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Tesco Finest India Pale Ale 3.09 24

Tesco Finest India Pale Ale

Percentile
55
overall
Brewed by Williams Brothers (Heather Ales)
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB

Alloa, Central, Scotland

bottled
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
243.18/5.03.09/5.05%50.8English pint
Commercial Description:
Bottle, Filtered;
Crafted by Williams Bros. of Alloa using soft Scottish water and the finest Scots ale malted barley. Generously hopped with First Gold, Styrian Goldings and Cascade hops for a distinctive bitter finish.
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 evilsoc (191), Wales
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Mar 11, 2008  
Poured a pretty orange/amber. Hoppy aroma but I couldnt believe it was made with cascade and styrians hops after reading the bottle. Biscuit quality to the malt and a nice combination of leafy hops that was nice and dry but washed away fairly quickly. Nice overall flavour though. I’ll buy again.


 leaparsons (4748), Leicester, Leicestershire, England
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/512/20
Feb 24, 2008  
Bottle. Golden brown with a small head. Aromas are sweet caramel and light pine. Flavours are caramel and toffee malts with sweet pine. Herbal with citrus notes. Quite syrupy in its sweetness.


 downender (2625), Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Feb 14, 2008  
Golden coloured with a big, frothy white head. Aroma of peaches, sweet malt and grassy hops. Flavour was sweet, almost cloying with a hoppy, dry finish. Good, but not a patch on seven giraffes.


 Magicdave6 (5551), London, Greater London, England
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Jan 7, 2008  
Bottle from father, which i assume came from tesco somewhere. Aroma is biscuoity and sweet pale malts, grassy bittering hops, hints of orange and spice. Taste is a similar bag of banter, quite sweet and o that side of balanced, decent hop character. I wonder if this is infact joker?


 imdownthepub (5170), Banbury, Oxfordshire, England
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/55/103/512/20
Dec 20, 2007  
Bottled, filtered, 500ml. From Tesco, Banbury. Malty dry, good looking beer with a vague cereal aroma and some carbonation. Light, not particularly hoppy, crisp and biscuity with a sweetish background. its ok but perhaps too light.


 Mungo (2474), Southampton, Hampshire, England
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/102/511/20
Nov 22, 2007  
Bottle. Reasonably hoppy, malts slightly stodgy and sweet. Lacking in the fresh feeling which makes the difference between a drinkable hoppy beer and one that isnt so drinkable.


 dj (422), Gloucestershire, England
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/58/103/514/20
Nov 10, 2007  
Bottle, 500ml. A fruity, hoppy aroma. Taste is hoppy balanced out with roasted malt. A fair bit of citrus. A slightly sweet, citric finish. An enjoyable IPA.


 DruncanVeasey (2753), The Penguin’s Arms, Europe, Warwickshire, England
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20
Nov 7, 2007  
Reddish amber fizzing steadily. Wafts with all the leafy, faintly earthy, tangerine-accented hop goodness you’d expect. Promises of milk chocolate malty sweetness. Thick and glugging, with a creamily full body at the ABV. Rounded citrussy hops with a hint of bite. Finishes a little sweetly with a cereally/wheaty note, but still a tasty, pleasant-drinking IPA.



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