Tesco Finest India Pale Ale

Tesco, Carlisle. Earthy aroma and taste, with a slightly burnt caramel aftertaste, giving some sweetness.. Fruity hop flavour comes through, with some lemon flavour discernible.

500ml bottle. Pours an orange/amber with generous white head. Very hoppy aroma with the citrus notes of Cascade being prominent.and some sweet maltiness present which intrudes a little on the finish. Nicely balanced palate. This is a pretty decent beer but should lay off the sweetness a touch.

I have to say that I rather enjoyed this hoppy beer. Interesting to compare it with the Meantime London Pale Ale. Very hoppy, bitter, a good IPA, but less American than the Meantime beer, despite the use of Cascade hops.

A plesant beer.Not an IPA by any standards;Hoppiness is something redundant in this drink.Its bitter,but in a minty type of way like you get in some biere de gardes from france.Orange esters -kijda chewey malty -.Some grass in there.

Bottle that I picked up in Tesco, Bicester Rd, Aylesbury and consumed 24-02-09 Have only ever seen this beer in the large Tesco Extra’s. Pours light amber with a white head. Some marshmallow comes through in the mouth and there is no denying this is a touch sweet. Nice beer, reasonable hoppiness, some lychee, its decent. A6 A4 F7 P3 OV13 3.3

A crackin’ own label brew, good sweet malt with a better than average hop presence. This lingers on the finish. Perhaps not a classic IPA, but there’s nowt wrong with it!

Bottle, Tesco, Birkenhead. As much as I dislike how Tesco have managed to help destroy a lot of the smaller retailers in bolstering their vast profits, they are pretty cheap, they sell orval, and this is probably the best ’own brand’ beer I’ve tasted from a supermarket. Decent hop characteristics running through this. Dryish finish. Certainly not the finest moment from Williams but this is a solid, straightforward brew.

Bottle from Tesco, that I had completely forgotten about. Gold, thin white head. Bit maltier than most IPAs I guess. Very drinkable, bit over carbonated. But decent crystallised fruits. Pretty good.