Dartmoor IPA

Brewed by Dartmoor
Style: Bitter
Yelverton, England

Serve in English pint

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Opeque gold with a light white head. Smell of sweet herbal orange and fruit with hops. Smooth light thin body. Taste of soft fruit (orange), caramel malt with a dry hop citrus finish. A pale ale but not for India. No character.

Bottle. Golden and clear.A small amount of hoppiness means that you cant really call this an IPA. Its realy a pleasant bitter.

Bottle at Craig’s house. hay, grass, golden, hazy, minimal head, light sweetness, light body, creamy, average carbonation.

bottle at home with Stephen ... hazy amber ... thin white head ... sweeet orange fruit ... waxy oily hop nose ... very sweet ... lfront with a ligth bitter linger ... sweet orange .. hint of banana ... light toffee malt ... ok but no IPA.

bottle. Hazy golden yellow, large white head. Hoppy and citrusy nose. Full-bodied, malty background and nice citrusy and bitter hops. A delicious bitter.

Cask handpull at Smugglers, Herne. Part of Sheps beer festival where they have a guest beer on. Dusty beer, wood shavings. Not great, but with some citrus hops on the end.

Aroma is malty with some fruit comesthing over floural hops. Taste is similar reasonably sweet with not too much hop character at all.

Gravity at Plymouth Beer Festival. Straw coloured with a very aerated foam head. Mild citrus hop scent, slightly watery. Bitter but unexciting.

1. Cask Handpump at the Dartmouth Inn, Newton Abbot 08/03/2003 Golden coloured smooth and creamy on the palate. Lasting hop finish. 2. Cask Handpump at the Dartmouth Inn, Newton Abbot 16/06/2003 Golden coloured pale and hoppy with some fruit flavour. Slightly dry creamy lasting finish.

Dark golden coloured, little white foamy layer, lacing; light malty, but strong herbal hoppy aroma; light bodied, moderate bitter flavour, strong hoppy finish; well rounded, pleasant brew.