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This brewery was started in 2009 in the Spanish city of Valencia, inspired by the beer culture in Germany. This beer is an abbreviation of Valencia IPA and is their core IPA. The hops they use are Northern Brewer, Styrian Goldings and Citra; it also contains wheat malt and bitter orange peel similar to a wheat beer. I served this chilled.
This brewery was started in 2009 in the Spanish city of Valencia, inspired by the beer culture in Germany. This beer is an abbreviation of Valencia IPA and is their core IPA. The hops they use are Northern Brewer, Styrian Goldings and Citra; it also contains wheat malt and bitter orange peel similar to a wheat beer. I served this chilled.
Appearance: A dark gold colour with hints of amber. There is only a few white bubble for a head that stay throughout, not enough to cover the surface.
Aroma: A reasonable amount of citrus and resin hop notes.
Flavour: Traces of citrus and resin hop notes as found in the nose, but watered down by a more general and no distinct hoppy bitterness. Towards the end there is some malt notes.
Body: Very refreshing of the front, and well carbonated, but with a dryness towards the end.
Aftertaste: The aftertaste is more like one you would find in a commercial lager, a typical "beery" note. However, this turns into a bitter tang sort of a cross of hops and a little earwax.
Overall: Therefore this gets a rating of 3, but close to a 4, it's drinkable and there are some nice notes in it, but that waxy note in the back pushes it down.
Price Range: Another from the box of 6 Spanish beers for £13.74, so this works outs as £2.29 for a 330ml bottle; a bit too much for what it is.
Food Pairings: This is quite a plain beer and so it would go with quite a lot of things, to get rid of that waxy taste I would suggest something meaty, maybe something smoked, a bacon or smoked sausage sandwich with crusty bread would do the trick.
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