Brewster's Brewery Hophead

Hophead

 

Brewster's Brewery in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Golden / Blonde Ale Regular
Score
6.50
ABV: 3.6% IBU: - Ticks: 27
Hophead is a pale, aromatic and hoppy session bitter. Brewster’s have brewed Hophead for over twenty years. In this time this pale, full on hop, low gravity style of beer has become a modern classic.

As a permanent beer it will work well alongside an “English” style beer to cover the fundamentally important session (3.5%-4.0%) beer drinkers category on the bar. When stocked like this many Publicans have noted increasing sales and repeat trade built around this beer.

Hophead is pale gold with a fresh zesty hop character. Highlights of orange, lemon and blackcurrant hop notes from a blend of English and American hops.
 

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6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask at CBC, London on 12th April 2013. Clear gold with white film of part-lacing foam. Grassy, hoppy aroma. Hops and berry fruits dominate the in-mouth experience with delicate strawbery note and mildly savoury touches present. Fruity finish with berries and white wine. Light mouthfeel and body.

Tried from Cask on 24 May 2013 at 12:00


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

15th April 2013
Craft Clerkenwell. Clear pale gold beer, tidy white head. Palate is light and crispy. Semi dry. Mild minerals. Light and fresh hops, mild orange and tangerine and a touch of lemon. Light crisp finish. A very pleasant and fresh beer, super easy drinking,

Tried on 11 May 2013 at 04:58


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Gravity dispense at the 23rd Battersea Beer Festival - 06/02/13. Clear light golden with no head. Nose carries pale malt, hops, touch of grapefruit. Taste comprises light mango, hops, grass, grapefruit. Medium bodied with moderate carbonation, dryish finish. Decent refreshing stuff.

Tried on 18 Feb 2013 at 13:42


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask at Tap East, London. Pours lightly cloudy yellow with a strong, white foam head. Lemony citrus nose, light dough notes. Light sweet flavor, some mellow pale malts, light hay, low bitterness. Light bodied with soft carbonation. Not in top condition. Light sweet finish but in general pretty bland. LIght notes of plastic, some dough. Bland overall; perhaps the beer’s character has been reduced due to poor condition.

Tried from Cask on 30 Dec 2012 at 01:51


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

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Tried on 09 Aug 2012 at 14:48


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask at GBBF. Pale golden with a small white head. Aroma of lemon and grapefruit and grainy malt. Sweet grainy malt flavour with a bit of citrus hops

Tried from Cask on 18 Nov 2011 at 13:40


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2011, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.Clear light medium yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, hay - grass, moderate to light heavy hoppy, citrus, lemon, grass - hay. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, hoppy, citrus. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20110804]

Tried from Cask on 03 Nov 2011 at 15:30


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask @ GBBF, 2011. Pours clear yellow with a small creamy head. Hoppy and citrussy nose and flavor. Floral hops - lemon. Smooth. Nice.

Tried from Cask on 24 Aug 2011 at 03:58


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Near-clean, golden body. Naked on the top. Dry fruity hop scents. Fruit cocktail in flavour. Dry bitter ending. Good hopped beer with session qualities. Half pint, hand pulled cask at Castle in Holborn, London 4 Oct 10.

Tried from Cask on 01 Nov 2010 at 12:50


5.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask på Castle, Holborn 4 Okt 10. Lys gylden. Litt uklar. Lavt luftig skum. Druearoma. Smaken tørr fruktig. Tørr grapefrukt i ettersmaken.

Tried from Cask on 01 Nov 2010 at 08:14