Brunel Atlantic IPA (Bottle)
(Batch of Brunel Atlantic IPA)
Butcombe Brewery (Liberation Group) in Wrington, Somerset, England 🏴
IPA - Flavoured Regular|
Score
6.44
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An IPA that maintains the classic bitterness and robustness of the style but with the addition of beautifully fruity American hops and all at an ABV that can be enjoyed all night (4.1% in cask and keg and 5.0% in bottle). Impressively strong and full-flavoured for its ABV, this is a piece of classic and bold Butcombe engineering!
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6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle at home split with Sarah, picked up from Waitrose online. Light amber / golden coloured pour with a lasting thin off white head. Aroma is nutty malt, some caramel, sweet orange, bit of vanish / solvent and a little green apple ester. Some hay on the nose as well. Flavour is composed of dark burnt sugars, caramel, nutty malts and semi sweet sugars. Palate is semi sweet, moderate carbonation. Pretty standard fare.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Dec 2014
at 15:13
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Aroma is malt and cereal, could not detect hops... Not promising for an IPA. Taste is lightly bitter with cereal, and butterscotch tones, with a lightly pine finish. Mouthfeel is nice and rich.
Tried
on 08 Dec 2013
at 13:29
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Sweet aroma with caramel malt. very smooth and easy to drink. Quite a lot of toasty malt in the flavour. Roasted bittersweet aftertaste.
Tried
on 14 Nov 2013
at 12:37
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Smooth textured light copper coloured ale with a disappearing bubbly head. Has a good identifiably pale ale aroma with a small fruitiness. It’s more stubborn in its flavour and has a graininess. Slips down the palate with ease.
Tried
on 27 Apr 2013
at 11:44
5.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
(cask@Rake Bar’s Bristol Beer Festival) Amber with a beige head with medium lacing. Malt and caramel with a medium/light body. Ok to Average.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Oct 2012
at 07:45
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
500ml Bottle: best before 14 May 2013, poured into my Abbot Ale glass tankard on 12 Aug 2012. Chestnut brown and clear body: on top a huge foaming crown of off-white bubbles. Solid hop nose with mild malt undertones: an understated aroma, but got stronger as the beer warmed (I’d cooled it in the fridge). The taste was interesting: hop bitterness countered by some malty sweetness (caramel and toffee notes): The body was well balanced and the 5% ABV suited the brew nicely. I’ll certainly have this again if I see it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Aug 2012
at 12:04
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle sample at a tasting at Dagan’s place. Thanks Tomer G. Clear deep golden-copper. Aroma of earthy hops, a bit of minerals and malt. Sweetish flavor with malt, a tiny bit of caramel and some earthy hops bitterness. Medium-bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Apr 2012
at 12:15
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ Society Room, JDW. Clear copper colour, off-white head. Nose is malty, caramel, bit of fruits. Flavour is caramel malts, fruits, some hops. Well drinkable.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Sep 2011
at 09:42
5.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Bottle from Maruhn, Darmstadt
Hazy amber-copper color; small-sized creamy head. The malt and hop arma, very light, is covered by a stronger smell of vegetables and cabbage, not rare in English bottles; also, refined white sugar; somehow perfumy. Still, the aroma is better than the flavor, where there is just some dry and dusty caramel (how can they rate the sweetness 4.5/5.0 on the label???), and more vegetables. Low bitterness. Confused.
Hazy amber-copper color; small-sized creamy head. The malt and hop arma, very light, is covered by a stronger smell of vegetables and cabbage, not rare in English bottles; also, refined white sugar; somehow perfumy. Still, the aroma is better than the flavor, where there is just some dry and dusty caramel (how can they rate the sweetness 4.5/5.0 on the label???), and more vegetables. Low bitterness. Confused.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jul 2011
at 06:08
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
cask at cloisters ... brown copper ... light off white head ... soft mellon hop nose...ssweet malty toffee ... juicy ...
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Nov 2010
at 05:29