Supplier: Beers of Europe
So I ran out of time to do this one with the others and was going to do it the day after but had to go into hospital, sooooo I'm doing it today. Continuing from the horizontal tasting of the Ogham range, having previously done Oak and Ash. This is their American IPA, dry hopping with potent US hops. Its namesake Willow is the wood that represents spiritual visions to understand the world. I served this chilled.
So I ran out of time to do this one with the others and was going to do it the day after but had to go into hospital, sooooo I'm doing it today. Continuing from the horizontal tasting of the Ogham range, having previously done Oak and Ash. This is their American IPA, dry hopping with potent US hops. Its namesake Willow is the wood that represents spiritual visions to understand the world. I served this chilled.
Appearance: A slightly ambered gold colour with a very thin white head, there is also lots of large particles floating around which I did not see whilst pouring (and I can usually tell when I'm pouring dregs, which leads me to believe the were already suspended.
Aroma: Lots of fresh lime hops and a hint of melon and sweet malt in the back.
Flavour: Initially sweet hop resin followed by a strong hoppy bitterness and a bit of skunk. The hop resin flavour starts to dominate and couple with some malt sweetness with drinking
Body: Very thick and syrupy but this goes well.
Aftertaste: A bit more of the off skunky flavour and still a lot of bitterness the tastes green, some floury notes develop from the malt with drinking.
Overall: Therefore this gets a rating of 6, a nice big hoppy beer but with a few off flavours that aren't particularly nice and nothing special flavour wise. Knocked from 7 due to the bits and the off flavours
Price Range: £2.99 for a 330ml bottle, an OK price.
Food Pairings: Some salty gammon with a relatively sweet gravy, along with some roasted potatoes
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