial, Ahtanum, Simcoe, Columbus and Cascade.
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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Gravity cask at the 35th Ealing Beer Festival, Walpole Park, 08/07/2026.
Golden orange topped with an off white head.
Nose is orange zest, hedgerow, dusty hops, grass, melon.
Taste comprises mellow tropicana, bready notes, herb, citric tinged straw.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced juicy come grassy hop bitterness at the curtain call.
Solid cask affair.
Golden orange topped with an off white head.
Nose is orange zest, hedgerow, dusty hops, grass, melon.
Taste comprises mellow tropicana, bready notes, herb, citric tinged straw.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced juicy come grassy hop bitterness at the curtain call.
Solid cask affair.
Tried
on 08 Jul 2026
at 12:28
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask gravity at Ealing BF 2026. Clear gold colour lasting white head well tastes of Jaipur. Maybe a bit more ale yeast character. Very similar to regular Jaipur though. Same hop flavour.. cracking condition though warm
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Jul 2026
at 11:11
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Golden colour with a small white foamy head. Aroma is floral, fruity, some eatery tones with mild grains and bready tones. Flavour is floral, fruity, citrusy and some mild grapefruity tones with some biscuity and bready malts.
Tried
from Bottle
from Alko (Webshop)
on 06 Feb 2026
at 16:41
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
A light yellow beer with a medium and white head. Aroma has lots of grapefruits, some tropical fruits, fresh. Taste of biscuity malts, some fruits, citrusfruits, lots of grapefruits. Medium bitterness, quite dry taste. Medium bodied, smooth carbonation, easy to enjoy. Quite dry and bitter, sophisticated, grapefruity IPA. Should be taste together with normal Jaipur to find out differencies.
Tried
from Bottle
from
K-Citymarket (Turku Kupittaa)
on 16 Aug 2025
at 09:49
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 8
Bottle picked up from Beyond Beer webshop, Hamburg delivered in 24 hours, as ever fantastic service. Had this sat out in the garden Sunday 10th August 2025 cooking pizza in the pizza/wood oven, weather glorious, listening to Antony Szmierek - Service Station at the end of the Universe. We had this in a side by side with a regular Jaipur. This pours very similar in appearance, light/mid gold, large white head, I couldn't get it all in the glass that I had however if I had of done I suspect that there would be a very slight haze. This has all of the hallmarks of the classic 'regular' Jaipur, however it is softer in the mouth, more subtle, more rounded and the hoppiness and bitterness are a slower at revealing themselves, however when they do it is lovely, it is very interesting to do a direct comparison, I forgot how instant the regular version is. This still has a great bitterness, it is wonderfully hoppy, it is just more gentle.
* Just gone back to read my review of regular Jaipur, which we had at our beer festival in Merton in July 2006 19 years ago!, 19 YEARS!!!, without realising I also gave it 8.4 , interestingly it was also cask, I am intrigued that the cask v keg/canned/bottle version are not split, because I am sure there would be a difference.
* Just gone back to read my review of regular Jaipur, which we had at our beer festival in Merton in July 2006 19 years ago!, 19 YEARS!!!, without realising I also gave it 8.4 , interestingly it was also cask, I am intrigued that the cask v keg/canned/bottle version are not split, because I am sure there would be a difference.
Tried
from Bottle
from Beyond Beer
on 10 Aug 2025
at 17:30