Saturday, 11 July 2015

Cross Pacific Pale Ale

Brewery: Firebrand Brewing Company
Supplier: Beer52

The Firebrand brewery is a relatively new company that started just over a year ago in Cornwall. This is one of their original beer and is one of their four core beers; using British Maris Otter malt, and hops from America (Centennial & Citra) and New Zealand (Motueka). I served this chilled.
Appearance: Golden with a hint of amber. There is no head on it though.
Aroma: Lots of hop resin with hints of lemon rind and peach. Not really any malt flavours coming through except for some sweetness. 
Flavour: Not really any hops coming through in the taste just mainly some pale malt flavours with a hint of hoppy bitterness and a hint of hoppy lemon rind.
Body: Very refreshing with a bit of thickness on the back, before becoming quite dry in the aftertaste. 
Aftertaste: A moderate amount of bitterness from the hops, not much else. 

Overall: Therefore this gets a rating of 4, it's nice, refreshing, but not many flavours in it.

Price Range: Part of the box of 10 I got for £14 (usually £29), so it works out at £1.40 for a 330ml bottle; not a bad price but not great.

Food Pairings: It would go well with something simple like chips, maybe some chilli fries like Piri Piri fries.


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