Brays Winter Solstice

Brewed by Brays Brewing
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Naples, Maine USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Cask at GBBF 2009 .... hazy copper ... sweet pine toffee malt nose ... soft sweet orange peel ... little pine.

7th August 2009
GBBF. Cask. Clear brown beer. Softish and slightly dry palate. Rich malt with a touch of toffee. Quite a bitter hop kick. Not bad, takes a little getting used to!

Cask Stillage at the GBBF, Earl’s Court 07/08/2009 Big fruity pine hop aroma. Amber mid brown strong in alcohol and fruity with a crisp and slightly dry bitter lasting finish.

Cask at GBBF. Cloudy amber with a small off-white head. Citrus hoppy aroma, with floral and pine notes. Dry and hoppy flavour with a little yeast coming through.

Cask at GBBF 2009. Copper colour with a slight haze. Lasting bubbly head. Lots of fresh grapefruit on aroma. Little bit of mineral tangerine in mouth. It’s ok. Some decent grapefruit.

One-third pint poured from gravity cask at the USA bar, GBBF 09. Bubbly surface on top of a slightly cloudy, dark orange body. Fresh aroma of bittersweet grapefruits. Hop mix flavour with grapefruits, apricot, notes of yeast and sweet malts.Bitter tail. It is well bodied and feels good in the mouth. First drink on my fourth day at the festival (Earls Court, 07.08.2009).

Cask@GBBF2009. Deep amber colour, not much head. Aroma is lots of fruits as well as quite bitter wooden notes. Flavour is lots of fruits and wooden bittery hopping. Very bittery finish.

Cask@GBBF 2009. Dark nut brown color, small off-white head. Strong alcoholic fruity hoppy aroma. Sticky, a bit glueish mouthfeel. Woody-fruity, resiny hops. Feels lots of stronger than 6%.