BrewDog IPA Is Dead - Nelson Sauvin

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

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Bottle 330ml.

Clear medium orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted - caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, citrus, flowers, perfume, orange - citrus. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and light heavy bitter with a long duration, pine, citrus - orange, passion fruit, warm citrus. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20110518]

Bottled. An amber beer with an off-white head. The aroma has notes of lemon, straw, malt, and grapefruit. The flavor is sweet with notes of grapefruits, lemons, malt, and hops, leading to a very bitter finish.

Bottle 33 cl. Courtesy of yespr. Pours a hazy deep golden with an off-white head. Intense Nelson Sauvin in the nose – almost chemical. Medium body, sweet fruitiness, tropical notes of the hops and a fairly bitter and almost astringent finish. 050411

33 cL bottle. Pours cloudy orange with a small white head. Aroma is grapes, fruity and white wine. Slight leathery. Sweet and wineous grapes. Crisp and slight citrusy. Bitter and lingering fruity finish.

Bottled@Kaisla, Helsinki. Amber colour, small head. Aroma is very fruity hops along with some bready notes. Flavour is fruity, grassy and quite floral as well. A bit thin in the flavour. but it’s catpissy and fruity with some mild bitterness.

Bottled. Cloudy pale amber, brief head. Lovely minty black currant aroma. Mid sweet with rounded mouthfeel and above medium body. Lots of esty black currant. Long bitter finish. Feels somehow drier and less caramelly than the others in the series. That, and the hops are supreme.

Draught ast Økbaren. Clear orange coloured with a medium sized off-white head. Fruity aroma of citrus, hops and pine needles. Fruity flavour of caramel, hops and pine needles with notes of citrus. Hoppy and citric finish.

2011-07-17, courtesy of Philippe (Bov), bb 07-02-12, 7-4-7-4-15=37
Cloudy golden color; medium sized creamy head. The aroma is pungent as expected, with dominant passion fruit, but also some cream, soil, like the Bramling Cross tasted just before. Correct body; quite good caramel and toffee flavor, quite dry mouthfeel; the hop is good, but it doesn’t shine as it should in this beer, the fruity and fresh character being covered by the strong malt flavor, and having a too high earthy impression, soil; the final bitterness is strong. In the end, it’s anyway a very pleasant beer.

2011-06-30, bottle from Havnens, Vejle, 8-3-8-5-16=40
Cloudy light amber color, with a medium sized head. Very strong aroma of passion fruit, pungent and sweet; other tropical fruits as well. The mouthfeel is quite dry although the body is not weak; good caramel and toffee flavor, evident, but discreet enough to let the hop shine; the flavor has a light earthy side; good bitterness, without being excessive, and very aromatic and fruity hopping.
Tasted side to side to the Citra; this one has a much cleaner flavor, and therefore better hop experience.
Well blended and refreshing.

Bottle @ Vinens Verden, Odense. Pours cloudy copper with a small white head and lacings. Nose is benzin, gas and berries. Nelson all over.. Crisp, fruity and dry flavor. Nice.

Bottle at aBottle Shop tasting. Amber colour thin lasting white head. Peach mango tropical fruits. Lovely aroma really good. Its good. I mean one of the best Nelson Sauvin single hops I have had. Good but the Bramling Cross was the best.