Single Hop Series Ella IPA

Cask at the White Horse on Parsons Green - London. Pours clear gold with a slight, foamy white head. Jammy orange and tangerine in the nose, some dry grass. Light to medium sweet flavor, marmalade, more orange, tangerine, light sweat, sticky grass. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Sticky, lightly resinous finish, more jammy citrus and marmalade, moderate pine needles and grass bitterness, a but of rindy citrus, light boozy warmth. So so.

Cask at CPBF 2013. It pours hazy golden yellow with a medium bubbly white head. The nose is lemon, key lime pie, earth, apple and wood. The taste is pine, good bitterness, pithy citrus, grapefruit, soap, nettles, light astringency and varnish with a dry, rather bitter finish. Medium body, soft carbonation and oily mouth-feel. Nice bitterness, but prefer the galaxy version.