Acorn Crystal IPA

Brewed by Acorn
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Barnsley, England

Serve in English pint

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Cask at The Wenlock Arms. Very pale golden/amber. Soft nutty aroma with a nice crackery character as well. Soft pale UK malts. Light orange peel flavour along with a soft hoppy resinous spiciness. Decent balance of fruit and spice.

Cask gravity at White Horse, Hedgerley. Amber, That’s quite a tasty beer. Nice base beer. Hops are quite green. Some toffee. Quite cool. Herby.

Cask at the King William IV, Nottingham. Served as Acorn Crystal IPA. It’s an amber beer with little head. The aroma is fruity with some citrus hop character. Although the palate is somewhat thin, the flavour is quite full, with flavours indicating American ingredients: resin, a deep hop bitterness and sweet fruit from the malt. This is a good example of an IPA, so I’m not sure why it’s listed as an ESB.

A Mes rate: gravicask at the White Horse, Hedgerley.
Amber gold with no head. Rather dark for an IPA. Fruity hops with some slight tea and chlorine. Nice lemony finish with some late earthy notes. Not the best I have had from Acorn but I’m not really a big fan of their one hop IPA series.