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RATINGS: 29   MEAN: 3.45/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.33   EST. CALORIES: 186   ABV: 6.2%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Loaded with English Hops and using a traditional English IPA recipe, this beer will happily lift your face as your palate explores its bitter, yet smooth effect. Facelift’s up front bitterness gives way to a mellow depth of flavor that will have you requesting another pint.


3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
fonefan (25125) - VestJylland, DENMARK - AUG 27, 2007
Cask gravity @ GBBF 2007, London. Unclear light to medium orange color with a small to average, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy hoppy, flowers (fruittree flowers), toffee. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is flat.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
Ungstrup (23975) - Oamaru, NEW ZEALAND - DEC 14, 2007
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.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
oh6gdx (16047) - Vasa, FINLAND - AUG 24, 2007
Cask@GBBF2007. Hazy golden colour, small head. Aroma is honey, candy, hops and some grass. Flavour is grass and fruits in a nice mix. Aftertaste gets a bit hayish, but still has the fruityness.

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 17/20
MiP (11783) - Sønderborg, DENMARK - SEP 9, 2008
Cask at GBBF08. Caramelly aroma. Almost clear amber colour. The flavour starts with a good clean bitterness. Turns more caramelly and then finishes with a cleansing bitterness.

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
bu11zeye (10164) - Frisco (Dallas), Texas, USA - JUN 28, 2008
(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.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 17/20
harrisoni (10070) - Ashford, Kent, ENGLAND - AUG 8, 2007
Cask gravity at GBBF 07. Leafy hop aroma, good grapefruit. Bit too much tea perhaps in the mouth. Lovely, maybe a tad too leafy on the balance, but yeah it’s enjoyable.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
anders37 (9919) - Malmö, SWEDEN - SEP 21, 2007
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.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
DJMonarch (9151) - Northwich, Cheshire, ENGLAND - JUN 19, 2009
Cask Stillage at the GBBF Bar Sans Frontiers Earl’s Court, London 08/08/2007 Hop and fruit aromas. Golden coloured and strong in alcohol with a fruity pine flavour. Crisp and bitter lasting finish.

4.1
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
jcwattsrugger (9048) - Florida and, New Jersey, USA - DEC 8, 2011
on tap-pours a light tan head with trailing lace and dark amber color. Aroma is grapefruit/pineapple/orange/pine, secondary sweet medium malt. Taste is grapefruit/pineapple/orange/pine hops with some bite, secondary sweet medium malt-caramel, rye.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
cgarvieuk (8654) - Edinburgh, SCOTLAND - AUG 31, 2009
Cask at GBBF 2009 ....Hazy amber ... grapefruit hop nose ... sweet fruits light toffeee ... some orange and grapefruit.


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