Spingo IPA
Blue Anchor Brewery in Helston, Cornwall, England 🏴
IPA Regular|
Score
6.49
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A clean tasting hoppy beer, originally brewed for Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Julilee in 2002.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle via the online shop. As Jubilee IPA. Clear medium gold. Decent white foam. Nose has bread dough. Old English marmalade. Very floral and herbal. Taste packs a surprisingly bitter punch. Modicum of doughy sweetness. Smooth with decent body. Fine carbonation. Lingering punchy bitterness to finish. Liked this a lot.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Nov 2021
at 18:48
5/10
Cask at the blue anchor. Light hazed golden colour with a white head. Aroma and taste are fruity light sweet to full bitter. Full body.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Nov 2020
at 13:09
6/10
Tried
on 12 Aug 2017
at 06:51
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the Blue Anchor. It pours cloudy amber with a dense white head. The nose is fresh, sweet orange, doughy malts, bread & marmalade and earth. The taste is crisp, bitter, creamy, bready malts, brioche, orange peel, apricot, touch of astringency, earth, leaf, light spice, floral notes and some cereal with a firm, dry finish. Medium body and fine, foamy carbonation. Pretty pleasant old-Englandshire IPA in good condition.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Feb 2016
at 11:16
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6
21st October 2013
On tap at the wonderful Blue Anchor. As ’Jubilee IPA;. Almost clear gold - amber beer. Good white head which is odd because there is no carbonation in the smooth palate. Light malt, clean and little creamy, Light orange marmalade hops with some floral things. Light finish with a mellow bitter linger. Good flavours but flat condition.
On tap at the wonderful Blue Anchor. As ’Jubilee IPA;. Almost clear gold - amber beer. Good white head which is odd because there is no carbonation in the smooth palate. Light malt, clean and little creamy, Light orange marmalade hops with some floral things. Light finish with a mellow bitter linger. Good flavours but flat condition.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Nov 2013
at 10:54
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 500ml. [ As Blue Anchor Spingo Diamond Jubilee ].[ BBF 06-2013 ]. Clear medium orange yellow colour with a average to large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, caramel, pale malt, moderate hoppy, citrus, fruity. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, dry, bitter. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20121208]
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Apr 2013
at 04:27
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the Grape and Grain Spring Beer Festival, Crystal Palace. Clear brown pour with a beige head. Toffee, malt and treacle nose. Caramel, sweet roast flavour with a smidgen of licorice. Sweet malt laden finish. Not too bad.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Mar 2012
at 07:42
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
aka Pale Ale. Slightly hazy blond. Earthy and almost herbal aroma. Earthy, a little funky palate with hints of pedio. If you’ve seen the brewery you woudn’t be surprised by the funk. Interesting beer.
Tried
on 07 Apr 2011
at 00:44
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask conditioned at the 32nd Cambridge Beer Festival, gravity dispense. Allegedly "brewed in some of the oldest brewery equipment in the UK, possibly some of the oldest in Europe". This should suggest that this beer is now again brewed in the refurbished Blue Anchor brewery, not at Keltek. The festival programme also lists it as brewed in the Blue Anchor. Golden colour. Hops and malt vinegar in the aroma, hints of cowshed. Decent hoppy flavour, but honestly: not that much out of the ordinary.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 May 2005
at 09:19