Pale Trail

Brewery: Gypsy Inc.

Supplier: Luvians Bottle Shop - St Andrews

Went back up to St Andrews for a reunion and did some beer shopping at Luvians and St Andrews Wine Company. This is a collaboration brewery between Brewdog and Mikkeller, based in Denmark and brewed at Brewdog in Scotland; this is one of four planed to be released, and one of two already released. More than that I cannot tell you as there seems to be very little on it. The guy at the shop said that one of their aims was to make beers all at 4.7%, but I'm not sure if that is accurate. I served this chilled.

Appearance: Deep, clear amber colour with an thin and fading off-white head.

Aroma: Definitely peach and tropical fruit hops on the nose, with an underlying maltiness.

Flavour: Very light in malt flavour, with a back of flour-like hops (that's right, flour not flower), that give a passion-fruit like note. Hints of more roasted notes come through with drinking.

Body: Odd, not too light or heavy but an unusual mouthfeel, good carbonation though. 

Aftertaste: This leads into a flavour that I can only describe as like dough around Chinese sticky pork buns... 

Overall: Therefore this gets a rating of 6, I'm making this sound a lot weirder than it is. It's interesting, but basically a hoppy pale ale with limited support from the malt body. Nice, but gets a bit lacking after some time.

Price Range: £2.40 for a 330ml bottle; good price, worth a try, but probably wouldn't get it again.

Food Pairings: Singapore noodles (or Hong Kong noodles if you are in Singapore); some Asian noodles basically would go well, especially some with a little heat.