Newcastle Winter IPA
Caledonian Brewery in Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Winter|
Score
5.57
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle shared at Chriso’s Pre-GBBF Shindig ’13, 10/08/13. Dark amber/golden with a thin off white head. Nose is dark fruit, caramel, toasted malts. Taste comprises grain, grass, toasty malt, light fruit. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, a little watery. Mediocre offering.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Chilled 355ml bottle: BBD 30 Sep 2013. Poured slowly into a Gordon’s thistle shaped glass (well they are from the same brewery) on 17 Aug 2013. Looked fine: but what doesn’t in a thistle shaped glass? Good gold coloured body with a full white head sat on top. The aroma was of malty molasses: I thought this was an IPA? Caramel and toffee esters fill the nose and those malty smells carry on into the taste, this is no IPA, winter or otherwise. Fruity notes appear within the taste, more so as the beer warmed in the glass, but the semi-sweet maltiness drowns them out, the hops not really asserting any influence at all. I actually liked it: my sweet tooth picking up the bits others don’t enjoy. Body depth was fine and the alcohol (5.2% ABV) sat nicely within the brew.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottle at Chris O’s pre-GBBF shindig, 2013. Gold pour with a white head. Sweet toffee aroma. Dry, toffee malt flavour. Drinkable.
Scopey (25220) reviewed Newcastle Winter IPA from Caledonian Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottle at Chriso’s Pre-GBBF Shindig 2013. It pours clear amber with a small white head. The nose is light toast, sweet caramel, brioche, dough and leather. The taste is doughy, orange, grapefruit, light sweetness, watery, wood and leather. Light-medium body and moderate carbonation. So-so.
yespr (55573) reviewed Newcastle Winter IPA from Caledonian Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
35.5 cl bottle. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is toasted malty, light breadish. Bitter, toasted malty and bitter. Caramelish and light roasted.
jimgreen (21728) reviewed Newcastle Winter IPA from Caledonian Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle from one of the supermarkets. Poured a crystal clear golden brown with a thin white head. The aroma is malty with nuts, leading to a medium bitter flavour with some liqourice, malt and nuts on the palate and a little hoppy bitterness in the finish. An IPA ? I dont think so. It’s more like Newcastle Brown on speed! I’d like to think these guys with all their resources could do better. Maybe they need to look towards the newer, smaller micros for inspiration.
Olut (22183) reviewed Newcastle Winter IPA from Caledonian Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Golden-orange in colour with a very small head. Has plenty of dry pale ale character, both aroma and taste are well served in a full bodied ale.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 4
Light Brown, Minimal Head, Minimal Lacing. Lightly Toasted, Malty. Winter? Not really. Too Thin. Why Winter? May call it Spring IPA and it won’t make any difference.IPA? Definitely Not. Not enough hops present to make it a hoppy and bitter brew. ESB which is not remarkable, just ok....
Fergus (31537) reviewed Newcastle Winter IPA from Caledonian Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Bottle at home. Nose is nutty brown malt, some earthy hop. Amber brown in colour, thin loose white head. Aroma also has a lager yeast nose. Palete is thin and watery. Medium carbonation. Flavour is malt semi sweet. fruity yeast ester. some metalic flavour. Drinkable but to call this an IPA is crazy.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Brilliantly clear deep copper with an off-white head. Aroma of malt and some hops which are similar to a floral guest soap. Light yet coarse bitterness. Thin and refreshing. Premium bitter, not ESB or IPA.