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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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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.


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.

4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 18/20
hughie (3992) - Bedford, Bedfordshire, ENGLAND - AUG 10, 2007
Cask at GBBF ’07. Copper colour. Sweet hop aroma with blackberry and other fruits. Nettle and grass taste with low bitterness. Very good.

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.

3.8
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
maeib (6637) - Wootton, Northampton, Northamptonshire, ENGLAND - AUG 11, 2007
Cask conditioned - gravity dispense - GBBF 2007. A golden coloured beer with some off-white bubbles for a head. The aroma is nicely hoppy with citrus fruits, mostly oranges. A really inviting nose. The taste is also nicely hoppy with good malts making the body good and the taste sbalanced. A very good example of an IPA.

3.8
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
Svesse (4397) - Hässelby, SWEDEN - SEP 8, 2007
(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.

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.

3.7
   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.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
Skinnyviking (5712) - Copenhagen, DENMARK - AUG 16, 2008
Draught. Medium high fluffy off-white lasting head. Clear amber body. Lovely fruity caramel aroma. Astonishingly mildly hopped. The fruityness of the beer comes through in a pleasant way. Low carbonation. Long bitter aftertaste.

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 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
MesandSim (7109) - London, Greater London, ENGLAND - AUG 11, 2007
A Mes rate: Gravicask at GBBF. Straw coloured and thick. Very grassy and hoppy aroma with a slight sweetness. Similar flavour but it works really well. Maybe just a slight soapy note from the aggressive hops. Not particularly balanced but it works pretty well for me.


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