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Brewed by Breconshire
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Brecon, Powys, Wales
Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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RATINGS: 6   MEAN: 3.03/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.89   SEASONAL: Special   EST. CALORIES: 186   ABV: 6.2%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Cask, Occasional;
Brewed as an experiment and launched at the Great Welsh Beer and Cider Festival and the St Austell Celtic Beer Festival, 2006. The Beer was extremely well recieved at both events, being one of the fastest sellers. At 6.2% abv, this is lower in alcoholic strength than the traditional IPAs that were brewed to survive the trip around the Cape of Good Hope and then across the Indian subcontinent to then slake the thirst of the British Empire’s workers and soldiers. However, with its strong hoppy aroma and stunning flavours, this beer is a reminder of the way things were. Look out for future limited appearences...


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   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
Ungstrup (23922) - Oamaru, - FEB 13, 2011
Cask. A hazy yellow beer with a thin lazing beige head. The aroma has notes of malt and butter. The flavor is sweet malty with light notes of butter, leading to a lightly bitter finish.

3.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
Svesse (4389) - Hässelby, SWEDEN - JAN 12, 2011
(Cask at The Rake, Southwark, London, 27 Nov 2010) Copper colour with foamy, off-white head. Malty, fruity nose with dried fruit, apricots and toast. Malty, fruity taste with notes of dried fruit, orange, apricots, marmalade, sweet toasty malt and a mild bitterness. More than medium body with rounded mouthfeel, fairly sweet. Quite nice.

2.6
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 11/20
fonefan (24928) - VestJylland, DENMARK - SEP 16, 2010

Cask (gravity) @ NWAF 10, National Winter Ales Festival, The Venue, Sheridan Suite, Manchester, England.

Clear medium yellow orange color with a small, fizzy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, moderate hoppy, citrus - orange - butter. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20100120]

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
Papsoe (22948) - Frederiksberg, DENMARK - MAY 14, 2010
Cask. Slightly hazy golden with a small white head. Sweetish malt and fruit in the nose. Quite full-bodied, almost flat with lots of sweet malt and fruit with a fairly discreet bitterness. 200110

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
DJMonarch (9152) - Northwich, Cheshire, ENGLAND - JAN 28, 2010
Cask Stillage at NWAF The Venue, Miles Platting 20/01/2010 Hoppy aroma. Golden coloured strong in alcohol floral and hoppy with a crisp and dry bitter malt finish.

2.8
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
imdownthepub (7470) - Banbury, Oxfordshire, ENGLAND - JUN 2, 2007
Cask conditioned at Brecon Beer Festival, Castle Hotel, Brecon, Powys. Clouded brown with no head. Seemed a bit green and unsettled to me, there was a powdery hoppy note, but the flavours were a little muddled. A big alchol kick on the finish. Disappointing really but nothing off in the flavour.


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