Buntingford Imperial Pale Ale

Brewed by Buntingford
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Royston, England

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Gravicask (Cambridge Winter Ale Festival 2010)
Big simcoe and cascade fruity hop aroma. Mid gold. Tasty and refreshing. Big fruity body, lots of hops, but very well balanced with sweet malts supporting them.

Cask (gravity dispense). Beer #11 at Cambridge Winter Beer Festival on 21 January 2011. Mid gold colour. Hazy appearance, possibly from the hop oils, of which there were plenty. Quite mineral/slaty feel. Dry and distinctly hoppy. Rather grapefruity on the palate with some light biscuit malt backup. Maybe a little austere - certainly not a fruity, blowsy US style IPA. Strong bitterness on the finish and in the aftertaste. But, overall, well balanced and very enjoyable.