Gardner Facelift IPA

(Draught) Pours a lightly hazy amber body with a small white head. Aroma of herbs, floral, toasted bread, and citrus. Flavor of mild hops (herbal, floral, grassy) with a bitter finish.

Cask at GBBF 2007. A hazy copper colored beer with a thin beige head. The aroma is sweet with strong notes of hops and grass. The flavor is sweet and very grassy, but also with notes of grapefruit, leaiding to a very bitter finish. Nice.

Considering the style, Scores ranging from 1 to 5, 5 being the most intense
Appearance:
Body:   Clear(1)->Murky(5) : 4     Pale Yellow(1)->Dark brown(5) : 3     Still(1)->Sparkling(5) : 2
Head:   None(1)->Large(5) : 2   White(1)->Tan(5) : 2   Lasting: 3   Lacing : 2
Aroma:
Intensity : 4  
Yeast : 2   Bread : 1   Apple : XX   Tropical Fruits : XX   Soap : 1   DMS : XX   Diacetyl : XX Sulfur : XX  
Malt : 4   Biscuity : 2   Hay : XX   Toasty : 1   Caramel : 3   Nuts : XX   Honey : XX   Cereals : 2   Grainy : XX
Hops : 3   Noble(1)->American(5) : 5   Leafy : 2   Spicy : 1   Floral : 3   Lemon/Lime : XX   Grapefruit : 1   Orange : 3   Herbal : XX   Grassy : XX   Pine/Spruce/Resin : XX  
Notes :   Peach/Apricot : XX   Earth : XX   Mint : XX   Butterscotch : XX   Smoke : XX
Flavor:
Initial Flavor : Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 3   Finish Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 3   Sourness : XX   Bitterness : 3   Complex : XX   Length : XX
Palate:
Light(1)->Full(5) : 2   Flat(1)->Fizzy(5) : 1   Clean : XX   Sharp : XX   Watery : XX   Oily : XX   Chalk : XX   Astringent : XX   Alcohol : XX   Mineral : 2   Oxidation : XX   Metallic : XX

Comments: Highly aromatic American IPA with a solid malt background.

Cask @ GBBF 2007. Pours a hazy golden color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter aroma with hints of grapefruit and pine needles. Sweet malty hoppy bitter flavor with hints of pine needles. Long bitter hoppy finish.

(Cask at GBBF, London, 8 Aug) Amber colour, slightly hazy, with brief off-white head. Fruity, hoppy nose with pine needles, grapefruit and orange peel. Fruity, hoppy taste with notes of grapefruit and pine needles. Lovely hop character. A bit too sweet, but overall a very nice beer.