 DruncanVeasey (1612), Burbage, Leicestershire, England
Jul 13, 2008
Right, onto the ’IPA’. At least this one pours with a fine white head that persists well. Slick and lacy. Aromas of slight wooodiness, beeswax, politely musty hop (Goldings?). Buttery malt...hardly any hops in the mouth. Some slightly Germanic spruce and herb, but it’s barely there. Soapy alkalinity. LOADS of almond and cardboard again. Like licking an empty cereal box. The marzipan and thinness reminds me of a Maibock/Heller bock-type beer at 7% where the alcohol starts to swamp everything else. It is drinkable, but not especially pleasant, and massively wide of the mark as an IPA, or even an IPA-like beer. Drinking and adding these beers to the website has been a chore.
berkshire_john (1035), Bracknell, Berkshire, England
Aug 18, 2008 50 cl bottle. Amber with a thick and firm head; musty hop aroma; soapy and chewy in the mouth, this beer seems that it is about to deliver lots of flavour, and then doesn’t, just more musty cardboard; there’s a good shot of btterness towards the finish, but it’s also stickly sweet. Certainly not an IPA, but it’s hard to say what it’s actually trying to be.
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