 maeib (4737), Wootton, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
| 2.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 11/20 |
Aug 12, 2009 Cask Conditioned Gravity Dispense GBBF 09. A golden coloured beer. The aroma is slightly sour and not too invitingly pleasant. Seems almost infected. Better in the mouth but still ordinary. A touch of sour pineapple.
oh6gdx (8855), Vasa, Finland
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Aug 11, 2009 Cask@GBBF2009. Golden colour with not too much head. Aroma is hops, fruits, some mild grass and also some slightly yeasty notes as well. Flavour is earth, grass, wood, some fruits, nectar and also quite bready malts.
SilkTork (4173), Rochester, Kent, England
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 4/5 | 4/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Aug 9, 2009 Gravity cask at GBBF 2009. Clean and welcoming. A warm and generally spicy pale ale. Well behaved and quite acceptable. Juice and sweetness. It’s like a strong APA rather than an IPA - and there is no "English IPA".
chriso (4796), London, Greater London, England
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
Aug 8, 2009 Cask (gravity) at GBBF 2009, Day 1 @ 6.0%. Incorrectly listed in the programme as Hypnotic IPA. Quite pale gold colour. Some citrus and tropical fruit notes but definitely in an East Coast/UK style rather than the more assertive aromatic, heavily hopped US IPA style. Seen in that light it worked quite well in cask format without quite summoning up a lot of excitement. A pleasant drinking beer.
leaparsons (4748), Leicester, Leicestershire, England
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Aug 7, 2009 Cask, GBBF 09. Hazy gold with a small head. Aromas ae caramel with pear and spices with lemon and pineapple. Flavours are caramel malts with oranges and spices and some tropical fruit mix. Decent.
TBone (6799), Pori, Finland
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 2/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Aug 5, 2009 Cask@GBBF.
Golden color, small white head. Pineapple-pear aroma, some alcohol, like a strong cider. Strong hop juice flavor: peach, pineapple, hops.
blklab2007 (967), Connecticut, USA
| 2.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 11/20 |
Aug 3, 2009 bottle poured a yellow in color with a heavy white head. aroma does not have much there,light citrus hops, faint bitterness, and dusty malt. flavor has a little more pale malt, old hops, and dull bitterness. more of a lager than ipa.
williamherbert (466), Syracuse, New York, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Jul 28, 2009 The look is a transparent yellow with a tinge of orange. Color and depth of a pale lager. A tall, white head, with specks of lace. The aroma is pale crystalline malts. Lemon and orange hop. Not unpleasant, but very very weak. Smells like a pale with a little extra; needs a lot more hop aroma for balance. The taste is lemon, orange and hints of grapefruit and tangerines. Malts are very pale-like. It’s actually more like a pale ale with some extra stuff added in. A small bite in the aftertates. As it warms up, some toasted malts start to emerge and bite a little. The feel is fizzy and decently bodied. It’s a heavily-malted English-style IPA. The hops are but an accent. Not bad, but not exciting.
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