Supplier: Beer52
This is from a relatively new brewery (2012) that started in a little village just north of Barcelona. This is their amber IPA, brewed with roasted malts and a huge amount of Citra, Galaxy and Columbus hops to give a very high IBU of 150 (to be an IPA it just needs to be around 40 IBU). I served this chilled.
This is from a relatively new brewery (2012) that started in a little village just north of Barcelona. This is their amber IPA, brewed with roasted malts and a huge amount of Citra, Galaxy and Columbus hops to give a very high IBU of 150 (to be an IPA it just needs to be around 40 IBU). I served this chilled.
Appearance: A lovely amber colour, very slightly murky, with a thick and long lasting off-white head.
Aroma: Huge amount of floral hop notes mixed with some vanilla and sweet malt. After a while a weird plastic sour tang does overlay those flavours though.
Flavour: Now you just get the plastic tang with hints of hop resin and malts. This does lessen and it becomes a bit more refreshing
Body: Nice initially, if not a bit too fizzy, but then your mouth completely dries and puckers up.
Aftertaste: Still the plastic notes but coupled with a huge, too much, bitter hop notes. I usually like bitter beers but this just is a bitterness not supported by the beer.
Overall: Therefore this gets a rating of 2, not a nice beer and only just drinkable, the plastic notes spoil what seemed like it was going to be a great beer from the aroma.
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; but for any price it is not worth it.
Food Pairings: The refreshingness of it might make it go well with a curry, so the flavours will overpower the beer and the heat will mask the drying effect.
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