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Powderkeg are freedom-loving beer obsessives carving our own path with curiosity, creativity and defiance; this is free-thinking beer.
But what is Free-Thinking Beer? We look beyond the established ideas and opinions to revolutionise a style to create something fresh, interesting and always outstanding. In Cut Loose, we re-imagine a classic German-style Pilsner by pepping it up with New Zealand hops; it’s a great example of how moving past traditional techniques can elevate a beer beyond expectations. For maximum accessibility our beers are also Gluten-Free and Vegan.
But what is Free-Thinking Beer? We look beyond the established ideas and opinions to revolutionise a style to create something fresh, interesting and always outstanding. In Cut Loose, we re-imagine a classic German-style Pilsner by pepping it up with New Zealand hops; it’s a great example of how moving past traditional techniques can elevate a beer beyond expectations. For maximum accessibility our beers are also Gluten-Free and Vegan.
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Copper colour with thin head. Aroma and flavour have some piney, resinous hop. Some caramel malts too.
Tried
on 16 Nov 2017
at 14:55
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Asda. Deep golden to amber colour with a white head. Aroma and taste are toffee and malt. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Sep 2017
at 14:49
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
on tap oro limpida scorza mandarino piuttosto secca leggero vegetale amaro contenuto agrume
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Aug 2017
at 16:42
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from Asda and drunk at home. Clear amber colour lasting white head. Toffee lager aroma. Toasty caramel malt flavour. Lager drinkability. Some interesting pepper hop on the finish it’s fine. No failures just a bit too much caramel up front for me with a hoppy drying f8nish some bitterness. Ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jul 2017
at 13:51
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask-conditioned at the Barley Mow, Bristol 27/6/2017. Golden in colour, with a thin, white, head. Grassy hops, tangerine and pineapple fruits, a touch of biscuity malts and dryish finish. Enjoyable.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Jun 2017
at 10:48
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Keg @ Pack & Carriage, Euston, London. Golden, light and crisp with palatable malts, but quite regular in the main.
Tried
on 06 Jun 2017
at 16:00
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask (gravity) @ 33th Pigs Ear Beer and Cider Festival 2016, at The Round Chapel in Hackney, London, England. [ As Powderkeg Speak Easy Transatlantic Pale ].Clear medium orange yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, fruity malt, moderate hoppy, citrus, fruity hops, sweet hops, peach. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, peach, citrus, fruity hops, pale malt, sweet fruit, sweet hops. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20161130] 7-3-7-3-15
Tried
from Cask
on 26 May 2017
at 13:32
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 6
Keg at the Beerhouse, Bury St Edmunds. Deep golden with some carbonation and a ring of white head. Pineapple and grapefruit sit alongside a light resinous character in the aroma, but it’s far from ’bursting with hops’. It’s like drinking a proper APA with a light cold: you get some of the aroma but it’s muted. Taste is the same. Bittersweet and threatening to be flavourful but it never really gets there. Sounds like I’m being harsh in the rate, but I actually like this a lot. The balance and flavour is spot on but I want more, more, more. I’m all for the ’British reserve’ in a cask bitter or mild, but with an APA you just gotta go for it.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 May 2017
at 15:34
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned, on gravity, at the Tucker’s Maltings Festival, 28/4/2017. Light amber, with a slight, off-white, head. Easy drinking beer, with plenty of citrus fruit, some rich tea malts, grassy hops, a touch of caramel and moderately dry finish. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 May 2017
at 12:20
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask gravity at Reading BF 2017. Clear gold lasting white head. Some citrus hop on the aroma a little thin in the mouth. Bitter finish. It’s ok not exciting. Not much malt or yeast just bitter hops with some citrus flavours.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Apr 2017
at 08:15