6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask. A bit pale golden, clear, and with a micro-sized white head. Bitterness, piney hops and citrus in the aroma. Quite fruity flavor with the hops dominating. Some malt and citrus as well. Medium body. Quite pleasant. (060710)
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Jul 2006
at 08:54
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle Picked this up in Langton Matravers Dorset, June 2006. I was so impressed with this beer that I had to stop at the brewery on the way home. I met with the young chap who runs it and picked up half a dozen bottles of this stuff.. Warm golden colour, small white head, hoppy aroma and a great hoppy taste. This beer has the most incredible bitter finish that lingers forever and a day. Had a bottle of this sat outside my tent drifted off for forty winks and could still taste the beer an hour or so later. Really loved this beer! (Bottled version states 7%ABV) A7 A4 F8 P4 OV18 4.1 Had this beer again 17-02-09 came in a mixed box from Beers of Europe. Pours warm gold, I love the bitterness of this beer, its not harsh or brash but its there and in abundance, I see it as a very British bitterness. This is every bit as good as I remember, and has to be one of my all time fave UK IPA’s. Great stuff and still a worthy 4+ scoring UK beer, no change to my original score.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jun 2006
at 02:14
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask conditioned at the Square and Compass, Worth Matravers, Dorset 20-06-06. Sat outside this classic CAMRA National inventory pub on a lovely early summers day. This beer appeared a very pale amber in colour, had a little fruitiness to it. Whilst extremely pleasant I really struggled to detect much in the way of a cherry character. Later in the week I spoke to a Hopback Brewery Rep who help to distribute Downton beers and was that this is going down a storm. I stopped at both Hopback and Downton’s on the way home (both are on the same trading estate) to pick up some bottles etc: I spoke to the very friendly young chap who baiscally operates a one man operation at Downton who confirmed the popularity of this beer, but admitted that there isn’t a great deal of cherry in this, said they had tried to do raspberry wheat beers before and they hadn’t been particularly popular. Still a very good beer and I can see why people like it, as it is very refreshing and moreish.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Jun 2006
at 01:48
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Cask @Black Door, Helsinki
Light copper color, good off-white head. Honeyish flowery hoppy nose. Oaky hoppy, slightly sweet. Some earthy notes with this cask. Watery, sweet with hoppy aftertaste.
Light copper color, good off-white head. Honeyish flowery hoppy nose. Oaky hoppy, slightly sweet. Some earthy notes with this cask. Watery, sweet with hoppy aftertaste.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Mar 2006
at 14:40
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask @Pullman
Pale orange color, not much head. Aroma is strong sweet honeyish with flowery hops, even some molasses. Medium-bodied. Sweet with honey and cookies. In the finish good hopping which carries long in the aftertaste. 7/2/7/3/12 3.1
Re-rated, cask. 6/3/7/4/14 3.4
Pale orange color, not much head. Aroma is strong sweet honeyish with flowery hops, even some molasses. Medium-bodied. Sweet with honey and cookies. In the finish good hopping which carries long in the aftertaste. 7/2/7/3/12 3.1
Re-rated, cask. 6/3/7/4/14 3.4
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Feb 2006
at 05:07
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
[Cask at GBBF 2005] A pale dark orange - close to brown beer with a thin off-white head. The aroma is sweet malty with a light touch of hops. The flavor is weirdly spicy with coriander standing out combined with celery and yeast.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Jan 2006
at 12:21
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
[Cask at GBBF 2005 - listed as Chimera IPA with the same ABV] A hazy orange beer with a small white head. The aroma is sweet hoppy - a bit too light for my liking. The flavor is sweet and rather hoppy with a dry grassy end.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Jan 2006
at 13:36
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
[Cask at Volunteers Arms, GBBF 2005] A hazy orange beer with a huge white head. The aroma is sweet hoppy with light notes of hop acids, and the flavor is also sweet and quite hoppy.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Dec 2005
at 22:41
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask handpull at County Hotel JDW Ashford. Golden , lasting thin white head. Hop nose is quite faint but as the pint goes down the flavours carry on through the rest of the beer. Not overly assertive in the mouth but the finish is pretty good with good bitter hop flavours. Bit better than the standard blond citrus hoppy golden beer due to the finish
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Sep 2005
at 13:55
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at East Cliff Tavern, Folkestone, Kent Gold in colour, creamy fullness in mouth, nice interesting hoppy dry finish. I liked this and supped a couple of pints with ease
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Jul 2005
at 07:40