French IPA
Field House Brewing in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
IPA Regular|
Score
6.43
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Collaboration with Northwest Hop Farms
This country themed collaboration series is an exploration in ingredients from around the world. Using only ingredients from France, our French IPA is brewed with blanc and tardif de bourgogne hops, cote de blanc yeast and franco-belges malt. Undernotes of spice, wood and white grape shine through a malty character.
This country themed collaboration series is an exploration in ingredients from around the world. Using only ingredients from France, our French IPA is brewed with blanc and tardif de bourgogne hops, cote de blanc yeast and franco-belges malt. Undernotes of spice, wood and white grape shine through a malty character.
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6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Bright. Dark amber. Thin, bubbly head. Funny how in 2018 this doesn't even look like an IPA. The white wine aroma is prominent...ok that's neat. These are new hops for me but I know the French has some fun varietals these days. Great to see someone using them. On the palate, just a touch of caramel...less than the appearance suggests. The vinous fruity hop note is still prominent...and fun. Moderate bitterness. These hops would prefer all pale malt though, and goodness knows a splash of tannin from a month in oak. And I can't lie - it was tough to finish the bottle. It just got too sweet and the hop/malt clash only became more of an issue as it went along.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 May 2018
at 03:14
5.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Draught at St. Augustine's, Vancouver
Cloudy red amber color with persistent compact head. Sweetish, fruity, with a strange aroma and flavor of rotten apples and other ripe fruits, cheap wine; medium to low bitterness, some sweet orange in the final.
Not very good. Not too bad, but weird.
Cloudy red amber color with persistent compact head. Sweetish, fruity, with a strange aroma and flavor of rotten apples and other ripe fruits, cheap wine; medium to low bitterness, some sweet orange in the final.
Not very good. Not too bad, but weird.
Tried
on 08 Apr 2018
at 08:39