Brodies IPA

Brewed by Brodies (Formerly Sweet William)
Style: Bitter
London, England

Cask (handpump) @ The Cross Keys, 31 Endell Street, Covent Garden, London, Greater London England WC2H 9BA.
Clear medium yellow orange color with a small, fizzy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, caramel, chlor, moderate hoppy, pine, citrus, grapefruit. Flavor is moderate sweet and moderate acrid shell bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20090803]

Dark golden with a small white head. Grassy aroma with tea-like notes, and fruity esters. Dry and grassy flavour with a floral touch. Medium bitterness.

Dark yellow colored with vanishing white head. Rich hopped lemony aroma with apple and thin yeast. Thin to medium bodied. Flavor is similar with lemony fruits and rich hops, aftertaste lasts with hops still.

Cask, half pint served comfortably temperate at The Cross Keys in Covent Garden. Shinning surface with an almost clear, copper coloured body. Dry fruity hops to the nose. Bitter citrus fruits in flavour supported by earthy malts. Bitter sharpness to the finish. Very dry textured (London, 02.08.2009).

Cask@The Cross Keys. Yellow colour, small white head. Aroma is honey, fruits, nectar and also rather sweet maltyness. Flavour is flowery and grassy hops along iwth some nectar and honey. Semi-dry palate.

A Mes rate: cask at the Old Coffee House in Soho.
Semi hazy gold with a thin white head. Sweet and fruity with some faint dusty hoppage. A combination of creamy fruit and dusky bitterness. Sounds regular but there is something just that little bit different about it. Impressive length. Not bad at all.

Cask at the Star, London N19, on 5th July 2009. The gold-coloured beer was served crystal clear with a small, but lasting white head that left slight deposits on side of glass during moderate speed of consumption. The ale was on the best form that I have drunk it. Hempy hop aroma moves quickly to a very bitter taste on the roof of the mouth with the herby hop continuing, finalising with a long, satisfying finish of hoppy bitterness.

Golden color, Light apple ciderish nose. Fairly aggressive upfront hoppiness, but somewhat grainy character I didn’t care for. Moderately bitter finish. For what it is, it isn’t bad, but hardly blew me away.