5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5.5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Keg at the brewery tap. Clear gold, with a rising pillar of microbubbles. Mm thin translucent white head. Aroma has very sweet citrus and doughy malts. The flavour has some initial hoppy bitterness which then develops a metalic amd tart citrus edge. A core of sweeter citrus. Underlying bready malts. Gets a but gluey, sickly. But it lacks balance - it's all a bit too forcefull. Light. Thin. Soft-flat carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent finish. It's OK... but as per my prior comment it's a but too in yer face. That in itself is actually very unusual for the Hog.
Tried
from Draft
at
Hogs Back Tap Room and Beer Garden
on 15 May 2026
at 11:50
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6
Tap at Hogs Back Tap. Hazy dsrk orange. Thin foamy white head. Aroma has light citrus and a pithyness over cardboard hops. Flavourwise there's a tangy and juicy citrus core with a more bitter edge. Grapefruit. Slightly odd chewy malts. Cardboard and cheap bread. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Soft-average carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent finish. The more I drink this, the more I dislike this. Just something off about it.... the flavours just don't tally. One of those not entirely successful attempts by an oldschool brewery to brew a modern beer. Described as an XPA but a Hazy Pale all the way.
Tried
from Draft
at
Hogs Back Tap Room and Beer Garden
on 16 Jan 2026
at 12:49
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Can at and thanks to James, 13/04/24. Murky orange amber with a good sized lasting creamy white head. Nose is orange zest, melon, light bread dough, grapefruit. Taste comprises caramel malts, straw, grapefruit, orange peel. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close splashed with mellow juicy hop bitterness. Okay if a little old skool and overly 'caramelly'!
Tried
from Can
on 13 May 2024
at 10:28
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Tap at the brewery... I.e. Hits Back. Aroma is sweet and full of that passionfruit. Clear gold. Thin foamy translucent white head. Sweet and chock full of passionfruit. Slightly sour edge. Underlying grains and malts are most prominent into the finish. Light. Thin. Fizzy carbonation. Long dry slightly astringent finish. Pretty nice and refreshing, if sweet.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Feb 2024
at 12:40
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can from Wine Yard, Farnham. Aroma has soft stone fruit and porridge. Sweet. Hazy dark orange. Thick foamy white head. Medium bitter. Stone fruit. Resin. Canned fruit syrup sweetness. Porridge hints. Although a tad muted throughout. Medium bodied. Slick verging on oily. Soft-fizzy carbonation. Long dry slightly astringent finish. Nice enough but pulls its punches.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Feb 2024
at 19:43