Hazy amber colour. Piney, minty, grapefruity hop nose. Moderate bitterness is herbal and earthy. Dry, woody finish. There’s balancing caramel throughout. A well-structured, highly drinkable brew.

Tap at the Redoak. Copper bronze, nice full firm head. Big fuggles nose. Brassy, grassy & resinous, sweet & full mouthtfeel. For a hop-head like myself I love this. Bravo...

I really really wanted this to be my new favourite beer. One that I could turn to when I felt like giving myself a big treat every now and then. Well, it falls short of that but it is still a very good beer nevertheless. It has a fine look in the glass with a clean coppery hue and creamy head. The evidence of a high hopping rate is seen in the delicate lacing in the glass via the sappy viscosity of the hops. The nose is toffee and sweet nuttiness that is rounded out by the hop aroma. This is certainly a distinctive flavour that sets it apart from some of the US style IPAs as there is none of the pine needle flavour that other types of hop impart. Rather there is a soft fruitiness backed up by the marmalade flavour idenfied by the previous reviewer. As always, this beer has to be cradled for a fair while to warm it up to a point where the significant character of the beer can be appreciated. As it warms the palate seems to become thicker in mouthfeel which succeeds in giving a pleasing character to a well produced beer. I would be happy to partake of a session of tthis beer.

Tap at Redoak: My good mate Kristian and I were the first in the door - before they had actually opened in fact - such was our thirst this day. Warm sun, a bit of walking, and previous readings of the ratings for this one prompted me to go for it first, and it didn’t dissapoint. Darkish copper with a slight haze, and a thick off-white head. Like all Redoak beers it looks excellent. As always, Redoak’s annoyingly icy serving temperatures meant some of the aroma was masked initially. As it warmed a very pleasant mix of floral and fruit aromas developed, followed by some grainy crystal sweetness. Nice! Tangy hop flavours dominate the palate to begin. There’s no mistaking the attempted style, and it is done quite nicely. I found that this was exceptionally balanced by a soothing crystal sweetness, while late palate some sweet herbs and apricot notes emerged fading to a lingering resinous herbal bitterness. Very nice and very well done.

Draught@Redoak. The hoppiest beer they’ve made, and a very pleasant one. Even while being fairly hoppy, its still quite balanced between the hop and malt, which actually, i guess, makes it more drinkable, but perhaps less what i expect in an IPA. This shows some lovely lightly floarl, citric hops, while never going over the top. Nice.