7th Birthday [Duration]
Polly's Brew Co. in Mold, Flintshire, Wales 🏴
Collab with: Duration BrewingIPA - West Coast Special Out of Production
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Score
6.99
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A collaboration long in the making - we’ve been honoured to call the team at Duration friends stretching back before their incredible Norfolk brewery was up and running - being treated to a tour of the site and (legally) breaking in with Miranda and Bates before they had even broke ground in 2019. Like ships passing in the night, we’ve managed to miss one another since but when planning our seventh birthday beers we already knew our East Anglian pals were top of the list to work with.
Wanting to express our shared love of the old school to give a little bit of a break from the new school haze on this year’s lineup, we’ve gone full throttle with a West Coast IPA that pays homage to the brewers of yesteryear, but with one foot in the present to boot. Keeping it simple on the hop bill with three pillarstone hops in Citra, Simcoe and Chinook, we’ve layered the hot side additions to create a West Coast beer that is unashamedly bitter but with a clean piney and resinous finish.
Wanting to express our shared love of the old school to give a little bit of a break from the new school haze on this year’s lineup, we’ve gone full throttle with a West Coast IPA that pays homage to the brewers of yesteryear, but with one foot in the present to boot. Keeping it simple on the hop bill with three pillarstone hops in Citra, Simcoe and Chinook, we’ve layered the hot side additions to create a West Coast beer that is unashamedly bitter but with a clean piney and resinous finish.
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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Frothy white good mostly lasting head. Cloudy yellow colour. Light malty and moderate hoppy aroma. Light bitter flavor. Average light bitter finish. Oily palate.
Tried
on 01 Jul 2026
at 09:43
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Sample thanks to Grumbo! Pale misty gold, small white head. Pleasant doughy brioche and a Caribbean exotic breeze with pokey pineapple and a grapefruit bitterness. Nice.
Tried
on 20 Aug 2025
at 14:45
7.5/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Aug 2025
at 20:08
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
9/8/2025. Can shared at ITFC beer share. From Beer Central, Sheffield. Aroma is tropical, citrus, light herb, resin, touch of coconut. Moderate sweetness and bitterness. Medium body, average carbonation. Drying finish with a slight tart edge. Nicely drinkable.
Tried
from Can
from
Beer Central
on 09 Aug 2025
at 20:07
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Tried
from Can
on 09 Aug 2025
at 20:07
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 8
Clear golden yellow with a mid-height white head. Notes of citrus, grapefruit, pine, dank, fruity. Medium bodied. Finish has good bitterness. I wish it was a bit bolder but otherwise a solid WCIPA.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Apr 2025
at 18:07
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Can 440ml. @ Movino, Nørregade, Holstebro. 🏢 🇩🇰 🍀☁️🌞☂️ [ As Polly's / Duration 7th Birthday West Coast IPA ]. ABV: 5.9.%. [20250321]. 7/3-/7/-4/15
Tried
from Can
on 21 Mar 2025
at 16:02
7/10
Tried
from Can
on 21 Mar 2025
at 16:00
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can at home, 7th March 25. Pours a clear and clean IPA. Aroma is. Resinous, pine, pith. Taste is assertive, bitter and resinous, some grapefruit skin and pith and a long linger. Good muck
Tried
from Can
on 07 Mar 2025
at 16:40
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
440ml can from Left Field Beer, Solihull. Poured a slightly hazy yellow golden colour with a mostly lasting frothy white head. The aroma is grainy, light piney, dank, lemon lime citrus. The flavour is over moderate bitter, with a fresh, crisp, grassy, light lemon citrus, woody hop bitter palate and a lingering bitter finish. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Tasty and refreshing.
Tried
from Can
from Left Field Beer
on 02 Mar 2025
at 15:26