Empire I.P.A
Spitting Feathers in Chester, Cheshire, England 🏴
IPA Regular|
Score
6.19
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The beer brewed to quench thirsts around the globe-spanning British Empire. India Pale Ale was brewed specifically for export with properties to match.
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7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Cask, half pint. @"The Chester Station Tap Room", Chester (England) 19/02/2026
[#8.868 Global - #1.176 England - #3 Spitting Feathers]
Pours golden with a lacing white head. Aroma: orange rind, mixed grains and yeast. Tsste: grapefruit and orange rind. Again, very creamy palate if a bit faded hops.
Next one, please!
[#8.868 Global - #1.176 England - #3 Spitting Feathers]
Pours golden with a lacing white head. Aroma: orange rind, mixed grains and yeast. Tsste: grapefruit and orange rind. Again, very creamy palate if a bit faded hops.
Next one, please!
Tried
from Cask
at
Chester Station Tap Room
on 19 Feb 2026
at 13:24
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
As Spitting Feathers Empire IPA, Gluten Free, at Newcastle Beer and Cider Festival 2023. Amber gold colour, bubbly white foam head and aroma of biscuity malt, citrusy hop. Taste is malt, biscuit, tangy, with citric bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying tangy bitter finish. Quite drinkable
Tried
on 30 Mar 2023
at 14:22
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at Brewery Tap, Chester. – as Spitting Feathers Empire IPA Pours a golden amber with a small off-white head and good lacing. Malts and hops vie for attention in the aroma. In the mouth it starts off sweet and then bitter floral hops take over, with some autumn fruits and a creamy texture. Malts come back again in the finish. This is a decent old-school IPA.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Aug 2022
at 22:55
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask, served in a mug at Crowd Of Favours. Warm golden body, fair lacing, filmy white head. Caramel fruity flavours. Moderate taste profile of peaches, berry fruits and mid-sweet malts. Malt-fruity bitter endnotes. Satisfying. (Leeds 06.07.2017).
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Jul 2017
at 09:51
4/10
Tried
on 25 Sep 2015
at 14:29
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Bell, Waltham St Lawrence. Pale amber with a loose cream head; grainy aroma; dry, almost perry-like taste, with some sour grains; and a tart bitter finish. Rather odd - reminding me of Marston’s Old Empire. If this is what IPA’s really used to taste like, then I’m really glad that they’ve been replaced by the modern American style alternative.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Aug 2015
at 18:08
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ Coach House, Chester. Darker golden with a small head. Medium to full bodied with a small berry aroma and a mildly fruity taste.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Mar 2014
at 14:23
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Dark golden colour. Sweet aroma, some brown sugar. Quite thick and rich. It’s not unpleasant but is poorly balanced with too much sweet maltiness and not enough hop bitterness.
Tried
on 24 Dec 2013
at 07:41
4.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Cask at The Wellington; light amber pour with bubbly white head, slight grassy aroma, quite big caramel a weird sour taste, some biscuity malts.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Sep 2013
at 10:30