IPA (Cask)
Brains in Cardiff, Cardiff, Wales 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular Out of Production|
Score
5.90
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Brewed with two varieties of hops, combined with pale and crystal malts, Brains IPA is a well-balanced and easy-drinking pint.
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wheresthepath (3674) reviewed IPA (Cask) from Brains 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Cask at The Turks, Reading. Light amber with a middling white head. Watery. Sweet caramel with some metallic mineral notes. Might be a hint of lemon in the background. Poor bitter.
BlackHaddock (17284) reviewed IPA (Cask) from Brains 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
2nd April 2015: hand-pulled half-pint in The Crown Inn, Oakengates. Clear amber pour with a white head. Bland and boring with just about enough hops to make you think it might have been hoppy before they watered it down to 3.4% ABV. Refreshing but not something I would recommend or offer to friends.
Olut (21769) reviewed IPA (Cask) from Brains 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Cask @ Crown & Kettle, Manchester. Clear copper with a small glow. Has a nice easy drinking texture, but a touch thin tasting with its low abv. However it maintains a healthy nose and taste with hops in the former, and both hops and malt in the latter aspect. There’s a sweetness evident in its nose and to a lesser extent in its taste.
berkshirejohn (10223) reviewed IPA (Cask) from Brains 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Cask at the Three Guineas, Reading. Pretty decent, given the APV. An amber bitter, with a citrus aroma, and a lengthy bitter finish. Not one to linger over, but refreshing and well made.
jjsint (8631) reviewed IPA (Cask) from Brains 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Cask at the Cricketers Arms, Bedford. Amber with a full white head. Faint but fresh aroma of pale malt and light citrus. A pronounced maltiness in the sweet taste. Just a hint of sweet-sour in the finish. Not a medal winner on any day of the week but much better than I expected... and it beats Brains Bitter any day.
LordAlwold1970 (9754) reviewed IPA (Cask) from Brains 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask at the Lord Northbrook, Lee. Amber pour with a white head. Citrus and pear aroma. Citrus and light malt flavour. Fruity finish. Good session ale.
Cunningham (15598) reviewed IPA (Cask) from Brains 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5
Cask at GBBF 2011. Golden colour with a small white head. Mild hoppy and light fruity nose. Light hoppy and malty flavour, very flat due to low co2
Anders37 (30296) reviewed IPA (Cask) from Brains 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask @ GBBF 2011. Pours a golden color with a small off-white head. has a fruity malty citrus hoppy aroma. Fruity citrus hoppy flavor with weak hints of caramel. has a fruity malty citrus hoppy finish.
RuneBlix (26316) reviewed IPA (Cask) from Brains 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Third-pint, cask, handpulled at B1 Seacole Brewery Bar, GBBF 2011. Dotted spots on the glass from a creamy, white head. Amber-gold body. Modest smell of grassy hops. Mild and watered malt-fruity taste. Faint bitter end. Too easy to drink, perhaps (London, 02.08.2011).