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7th Birthday [Spookton]
Polly's Brew Co. in Mold, Flintshire, Wales 🏴
Collab with: Spookton Brew Co.IPA - New England / Hazy Special Out of Production
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Score
7.21
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We were over the moon to find out our closest home city had a brand new brewery opening, and found even more common ground when we visited for the first time to see a brewkit very similar to the original Polly’s brew kit to wax lyrical over. Since then we have routinely found Spookton’s beers on our radar and have been blown away at the quality being produced from our neighbours over the border. Wanting to go with what we both do best, our birthday IPA is a beautiful meld of in-house favourite Idaho 7, alongside the freshly named Krush; both imparting juicy tropical notes with a sticky pine undercurrent. It’s our birthday though, so we couldn’t just leave things at that - a supercharge of DynaBoost in the whirlpool, along with HyperBoost on the cold side, all of the fruit-forward notes in this beer have been amplified up to 11 in an all out rush to the palate with intense mango, pineapple, and pomelo flavours.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Can 44cl. @home poured into a shaker. Hazy pale golden colour, small frothy white head, half-way lasting, light lacing. Aroma pale malt, tangerine, pineapple, white grapes, lychee, some pine resin. Smooth taste, light to medium sweet and bitter, malty, tangerine, grapefruit, peach, pine resin. Medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation, dry sweetbitter, orange zest, pine resin, well-balanced, very nice.
Tried
from Can
from Rebelbeercans
on 17 Mar 2025
at 18:48
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
(Draught at Akkurat, Stockholm, 31 Jan 2025) Cloudy golden colour with frothy, white head. Fruity, hoppy nose with notes of citrus, grapefruit, pineapple, mango and pine needles. Fruity, hoppy taste with grapefruit, pineapple, mango, pine needles, white bread and a balanced citric/piney bitterness. Medium body, with a slight sweetness. Fresh and tasty, with a generous hop presence. Very nice.
Tried
from Draft
at
Akkurat
on 09 Mar 2025
at 14:12
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at the Hop Vault, Stourbridge, 28/02/2025.
Hazed orange with an off white cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is ripe citric flesh, dank spike, grass, pine resin, guava.
Taste comprises mandarin, grapefruit, grass, pine needle.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spliced with juicy come resinous hop bitterness.
Solid.
Hazed orange with an off white cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is ripe citric flesh, dank spike, grass, pine resin, guava.
Taste comprises mandarin, grapefruit, grass, pine needle.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spliced with juicy come resinous hop bitterness.
Solid.
Tried
on 28 Feb 2025
at 11:22
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
440ml can. Hazy golden, white head. Aroma of pineapple, mango, peach, and a slight vinous note. Taste is very juicy, pineapple, mango, peach, slightly vinous and piney bitterness. Medium bodied. Great.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Feb 2025
at 22:50
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
440ml. can. @"home", 07/02/2025
[#8.031 Global - #75 Wales - #9 Polly's Brew Co.]
Pours hazy golden with a diminishing white head. Aroma: tangerine, pine needles and orange peel. Taste: dry orange zest, tangerine and grapefruit. Dry palate.
Next one, please!
[#8.031 Global - #75 Wales - #9 Polly's Brew Co.]
Pours hazy golden with a diminishing white head. Aroma: tangerine, pine needles and orange peel. Taste: dry orange zest, tangerine and grapefruit. Dry palate.
Next one, please!
Tried
from Can
on 07 Feb 2025
at 22:17
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7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
4/2/2025. Draft at North Bar, Leeds. Pours hazy/cloudy yellow gold with a small frothy white head. Aroma is tropical, grapefruit, mango, pineapple, gooseberry, yeast, husky edge. Medium sweetness, light to moderate bitterness developing a little to finish. Medium body, smooth, average to soft carbonation. Nice one.
Tried
from Draft
at
North Bar
on 04 Feb 2025
at 19:54
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Can from Lupe Pintos. Hazy golden body with an off-white head. No visible carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of kiwi fruit and watercress. Flavour of nettles and underripe melon. Medium body with a smooth texture. Soft fizz. Pithy and hoppy. It’s fine but a bit dry and not one of Polly’s top tier IPAs.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Feb 2025
at 19:44
8/10
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Tried
from Draft
on 02 Feb 2025
at 00:01
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
440ml can. Pours hazy dull orange with a medium head. Aroma is tangerine and Fruit Salads. Taste is dry and flinty with tangerine.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Feb 2025
at 20:22
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at The Star & Garter, Bromley. Hazy yellow pour with a white head. Grapefruit, passionfruit & white grape aromas. Taste is grapefruit, peach, white grape, mire passionfruit. Heavy hoppy action.
Tried
from Draft
at
Star & Garter
on 25 Jan 2025
at 19:56