Phipps NBC India Pale Ale

India Pale Ale

 

Phipps NBC in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular
Score
5.98
ABV: 4.2% IBU: - Ticks: 31
Phipps IPA, brewed to an authentic 1930s recipe, is a golden beer relying solely on the pale ale malt in its grist for its colour. The classic blend of Goldings and Fuggles hops gives the characteristic English ale flavours to this full-bodied beer. The balance of bitterness and sweetness, allied to a smooth hoppy after-taste, creates a most drinkable pint.
 

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5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle. THX to henrik Soegaard. Golden colour with an off-white head. Aroma is butterscotsch, malt, grain, grass. Flavour is butterscotsch, hop, malt, grain, grass. Ordinary beer.
Tried from Bottle on 31 Dec 2012 at 02:40

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle, from trade with HenrikSoegaard. Finally, the English map is complete. It’s a clear, golden beer topped by a small, off-white head. Biscuity, toffee-ish aroma with a little fruityness. Orangey hoppyness in the flavor, with biscuity, toffee-ish malts. Some bitterness. Medium body, semi-dry. Soft carbonation. Some bitterness in the end. A super-boring beer, but easy drinkable. 120915
Tried from Bottle on 15 Sep 2012 at 11:29

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottle 500ml @ Geokkjer
[Thanks to HenrikSoegaard] Pours clear golden with a white head. Aroma has notes of malt, grain, grassy and floral hops. Taste is light sweet and light bitter. Body is light, texture is thin, carbonation is soft.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Sep 2012 at 11:26

5.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
Clear golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty and light fruity. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Dry and light bitter finish. 010512
Tried on 01 May 2012 at 11:19

5/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Bottle. Medium head with medium duration. Color is yellow. Aroma and taste are malt, grass, straw and hops.
Tried from Bottle on 01 May 2012 at 11:19

4.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4
Bottle, 4.2%. Clear deep golden with small white head. Aroma is malt, fruit and grainy. Flavour is malt, grainy, corn, little bitter, medium sweet and low carbonation.
Tried from Bottle on 01 May 2012 at 11:17

5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Brown 500ml bottle, best before May 2010, drank and reviewed 1st Oct 2009. Poured into an ’Old Speckled Hen’ badged vase shaped pint glass. This beer is one of three different brews obtained on a visit to the brewery in Oakham. This beer is brewed using a 1930’s recipe with Fuggles and Goldings, the malted barely being Pale Ale and Crystal along with some maize. A light orange, amber, almost golden body which is clear and fairly well carbonated. The thin white head became a wisp pretty swiftly. The smell is weak, some hop presence but otherwise nothing to note. The taste is also a little on the weak side, no great flavours to talk about, a hoppy aftertaste comes as the beer warms in the mouth. The beer is tangy because of its carbonation more than its beery ingrediants. Not as good as I’d expected.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Apr 2012 at 06:32

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask @ The State Bar. Clear golden colour, white head. Nose is malty, citric. Flavour is malty, citrus, fruity, fairly bitter, well carbonated. Fairly dry and bitter finish.
Tried from Cask on 20 Aug 2011 at 08:13

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask (handpump) @ Market Porter, 9 Stoney Street, Southwark, London, Greater London, England SE1 9AA.Clear medium orange color with a average, frothy - creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is light to moderate hoppy, earty, dishcloth, ice tea. Flavor is moderate sweet and moderate to light heavy bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20091227]
Tried from Cask on 06 May 2010 at 00:58

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Cask@Market Porter, London. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is hops, some fruits, wood, mild nectary notes as well as some mild notes of herbs. Flavour is fruits, wood, some nectar and mildly herbal notes as well. Balanced, but not very exciting.
Tried from Cask on 05 Jan 2010 at 08:04