6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Tap at the Cask, Pimlico, 07/06/13. Hazed orange amber with a thin off white head that clears to the edge leaving a small pond. Nose is bitter orange, dank hops, grass, summer fruit. Taste comprises orange pith, bitter hops, grass, grapefruit, dark orange marmalade. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, hop bitterness in the finish. Ok IPA, drinkable but lacks direction somewhat and doesn’t tick all the boxes to make it a great.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Jun 2013
at 14:44
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Cotteridge Wines; hazy amber pour with big foamy white head, grassy aroma, citrus taste clear saison yeasty spice, a bit of bready malts, big fizzy carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jun 2013
at 08:18
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
33cl bottle from AlesByMail. Batch #0007, bottled on Apr-13. Poured black in color with a thick, brown everlasting head. Aroma has dark chocolate, strong floral notes (pelargonium), citrusfruity hoppyness and salty licorice. Complex. Flavor has fruity hops, floral notes, roasted malt and licorice. Finish has milk chocolate lingering forever in the mouth. Light bodied but very tasty and fresh BIPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jun 2013
at 13:04
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Cotteridge Wines; dark brown pour with white head, very similar to the 42 but with a bit of elderflower.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jun 2013
at 12:50
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Cotteridge Wines; dark amber pour with tidy off white head, grassy yeast aroma, grassy taste with some spices mostly cardamom, complex and satisfying. Love the Hitch hikers references.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jun 2013
at 11:29
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Keg at Cask, Pimlico. It pours clear amber, small white head. The nose is earth, toast, hay, flour, spice, icing sugar and a touch sherbet. The taste is earth, dough, orange sponge cake, light bitterness, spice, chalk and pithy citrus with a very dry finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Decent.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Jun 2013
at 10:53
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Cotteridge Wines; hazy amber pour with creamy white head, fruity aroma with a touch of pepper, orange in the taste quite resinous mouthfeel decent bitterness clean tasting. Decent English style IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jun 2013
at 06:46
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle at hole in London with Lyoli - picked up at the one, the only, THE Kris Wines. Pours lightly hazy, deep gold with a frothy head. Nose holds flinty minerals, hay, some dry citrus fruits, hints of plastic. Light sweet flavor, dried pale malts, dirty hay, rindy citrus, ripe orange. Light to medium bodied with fine, creamy carbonation. Quite dry to finish, lots of bitter hay, burnt grass, bitter citrus rind. A little abrasive. So so.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jun 2013
at 16:10
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
500ml bottle. Pours browny orange with a medium head. Aroma is rustic yeast, banana and minerals. Taste has vanilla and banana bubblegum. Minerally yeast finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jun 2013
at 16:51
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared at Bruce’s during day one of Jack’s Farewell Tour - this one I picked up at the North London Mecca, Kris Wines. Pours lightly hazy amber with a creamy, frothy white head. Bready malts in the nose, some orange and melon. Light to medium sweet flavor, lots of bitter citrus, melon, mango. Medium bodied with fine to average carbonation. Finishes with some fruity yoghurt, berries, mango and melon, some juicy citrus, citrus rind. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jun 2013
at 12:14