Bengal
Red Duck Beer in Alfredton, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia 🇦🇺
IPA Regular|
Score
6.81
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7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Cloudy copper, smallish light tan head. Can smell bready malts and pine/ spicy hops.The malts are sweet and just there for support. Mouthfeel is somewhat yeasty. The bitterness is nicely integrated - it’s clearly hoppy, but in an elegant way for this style. There’s bitterness and grapefruity astringency but it’s not "bitey" More to the EPA end of IPAs in taste if not alcohol content.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Dec 2009
at 04:40
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Pours a very hazy copper/orange with a nice persistent cream head leaving nice lacing.Very sharp hoppy aroma, lots of grapefruit, pine and spicy notes. A hint of tropical fruit later, namely pineapple. Sweet caramel malt evident underneath. Hops is to sharp, I would have liked more sweet fruit or resiny notes.Flavours follow in the footsteps of the aroma: aggressively hoppy, with little in the way of supporting malt. Some hints of grapefruit and caramel. The finish is impressively long-lasting though.Good rich body, carbonation is a bit full-on though.Needs more crystal malt or similar to balance the almost medicinal bitterness.
Tried
on 03 Oct 2009
at 01:30