RCH Hewish IPA

Brewed by RCH
Style: Bitter
Weston-super-Mare, England

Cask conditioned @ South Western Arms, Soton. Light copper. Dryish malt toffee and light fruity hop. Fairly drinkable but quite boring.

1/2 pint cask, Bow Bar, Edinburgh. Light brown and crystal clear. Medium-sized off-white and perhaps a little brown head. Head is creamy, but with a few biggish bubbles. Gentle crisp malty aroma with a dose of minty hops. Soft mouthfeel. Rich bready flavours that are nicely balanced by grassy and clean minty hop bitterness. Peaty nose.

Cask conditioned at Far from the Madding Crowd, Oxford 15-07-06 Standard mid brown colour beer that sadly didn’t have an awful lot to rave about. Not as hoppy as I was hoping and lacking any oomph... in fact lacking a little in all departments but overall It pulled through a bit better and would make a reasonable if unexciting session bitter. A5 A4 F5 P3 Ov12 2.9 Had this again at The Hop Pole, Aylesbury, Bucks, 17-08-09 Pours amber with a thin white head. The aroma is a touch malty and with some lingering caramel. tangy and fruity beer with a reasonable bitterness and bite considering the low abv. Its fine and a good little session ale and better than when I had last time so an upward moving re-rate. A6 A4 F6 P3 Ov13 3.2

Cask conditioned at Far from The Madding Crowd, Oxford. Amber brown colour with white bubbly head. Thinnish bittersweet session bitter with a light flowery, perfumey note. Some perfumed hop in the finish, a reasonable boyd bitter.

Tap, bow bar, edinburgh. Regular bitter. Looks like regular tea. Some english hop, bit dry. Ok beer.

1. Cask Handpump at the Head Of Steam, Liverpool 25/06/2001 Mid brown coloured sweet on the palate and pale. Hoppy finish. 2. Cask Stillage at the Town Hall, Stockport 30/05/2002 Amber golden coloured with very sour fruit flavour. Dry malt finish. 3. Cask Stillage at the Town Hall, Stockport 30/05/2003 Golden amber coloured and hoppy. Lasting malt finish.

(cask at Market Porter, London) Crystal clear amber body with an off-white head that leaves nice lacing. Aroma is medium sweet, apricot, some apple. Taste is medium sweet, apricot, apple, light earthy, spice. Watery light body with a hint of resin.

[Cask at Volunteers Arms, GBBF 2004] A nut-brown beer with a small light brown head. The aroma is sweet nutty. The flavor is very roasted giving it a dryness combined with sourness due to lack of residual sugar. The body is thin.