Long White Cloud
Tempest Brewing Co. in Tweedbank, Scottish Borders, Scotland 🏴
Pale Ale - Australian / New Zealand Regular|
Score
6.85
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This is where it all began... a garage in New Zealand, some local hops, a small cobbled together kit and against all odds an icon was born. Those same hops, Nelson Sauvin and Motueka are still present and correct in this, our love letter to the land of the long white cloud. NZ hops are characterised by their delicate citrus, fruit and floral notes, particularly the gooseberry, peach and white wine flavours of Nelson Sauvin. To match this we use a light malt bill with a decent amount of oats and wheat to create texture and mouthfeel. It’s the sort of beer that will make you want to abscond to the shores of the South Island never to return.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Tap at Nobles a bar in Leith. Pours orange and nice tropical fruit nose. Tastes of vanilla, creamy pine if that makes any sense, mangos, grapefruit, and hops. nice smooth mouthfeel a refreshing brew
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Aug 2014
at 15:38
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle at home, from Oddbins London Bridge, 04/02/14. Hazed orange amber with a good sized off white head. Nose is bitter orange, light spice, straw, toasted malt, faint ginger, bread dough, earthy hops. Taste comprises light grapefruit, orange marmalade, tangy fruits, bread dough, lemon rind, dank hop tones. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close with a little grass laden hop bitterness. Solid enough APA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Feb 2014
at 13:42
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at CBC, London on 30th December 2013. Gold with lasting white, lacing foam. Cheesy, yeasty aroma with savoury notes. Grassy hop in-mouth with savoury touches. Hoppy finish with grass and citric tang. Zingy mouthfeel and fair body.
Tried
on 14 Jan 2014
at 10:39
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at home from oddbins London bridge. Golden yellow Colour with a slight haze and persistent white head. Aroma is lemon citrus, grassy orange and grapefruit. Flavour is drivewn by nelson sauvin burnt clutch, tropical fruits, grape and assertive bitterness. Light veg. Medium sweet grainy malts.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Dec 2013
at 14:11
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Oddbins, West Hampstead, London. A hazy golden coloured pour with a thin white head on top. Hoppy, citrus, orange aroma. Tastes similar, hoppy, citrus fruit, slight orange, pine, slightly bitter. A refreshing pale ale from Tempest.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Dec 2013
at 09:38
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle from The Bottle Shop Canterbury and drunk at home. Hazy gold thin white head. Tropical fruit all over this. Bit over carbonated so a bit of a swirl required. I thought that it was a little light in the malts but otherwise I really liked it. Good bitterness on the finish. Tropical fruit tasty light and tasty as hell.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Nov 2013
at 06:33