11th January 2025
Can. A mild to medium haze on this gold beer, good bubbly pale cream colour head. Light palate, a mild dryness, finely minerally crisp. Light malt base, adequate creamy sweetness and just about spot on for this particular brew. Big cooling pine hops intro. Bright Simcoe citrus and pineapple, the latter being a modern Simcoe trope. Idado 7 broad spectrum hoppy fruits and a fair dose of modern Mosaic candy fruits, blueberry candy prominent here. There is just a touch of hop skunk that really elevates this already very good IPA. Finishes crisp with a mild hop spice nibble. Good stuff.

Tap at Chery Reds, Birmingham. Hazy yellow-gold with small white head. Nice juicy grapefruit and orange with a light resinous quality. Medium bodied, fine carbonation and goes down very easily. Enjoyable.

Tap at The Colmore, Birmingham. Hazy yellow-gold with a nice foamy head. This one had passionfruit, apricot, light herbs. A hoppy but balanced beer with a pillowy mouthfeel. Very nice.

Tap at Cherry Reds, Birmingham. Hazy gold with nice consistent white head. Aroma is fruity with citrus, stone fruits, pine, some light funk. Taste is quite zesty with pine and a slight creaminess to it. Medium bodied with a fine lively carbonation. Very tasty.

Can. Hazy orange-gold with foamy white top. Aroma of lemon peel, passionfruit, grapefruit and menthol. Taste of sweet lime, passionfruit, grapefruit, hint of funk. Medium bodied, slick, fine carbonation. Good.

Can. Hazy yellow-gold with white head. Aroma of sweet peach, flora, mixed berries. Taste has a resinous hop quality with sweet stone fruits, guava and hint of minerals. Medium body, modest bitterness, a bit of a sticky sweet palate, fine carbonation. I like it but in my view not up to the brewers normal standard. Fewer layers of flavour than expected. I think this might be my first can from them though as I normally try theirs on tap.