Bottle from Jason’s food hall, Kowloon. Poured a clear light golden colour with a big frothy white head. The aroma is malt, piney, light citrus fruits, light fake sugar, dry hop. The flavour is moderate bitter, light sweet, with a crisp, fresh, grainy, mineral, citrus fruit, light pepper spice, dry hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation.

Draft at Craft Brew Co., HK 10-6-15

Thanks to Gabriel - Country tick #130. Pours golden orange white head - nose and taste of grapefruit, caramel malt, light floral hops - lighter bodied.

Bottle. Pours a slightly hazy golden pale orange color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty grassy grapefruit hoppy aroma. Fruity malty grapefruit hoppy bitter flavor. Has a fruity malty grapefruit hoppy bitter finish.

Bottle in Hongkong. Floral nose. The beer starts fresh and smooth. Not too complex, but nice hints of fresh hops. Moderate bitter, fresh floral, hints of citrus. Quite dry for the high ABV. Fresh and smooth but not too deep.

Nice crisp, very slightly hazy copper and bronzed coloured body with a single centimetre tall just off-white head and literally no carbonation when opened up from the bottle. Aroma of bread, yeast, earth, caramel, nuts and tons of cardboard. Medium-bodied; Very bready flavour with a good deal of yeast, cardboard, alcohol and a bit of pungent cereal flavours, all with some resin. Aftertaste shows the deep pungent malt, caramel and cereal notes that are of course coupled unfortunately with the yeast and bread. Overall, an unfortunately not good IPA that isn’t a very good beer in general with some deep pungent flavours that aren’t very nice, just a touch too deep and way too bready/yeastie. That said, to have an attempt at an IPA that was physically produced in the greatest city in the world is pretty neat - finally some of the British influence wore off on the city - perhaps some American influence can come next alongside all of the American attitudes and stores there. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from City!Super in Harbour City, Kowloon, Hong Kong on 02-July-2014 for HK$21,00 with the standard HK produced label, best before 15 June 2015. I brought this bottle back to the opposite side of the world and even though this wasn’t good at all, i’d do it again in a heartbeat!

(bottle) clear deep amber colour with a small tan head; aroma of fruit; simple flavour, somewhat harsh, long medium bitter finish