7th Birthday [Thornbridge]
Polly's Brew Co. in Mold, Flintshire, Wales 🏴
Collab with: Thornbridge BreweryIPA - Wheat / White Special Out of Production
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Score
7.23
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A collaboration with arguably the first craft brewery in the country? Had you told us seven years ago when we were mere pups in the industry that we’d be creating a beer with the brewery that kicked off the beer revolution in the UK we’d have never believed you. Here we find ourselves though, having built up enough of a reputation for ourselves within our industry to be accepted with open arms by one of the all time greats. Wanting to embrace the bold hop forward brewing techniques we’ve become so accustomed to, but applying them to a more classic style, we’ve utilised the brewing expertise of our friends from Derbyshire to create a thoroughly modern White IPA. A beer with lineage in Germany thanks to our utilisation of SafAle W68 yeast, and roots that touch the classic IPAs of the United States with application of three cornerstone hops in Amarillo, Cascade and Citra, before a final flourish of new school titan Galaxy from the South Pacific rounds off this incredible hybridisation of styles - expect fresh cut oranges, peaches, and pineapple, with a hint of banana and clove for complexity.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sample at Etko Festival, in Kerava. Colour is cloudy golden with small head. Aromas and flavours: Fruits, wheat...
Tried
on 27 Apr 2026
at 15:55
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
16th November 2025
Can. Near clear paleish gold beer, small pale cream colour head. Light palate, mildly dry, good fine minerally carbonation. Thin bodied pale malts, a light sweetness that interacts with a fair amount of esters. Mild floral citrus, slightly sweet. A light and semi dry finish. Quite Belgian, which I suppose was the point. More hops would have taken this a long way for me.
Can. Near clear paleish gold beer, small pale cream colour head. Light palate, mildly dry, good fine minerally carbonation. Thin bodied pale malts, a light sweetness that interacts with a fair amount of esters. Mild floral citrus, slightly sweet. A light and semi dry finish. Quite Belgian, which I suppose was the point. More hops would have taken this a long way for me.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Nov 2025
at 19:59
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
440 ml can, as Polly's x Thornbridge 7th Birthday White IPA, from Vinmonopolet Sandnes Kvadrat. ABV is 6.8%. Moderately hazy pale golden colour, large to moderate white head. Aroma of orange zest, peaches and tropical fruits, hints of yeast and mild spices. Flavour of citrus, tropical fruits (incl. pineapple and banana), sprucetips, coriander seeds and moderate but still distinct bittering hops.
Tried
from Can
from
Vinmonopolet Sandnes, Kvadrat
on 06 Aug 2025
at 20:36
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7
440ml can from Left Field Beer, Solihull. Poured a hazy yellow golden colour with a mostly lasting frothy white head. The aroma is grainy, citrus, floral hops. The flavour is moderate bitter, with a fresh, crisp, dry yeasty, light grapefruit, floral hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation.
Tried
from Can
from Left Field Beer
on 19 Apr 2025
at 16:44
7.5/10
Yeasty boys reprazent. Beetje droog. Wel erg lekker.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Apr 2025
at 23:22
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Can shared. Hazy light golden. Super dank weedy hops, huge resin, floral, wheat, coriander, Belgian yeast, orange zest, cloves. Medium sweet and quite bitter. Solid medium bodied. Like a hoppy witbier more than a white IPA. Tasty.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Apr 2025
at 21:07
7.5/10
Tried
from Can
on 21 Mar 2025
at 18:10
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
(Draught at Akkurat, Stockholm, 1 Feb 2025) Hazy golden colour with frothy, white head. Fruity, hoppy nose with citrus, pineapple, passionfruit and herbs. Fruity, hoppy taste with notes of citrus, grapefruit, lemon peel, clove, hay, wheat and a balanced citric bitterness. Medium body, quite dry. Fresh and tasty. Nice one.
Tried
from Draft
at
Akkurat
on 09 Mar 2025
at 14:17
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
440ml. Can. @"home", 21/02/2025
Pours hazy pale golden with a lasting white head. Aroma: clove, cardamom, wheat and some lemony malts. Taste: citric and gently spiced. Yeasty palate. Very interesting.
Next one, please!
Pours hazy pale golden with a lasting white head. Aroma: clove, cardamom, wheat and some lemony malts. Taste: citric and gently spiced. Yeasty palate. Very interesting.
Next one, please!
Tried
from Can
on 21 Feb 2025
at 21:15
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Can 44cl. @home poured into a teku glass. Perfumy nose. Cloudy yellow golden colour, good creamy white head, good retention and lacing. Aroma sweet malt, grain, lemon, pine resin, yeast herbal notes. Taste medium sweet and bitter, grain, lemon, pine resin, earthy and herbal notes
Medium body, oily texture, average carbonation, bittersweet aftertaste, husky notes, complex 'rustic' feel, very nice.
Medium body, oily texture, average carbonation, bittersweet aftertaste, husky notes, complex 'rustic' feel, very nice.
Tried
from Can
from Rebelbeercans
on 18 Feb 2025
at 20:27