Southville Hop
Bristol Beer Factory in Southville, Bristol, England 🏴
IPA Regular|
Score
7.27
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SIBA National Champion 2012 - Bottled Beer. An American-inspired IPA; powerfully hopped and packed with tropical fruit aromas and flavours. Big malt content to balance the massive hop character. Not for the fainthearted. Drink it fresh to really capture those hop aromas. Bottle: all year. Cask: a few times a year. Keg: rare special.
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6/10
Tried
on 13 Mar 2025
at 20:47
7/10
Tried
from Can
on 10 Jan 2025
at 18:48
8.6/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 9
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
October 2013: 500 ml bottle conditioned, Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 6.5%. Deep orange to amber colour, moderate off-white head. Very nice aroma of fruity and piney hops, notes of tropical fruits. Distinctly hoppy flavour throughout, tropical fruits and grapefruit, resin and a solid bitterness in the finish, but not too extreme. There is a decent malty backbone to support the hoppiness - a well balanced IPA in my book, can easily compete with most of its American counterparts.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Cardinal
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:48
04/06/2011. BELL, 103 Walcot Street, BATH, Bath & North East Somerset, England
Tried
on 14 Nov 2022
at 06:24
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
4/1/2020. Bottle at Hopsters, Ipswich. Pours slightly hazy pale amber with a lasting creamy white head. Aroma of rich hops, surprisingly malty, tropical fruit, light caramel and pine. Moderate sweetness and medium bitterness. Medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jan 2020
at 16:54
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at Mason and Taylor. Orange coloured and slightly cloudy with a small white head. Aroma is grapefruit, tropical fruit. Taste is bitter and hoppy, but not overpoweringly so. Very nicely balanced. Bit tingly in the mouth.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Sep 2019
at 15:51
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Waitrose in Canary Wharf. A great pour into the tankard and a well behaved sediment that stayed in the bottle. A good aroma of fruity hops that were nicely evident in the very pleasant taste. The mouthfeel was chewy and the malt and hops were very well balanced. I don't always like my hops too shouty and I finished this off with my dinner of a bean, lamb and chorizo stew and they perfectly complemented each other.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Apr 2018
at 07:52
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
From stillage at Coopers Tavern, Burton-on-Trent, 03.01.18. Pale orange amber. Diminishing white head. Fine aroma and taste of American hops, sweet tropical fruits, marmalade and sweet malt. Smooth mouthfeel. Medium bitterness.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Jan 2018
at 10:44
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
F: huge, egg-white, good retention. C: deep gold, bit orange, hazy. A: tangerines, grapefruits, tropical fruits, mango, bit passion fruits, bit pine resin. T: sweet tangerines, grapefruits, bit passion fruits, hint of pine, floral, very good balanced with smooth mouthfeel, decent but very pleasant harmonic bitterness, medium body and low to medium carbonation, very nice, enjoyed, BB: 19/06/18, 33cl bottle from Waitrose supermarket @ Albion Way in Horsham.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Sep 2017
at 13:10
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sunday 3rd July 2016. 500ml bottle conditioned, into a UK pint sleeve at home. Sediment left the bottle, so the dull amber body had a slight haze: on top a wispy white covering and collar. Tropical fruits rule both the nose and taste with a definite grapefruit lead. Liked it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jul 2016
at 14:50