Dark Star Brewing Co. India Pale Ale

India Pale Ale

 

Dark Star Brewing Co. in Partridge Green, West Sussex, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  IPA Regular Out of Production
Score
6.82
ABV: 6.2% IBU: - Ticks: 11
This ale is a celebration of English hops and a very old English tradition. Brewed to the high strength of the original style of India Pale Ales as first made at the end of the 18th century when IPA was robust enough for a long, slow sea voyage. Bright golden coloured with a dry, citrusy and very full flavour. What IPA should be!
 

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6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at the Cask Pub and Kitchen, 3rd November 2011. Reasonable IPA, I prefer the American Pale Ale, the IPA may be better on Keg a little colder, not impressed either by the Cask Pub and Kitchen, which seamed to be fairly rough in clientele when I visited.

Tried from Cask on 08 Nov 2011 at 05:10


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask at CP&K. It pours golden yellow, with a thin off-white head. The nose is resin, cheese, fresh hop and pine. The taste is oily green hop, resin, wood, light alcohol warmth, spice, touch of honey, pine, citrus rind and grapefruit, with a decent bitter-dry finish. Medium body and soft carbonation. A solid cask IPA.

Tried from Cask on 01 Nov 2011 at 06:16


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Cask at CBC, London. Pours clear gold with a foamy, white head. Ripe, dirty citrus in the aroma, bit of wet hay. Flavor is medium to heavy sweet, lots of juicy fruit, oranges, tangerines, salt, light pine, rotten fruit, pee. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Mild warming finish, lingering ripe citrus bitterness, some floral hops, oranges, wet pine needles, caramel, honey. Really good beer.

Tried from Cask on 08 Oct 2011 at 10:42


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Cask at the Southampton Arms on 26th September 2011. Gold with thin white head and initial lacing. Rich hoppy aroma then thickly hoppy in-mouth with rich grapefruit and some sweetish tangerine fruitiness. A hoppy, citric aftertaste and a thick mouthfeel.

Tried from Cask on 27 Sep 2011 at 16:52


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask at Egham USC, Surrey. Hazy golden coloured pour with a decent fluffy head. Floral, hoppy aroma. Tastes hoppy, a little dry, citrus fruit. Pretty decent effort from Dark Star but they brew better beers.

Tried from Cask on 02 Apr 2010 at 14:04


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Cask @ Wenlock Arms, Hoxton, London N1. Pours a golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty hoppy aroma with some hints of citrus and some weak hints of caramel. Sweetish malty hoppy flavor. Has a fruiy and slightly sweetish malty hoppy finish with some hints of citrus in the aftertaste.

Tried from Cask on 14 Dec 2009 at 04:16


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask gravity @ Reading Beer Festival 2008.Clear medium yellow orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, light to moderate hoppy, flowers, perfume, lemon. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. (010508)

Tried from Cask on 05 Jun 2008 at 02:47


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is fruity and wooden with some grassy notes also. Flavour is wooden, grassy with some mild vanilla and fruityness. Alcohol gives a slight burning feel on the tip of the tongue.

Tried from Cask on 16 Apr 2008 at 05:50


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask (gravity)@HBF 2008
Golden clear color, small white head. Grassy-woody hoppy aroma, not very strong. Sweetish hoppy flavor, sticky mouthfeel. Good reliable Dark Star, but not really exciting.

Tried from Cask on 15 Apr 2008 at 10:56


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

(Cask at Wenlock Arms, London 21 Apr 2006) Colour is golden yellow, with amber hints. Nose is malty and fruity (grapefruit), although a bit discreet. Taste is malty, earthy, rather sweet with a long, hoppy and bitter finish. Very enjoyable, would never have guessed 6,2% abv.

Tried from Cask on 25 Apr 2006 at 15:42