Hopdaemon Incubus

Brewed by Hopdaemon
Style: Bitter
Sittingbourne, England

Serve in English pint

Cask at Southampton arms Deep amber with a small, tan head. Very light fruity aroma. Medium bitterness with hazelnuts and toffee in the flavour.

A - Citrus and floral with steady malt A - Caramel brown with no head T - Sweet with light bitter P - Medium to thin and soft O - Decent, but not memorable

Half pint, well kept cask at Sir Christopher Hatton. Copper coloured body, faint white head. Malt-fruity aroma with resinous hops coming through. Bready malts in the taste profile mixed with resin-like hops. More resinous bitterness to the finish. Well made bitter (London, 01.08.2011).

Cask @ The Haymarket Bar, Edinburgh. Served in a nice dimpled mug. Fruity malty aroma. Medium brown with good head. Dry fruity malty flavour. smooth with bitter aftertaste. Reasonable bitter.

Cask at The Bell & Crown, Canterbury, 16th Oct 2010. Coppery amber with quite a musty nose, lots of earthiness. Quite caramel taste. Balanced and drinkable enough.

Hand pulled at the Old Contemptibles, Birmingham. Ooh, this was disappointing. Over tart, with a bundle of my least favourite UK cask characteristics: sickly malt, sour tinges in all the wrong places etc. Tastes far too strong, even though it isn’t.

Pours reddish brown with good clarity. Thin head. Nose is very good. Lots of citrous, grapefruit, lemon. Taste is citrous and fruity with caramel malt. Interestingly though, it doesn’t have much kick on the finish and is fairly light in flavour on the palate. Great nose and first taste and then tends to be quite subtle on the palate. No big fruit kick so a good session beer. Good refreshing bitter though and out of the ordinary.

(Cask @ The Man Of Kent,Rochester, Kent.). I like anything dry hopped . A good ale , but this wasn’t arousing on the dryness I seek ; Chewy hops ..resins and toffee notes . ’ It is what it is ’ = a plesent , easy to drink best bitter .