Darwin Rolling Hitch

Brewed by Darwin
Style: American Pale Ale
Sunderland, England

Bottle, Picked up by friend in Asda 22-09-06. Amber coloured beer that gives a fruity aroma, possibly citrusy this was also much in evidence in the flavour very fruity and hoppy nice clean and crisp tasting beer.

Bottle: a deep strwat colour with a dense white head, well carbonated. Citrus aroma, citrus taste with a touch of hops, prickly mouthfeel, some sitrus aftertase. Excellent. And there’s a mention of ratebeer.com on the label!

Light amber coloured, small white head and very little carbonation. Fruity and hoppy -herby aroma. Full hoppy body. Stronger finish with a hoppy bitter dryer ending. Not bad.

LCRBM2: Light grapefruit aroma. Hopbitter flavor, grassy and citric. Long earthy hoppy aftertaste. Good!

[2nd Low Countries RateBeer meeting] Hoppy, bit skunky aroma with some fruitiness. Orange coloured beer with a thin white head. Taste is sweet, bitter, hoppy and fruity. Quite light bodied. Apparently, I wasn’t impressed.

Bottled, LCRBM. Aroma of sweet grapefruit and peach. Orange/yellow color, off-white head, fair lace. Aroma is just sweet, light fruity, light bitter but that’s it. What a pity after that great smell.

Bottled, Filtered, 500 ml. Reddish amber with white head. Very nicely set up APA, light and fruity on the nose with a delicate and crisply fresh hop note. Green with the right amount of bitterness for a long refreshing finish. Nice light citric, lemony body with just a touch of sweetness too. A particularly decent bottled beer.

Poured from the bottle, a clear dark amber, with just a little carbonation and a creamy off-white head. Caramal malt at first in the aroma, but fruity hops also present. A pleasant smoothness, with just a touch of that carbonation, caramal again in the mouth (which got stronger as it warmed), but also an apricot fruitiness leading to hoppy bitterness that isn’t overpowering (as I often find with IPAs). Got to agree with other raters, this is a keeper.