Clear golden amber. Small off-white head. Persistent lacing. Fine aroma and taste of pale malt, crystal malt, brittle, dried fruit and noble English hops. Moderate bitterness. Appropriately uncarnbonated. From cask at The Dog & Bell, Deptford,, London 18.01.22.

bottle at james... dark brown... thin tan lacing... soft sweet caramel toffee fruit nose.. soft sweet malts.. soft woody malts

‘NEDIPA’ by one of those countless new generation English breweries, this time Larkins in Edenbridge, Kent (south of London); thanks to Craftmember for sharing. Snow white, mousy, slightly irregular, stable, slowly dissipating head, hazy apricot-tinged golden robe. Aroma of ripe mango, honeydew, rambutan, mandarin juice, passionfruit, sweet dough, whipped cream, Paschka cheese spread, Betterfood cookies, touch of dust. Luscious tropical fruitiness in the mouth, mango, passionfruit, sweet melon, lychee and orange, quite stinging and minerally carbonation for the style, bit oily and creamy body; soft and sweet maltiness, Betterfood cookie pulp-like almost, drenched on very aromatic, tropical, sultry hoppiness again reminiscent of mango and passionfruit before anything else; ends continuously juicy and tropically sweet with hardly any bitterness, except perhaps from a touch of warming alcohol. Typical modern NEIPA style beer, the style that conquered the world and now completely dominates the IPA market – alas, because I am growing fed up with this kind of sweet ‘fruit juice’ IPAs, to be honest. Fine within its style, though – so I will not let my personal preference get in the way too much.

Gravicask, shared with Finn at Spa Valley 9th Beer & Cider Festival. Pitch black in the glass. Bubbly ring to the rim. Spotty lacing. Inviting smell of chocolate malts. mid-sweet. Buttery sweet chocolate flavours offset by vinous bites towards the finish. Medium bodied. Pleasing. (Tunbridge Wells 18.10.2019).

Fra gravicask. Delt med Rune på 9th Spa Valley Beer & Cider Festival. Ultramørkebrun / svart. Mokkafarget skum langs glasset. Smaken vinøs. Sherryaktig. Tørr. Annerledes porter.

Cask at the Dog snd Bell,Deptford. Amber pour with a white head. Aromas of citrus,bitter hop, light sulphur. Flavours of grapefruit, sweet baked apple, melon. Very nice.

Cask handpull at The George Tunbridge Wells. 6.0% haze rich red brown colour. Lasting white head. Larking sweet malt flavour. Hedgerow hops in abundance. Sweet strong English ale. Good hedgerow fruit and bitter leaves. Hawthorn .