BrewDog Hoppy Christmas (7.2%)

Brewed by BrewDog
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Bottle 330ml. @ home.

[ Trade by madmitch76 ]. Light light unclear medium orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate hoppy, pine, orange - citrus, mandarin, light grapefruit. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, mandarin, orange, pine, dry. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20130419]

33 cl bottle, 7.2, told to be rebadged IPA is Dead Simcoe. Pours clear and golðen orange with a small white head. Aroma is citrusy to grapefruity. Sweet impression, smooth fruity, peachy, mango and light grapefruity. Citrusy and mellow grapefruity. Bitter and lingering fruity finish.

Bottled (batch 320), from Alko Prisma, Vaasa. Amber colour, mediumsized white foamy head that leaves quite a lot of lace. Aroma is rather big time hoppyness (citrus, fruity, floral, grassy and mild acidicness as well) with some slight not too sweet maltyness. Flavour is big time grassy, floral and mildly fruity hops along with some nice maltyness as well. Pleasant sweetish hoppy and malty finish and aftertaste. Rather balanced. An IPA I rather much I like, to my own surprise!

2012-12-03, bottle from La Cave à Bulles, Paris, batch 319 bb 11-10-13,
Beautiful golden/amber color, clean, with medium sized creamy head. Wonderful hoppy aroma, fresh and pungent, fruity, and light manure in the end. The mouthfeel is lean and rather dry, a good canvas for the nice toffee flavor, and without the crystal-like notes found on draught; strong bitterness, providing mostly resins, but also light orangey fruitiness. Long final.
Excellent.

2012-11-28, draught at La Fine Mousse, Paris, 9-5-7-3-15=39
Beautiful copper-amber color with compact head. Fantastic hoppy aroma, with plenty of fresh fruits, then some pungent character, passion fruit, light manure character. Medium body strength; malt flavor, but also crystal malt, therefore a bit cloying; very moderate sweetness; quite strong bitterness, the hops is fruity; but overall not cohesive.
Confused hop bomb.

bottle at home(7.2%) ... amber ... thin white head ... soft floral ... light grassy ... soft toffee nose ... sweet oily zezty hop ... grapefruit and lime ... creamy toffee ... orange citrus ... juicy and fruity

33cl bottle from Terre de Boissons Calais. Clear orangey colour with lasting white head. Hoppy grapefruity aroma which is attractive. fairly tasty in mouth. Some tangerine, mostly grapefruit flavours. Some good bitterness on finish. I think it’s pretty good to be honest. Tasty IPA. I liked it.

330ml bottle (Alko Arkadia, Helsinki) Fairly simple sweet exotic fruity hop aroma, some sticky crystal malt mashiness. Smooth palate, pleasant carbonation. Slightly floury malts, a little sweeter than I’d like, but that does help keep the alcohol in check. Spicy mandarin and orange peel spiciness. Some stale pepperiness in the finish. Arrives quickly , and leaves quite quickly too. Not an unpleasant encounter, but they really need to leave the floury mashiness behind, probably crystal malts.

Bottle. Golden with a persistent foam. Aromas are tropical fruit with spices and oranges and lemons. Herbal with woody, green pine and brown sugar. Flavours are sweet tropical fruit with bitter lemon and orange rind. Herbal pine with pithy, bitter grapefruit. A hoppy Christmas. Good.

Keg at BrewDog Camden, London. Pours clear, vibrant gold with a fine, white cream head. Nose holds lots of pee, some flowers, wet grass. Big sweet flavor with bready malts, pine, juicy orange, grapefruit, light caramel, mild urine. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Sweet finish, moderately resinous, some ripe citrus, pee, pine, grass, lightly toasted sugars. Very nice IPA.

33 cl bottle. Batch #320. BBE 11.10.2013.
Pours clear dark amber color with a large frothy head. Aroma of hops, fruits, grass, pine needles and some caramel malts. Flavor of hops, hay, caramel notes, some sweet fruits and mild goose berries. Medium CO2, bitter palate. Very good.
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