IPA (Cask)
Brains in Cardiff, Cardiff, Wales 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular Out of Production|
Score
5.90
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A light, copper colour ale with a fresh, hoppy taste and a clean bitter finish.
Brewed with two varieties of hops, combined with pale and crystal malts, Brains IPA is a well-balanced and easy-drinking pint.
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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7/10
Tried
on 06 Aug 2022
at 17:55
4.5/10
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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.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Jul 2015
at 16:00
4.6/10
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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.
Tried
on 04 Apr 2015
at 15:39
5.6/10
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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.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Nov 2014
at 13:21
6/10
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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.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Aug 2014
at 10:48
6.5/10
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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.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 May 2014
at 14:18
6.8/10
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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.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Aug 2012
at 08:40
4.1/10
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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
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Dec 2011
at 12:01
6.1/10
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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.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Nov 2011
at 04:39
4.2/10
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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).
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Aug 2011
at 11:31