West Coast IPA - From The Union (Bottle)
Thornbridge Brewery in Bakewell, Derbyshire, England 🏴
Collab with: Burning Sky BreweryIPA - West Coast Special
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Score
7.47
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Burning Sky Brewery, nestled in the foothills of the beautiful and inspiring South Downs, create beers that truly reflect their surroundings. We were thrilled to welcome them to Bakewell for a collaborative brew on our Union set. Together, we created a bold and flavourful West Coast IPA, the most modern style we’ve brewed on the Union. Packed with Mosaic and Citra hops, it delivers waves of citrus and tropical fruit for a vibrant, refreshing experience.
Bottle 6.5%, Cask 5.5%
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
500ml bottle.
Poured clear and golden in color.
Zesty, tangerine, orange fruity aroma, almost hop oily feel. Fresh, citrusy, good bitterness. Very clean.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
A golden and slightly hazy beer, a head is medium and blond. Aroma has grapefruit, mango, biscuits, elegant. Taste has grapefruit, pine, light biscuity maltyness in the back. Medium bodied, quite fluffy palate. Calm, but not lame, very nice beer.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Cask at the Smithfield Market Tavern, MCR, 17/05/2025.
Almost clear golden topped with a lasting white head ... lacing ensues.
Nose is orange peel, bread dough, grapefruit, ripe melon.
Taste comprises melon, grapefruit, pine needle, grass, bitter orange.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, light drying close splashed with mellow light juicy hop bitterness.
Tidy cask IPA.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Cask at The Colmore; clear golden yellow pour with a creamy off white head, aroma has mango and pine, taste has that assertive kind of fizzy on your tongue pine notes, mango, crisp malts, great bitter level.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
Bottle from the Thornbridge Beer Club. Pours clear golden with a thin white head. Aromas of citrus, blueberry, biscuit. Taste adds pine, marmalade. Bitter finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Cask. Draughtsman Alehouse Donny platform 3B. Clear pale gold. Solid white swede. Held up remarkably well and was fairly reminiscent of the Pliny just sank. But cask and not hype.
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 7
Cask at Hops, Crewe. Pours pale straw with a small off-white head and good lacing. The aroma with quite floral with berry fruits and hints of grapefruit. In the mouth it starts off sweet with a strongly creamy almost cloying texture. But there is underling bitterness from the start and this gradually increases. Flavour is a mix of hops, oranges and citrus. This is decent plenty of body to it.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
On cask at Coach and Horses, Dronfield - Clear yellow with a short lived white top. Spruce, bitter oranges, biscuity malts. Good thirst quencher.