Dark Star Brewing Co. Hophead - Extra

Hophead - Extra

 

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

  Golden / Blonde Ale Regular
Score
6.95
ABV: 5.8% IBU: - Ticks: 20
Also available at 5.5% abv.
 

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6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Draft. A hazy golden beer with a lazing beige head. The aroma has notes of flowers, malt, and fruits. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, citrus fruits, herbs, hops, and malt, leading to a bitter finish.

Tried from Draft on 21 Jun 2019 at 09:05


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Tap. Golden color, clear, white foam. Aroma: sweet, hops, a little floral, pine needles. Taste: sweet, malt (pale ale), earthy, candy, fruit, medium bitterness, not bad.

Tried from Draft on 28 Apr 2019 at 11:15


7.1
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Tap at Minsk Craft Beer Fest. Clear gold, moderate white head. Biscuit malt, esters, minor sulphur, nice body, good balance. Hoppy ending. Light plus bitterness. Pleasant one

Tried from Draft on 14 Apr 2019 at 20:00


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

(Keg at Viisi Penniä, 20190405) The beer poured deep golden and clear. Its head was medium sized and white. Aroma had fruitiness, earth and malts. Palate was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were earth, fruitiness, malts and bitterness. Aftertaste was hoppy, malty and bitter. A decent malty brew with English hops.

Tried on 05 Apr 2019 at 20:10


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Tap at Bishops Arms Sundsvall. So i was glad to see this baby on tap here in Sweden and shocked to see it at 5.8 not 3.8. Turns out it is called extra. Little to no aroma. darker golden than normal HopHead. A meaty golden/ bitter taste. Slightly boozy aftwr with light pine hop. Good for here but prefer the original.

Tried from Draft on 21 Mar 2019 at 18:10


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at CBC Clerkenwell, pours a clear gold with some white head. Nose has lemon, malt, lime, a touch green, some honey. Flavor is sweet, malty, green grass, green grape, lemon. Finishes dry.

Tried from Cask on 01 Oct 2017 at 15:47


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Cask at CBC Clerkenwell - London. Pours clear gold with a small, foamy white head. The nosebhas some citrusy hops, melon and tangerine, crunchy hay. Light sweet flavour with bitterness of grass and citrus rind, some orange. Light to medium bodied with fine carbonation; good condition. Finishes with more citric notes, crisp pale malts, more grassy and rindy bitterness. Solid.

Tried from Cask on 01 Oct 2017 at 09:06


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Back from the dead! Cask at Craft Holborn. It pours clear golden - amber with a medium white head. The aroma is rich, sweet, oily, juicy, peach, melon, gummy bears, piney resin and bread. The taste is dry, bitter, oily, resinous, melon, greengage, peach, spice, pithy, white bread, cracker, grass and straw with a lingering bitter - dry finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Pretty good fun. Lacks the chuggability of the regular version.

Tried from Cask on 18 Sep 2017 at 11:25



5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Golden with a thin white head. Grassy aroma ith a touch of sulphur. Sweet caramel flavour with fruit and grass notes. Quite bitter

Tried on 19 Dec 2009 at 08:23