Harviestoun Wild Hop IPA (Bottle)

Brewed by Harviestoun
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Alva, Central, Scotland

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Bottle from Sainsburys Beer Challenge thingy. Gold pour with a white head. Citrus, peach and vanilla aroma. Bitter citrus and herb flavour. Bitter finish.

Bottle from Sainsbury’s. Hazy pale golden yellow colour, not much head. Vegetable resin aroma. Cereal grain resin flavour, very dry citrus aftertaste. Not really a proper IPA. Somewhere between a blonde beer & English Pale Ale.

Bottle 500ml.

Clear medium orange yellow colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted - caramel, moderate hoppy, grass, citrus, hop oil - hop extract, orange - citrus. Flavour is moderate to light light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, sweet malt, sweet fruit, hoppy. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20111202]

Bottled@Chriso. Yellow colour, small white head. Aroma is caramel malts, fruity and floral notes along with some slight resiny tones. Flavour is fruity, floral, mild honey, resin and herbal notes.

500ml bottle from Sainsbury’s, drunk on 2 December 2011. Best before Dec 2012. Bright gold colour. Generous white head. Good condition - lively but not too fizzy. Plenty of hops in the aroma - grapefruit in the forefront. Maybe a touch of bubblegum. Firm mouthfeel. Strong tangy hops culminating in a quite pronounced bitterness on the palate. Decent stuff.

Bottle. Strong lemon and grapefruit flavours give this a distinct, bitter character. Puckering stuff.

bottle at home ... thanks to Fin .... crisp golden yellow .. thin white head ... soft sweet grassy lemon ... zezty lemon ... light oily lemon bitterness ... little hay ... very blah... not bad just not exciting

Bottle from Sainsbury’s. Pours a gold colour with a medium white head. The aroma is very floral and malty, the taste is very bitter with citrus, which leads to a dry bitter finish.

Something’s not quite right here - huge cat piss aroma and flavour but not really much else. The flavour overwhelms and leaves me feeling weird. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Bottle from Sainsburys. Very clear yellow with a bubbly white head. Aroma is citrussy, peppery and slightly herbal. Little bit of cream soda about the smell too. Taste is a bit plain but quite nice bitterness. Bitterness lingers a little while in the mouth. Feels maybe a bit gassy, but doesn’t seem to be very highly carbonated. Quite like it, but wouldn’t necessarily have it again.

Pale amber, decent long head with lacing, thin bubbles. Grassy, citrus aroma. Hoppy hit from the start, very grassy, consistent to aftertaste. Good carbonation, thin-medium body. Needs more balance and variety, hops don’t allow flavour through.