The Hero IPA
Hogs Back Brewery in Tongham, Surrey, England 🏴
IPA - Session Special|
Score
6.49
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A mellow India Pale Ale, brewed with home-grown Cascade, married with Mosaic hops from the USA, and bursting with citrus and tropical notes. Brewed to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day.
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6.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can from the brewery shop. Clear copper gold. Thick foamy white head. Aroma is malt led - pretty chewy - with light citrus and an almost saline element. Flavourwise it's then initially quite sweet - sugary fruit and malts. A light sour edge. Some equally light bitterness in the mix. Light. Slick. Soft-fizzy carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent finish. Had worse but as much a Gold as an IPA.
Tried
from Can
at
Hogs Back Brewery & Beer Shop
on 13 Mar 2026
at 21:41
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 5.5
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Can at and thanks to James, 21/06/2025.
Clear golden amber topped with an off white cap that thins to the edge.
Nose is light perfume, grass, melon, citric sherbets.
Taste comprises orange zest, light breads, melon, airy malts.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close dashed with modest hop bitterness.
Simplistic sessioner ... nothing I'd revisit.
Clear golden amber topped with an off white cap that thins to the edge.
Nose is light perfume, grass, melon, citric sherbets.
Taste comprises orange zest, light breads, melon, airy malts.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close dashed with modest hop bitterness.
Simplistic sessioner ... nothing I'd revisit.
Tried
on 21 Jun 2025
at 13:12