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London Invades Brussels

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

330ml bottle from Ales by Mail. Pours hazy golden with a thick white head. Aromas are woody, light tropical fruit. Taste is light sweet, more woody notes. Bitter finish. Ok.

6.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

19th September 2016
Leighton’s flat clearance. Thanks to Colin. Hazy gold beer, small pale cream colour head. Palate is smooth and semi dry with modest fine carbonation. Thin dry malts. Tangy floral bitterness. Pithy citric bitterness. Light semi dry finish. Passable.

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

Bottle shared at Leightons gaff , 19/09/2016. Many thanks to Colin for this one. A hazed golden orange coloured pour with a thin off white head. Aroma is mixed tropical fruits, wheat, straw, mango. Flavour is composed of raw bready grains, mild tropical fruits, mango, peach, citrus. Palate is semi sweet, moderate carbonation, grainy. Ok.

6.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle split at Bespin, from Oddbins, 19/09/16. Golden amber with a well presented off white head. Nose is bitter orange, grass, light bread notes, straw, biscuit, lemon rind. Taste comprises melon, leafy, straw, orange pith, bread dough, toasted grains. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with grassy hop bitterness. Ok stuff, kind of an entry level IPA.

6.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle shared in London - thanks to Cloin. Pours u clear gold with a frothy, white head. The nose holds minerals, rindy lemon, pale bread. Light the medium sweet flavour with more minerality, pithy lemon, tangerine, pale grains. Light bodied with average carbonation. Finishes with more drying minerality, pale grains, lemon pith, grapefruit. Not bad.

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

33cl bottle. Pours hazy golden colour. Aroma of bitter fruits, citrus, peach. Taste of citrus fruits, floral hops, grapes, long bitterness.

7.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Keg at Tilt Brum; hazy orange pour with a bubbly white head, aroma has orange, taste has hints of pine, tangerine, bitter grapefruit, sweet malts, hint of spice.

6.2

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

Bottle. Pours a hazy golden pale orange color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty grapefruit hoppy aroma. Fruity malty caramel hoppy bitter flavor. Has a fruity malty grapefruit hoppy bitter finish.