Rapscallion (2016)
Northern Monk Brew Co. in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England 🏴
IPA Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.77
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This brew is based on a historic recipe from the 1640’s called Purl. Purl was also known as Wormwood Ale which included orange peel and leaves from the senna plant.
By the middle of the 19th century Wormwood was replaced with gin, sugar and other spices such as ginger and nutmeg, and this new Purl was sold on the Thames by Purl-Men from the Purl-Boats.
So how did we make our Purl? We took an all UK hop bill and then added 150 kilos of orange zest, adding just enough crushed ginger to give a gentle kick. The brilliant heat from the ginger compliments the sweet bitterness from the orange peel adds to the mellow, spicy backbone of our all British malt bill.
By the middle of the 19th century Wormwood was replaced with gin, sugar and other spices such as ginger and nutmeg, and this new Purl was sold on the Thames by Purl-Men from the Purl-Boats.
So how did we make our Purl? We took an all UK hop bill and then added 150 kilos of orange zest, adding just enough crushed ginger to give a gentle kick. The brilliant heat from the ginger compliments the sweet bitterness from the orange peel adds to the mellow, spicy backbone of our all British malt bill.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
330ml can, pours hazy yellow with a white head. Aromas & tastes of tangerine, citrus, pine & hops. Moderate body. Light bitter finish
Tried
from Can
on 27 Jan 2025
at 15:08
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
330ml can from Morrisons, Redcar. Pale gold colour, thin white from head and aroma of orange zest, fruity. Taste is pale malt, alittle grain, citrus juicy, with zesty orange, tangerine and hoppy bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying zesty bitter finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Jan 2023
at 18:51
05/06/2016. CELLAR, 19-21 City Road, CHESTER, Cheshire, England. Keg version is 5.2% (see photo)
Tried
on 12 Jan 2023
at 08:51
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
(Can) Pours clear pale golden with good white head. Lovely orange aroma. Medium bodied with plentiful soft carbonation giving a lovely mouthfeel. Hoppy bitterness, zesty orange, no malt sweetness apparent. Very nice.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Jul 2022
at 21:53
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
33cl can. A clear yellow golden beer with a white head. Aroma citrusy hops, lactose, apricot, pale malt. Taste of citrus, oranges, zest, pale malt, yeast. Moderate to long bitter finish.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Dec 2021
at 22:23
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
0,33 boks fra Statens leskebutikk i Straensenteret, hjemme: nesten helt klar lys gylden med fint skum som varer. En deilig IPA med liflige humletoner - tropiske frukter, mandaring (og furunål), akkurat slik som beskrevet. Fin bitterhet i avslutningen. Slank, forfriskende og særdeles velfortjent etter 2,5 timer som ekstrahjelp i innhøstingen på Sandalen gård (gleder meg til de kommer med årets Rubinstep-cider!).
Tried
on 15 Oct 2021
at 16:49
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pours a hazy pale gold, with a frothy white head and a fruity aroma, mostly orange with some lemon and lime featuring as well. Slightly creamy and fizzy mouthfeel, with a bitter edge to the citrus fruit flavour, and a sweetness in the finish
Tried
on 26 Feb 2021
at 15:16
7.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Pale golden ale, slightly bubbly, thick foamy white head. Sharp, slightly dry citrus hop aroma. You definitely get a good, bittersweet orange flavour to this as advertised and it's always a nice change when a pale leans into orange as its flavour. There's some grassy hops in here too. Not a big complex flavour but it's crisp, fresh with maybe something floral or a touch of spice in the back end. Very drinkable indeed.
Tried
on 16 Jan 2021
at 20:34
7/10
👌👌sweet orange zest
Tried
from Can
on 26 Nov 2020
at 21:34
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can at a friend's. Pours hazy golden, nose is tangerine, floral, lemon, taste is zesty citrus, sweet, toffee.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Oct 2020
at 18:53