Ilkley Lotus IPA

Brewed by Ilkley
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Ilkley, England

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Tap at CBC Clerkenwell. Pours clear light amber with a small white head leaving great sticky lacing. Nose of pine, sweet malts and grapefruit. Taste is light pine, grapefruit and caramel malts. Very easy drinking. Light mouth feel. Not bad

Hmm, interesting one this. Halfway between a trad IPA and a modern IPA in a lot of ways - citrus and tropical fruits on the nose and in the tasting, but the whole also carrying a kind of ’fuggles and goldings’ bitterness rather than anything new world. This belies the actual content of the beer and instead points at something a little bit gulf-bridging. Lotus IPA ... perhaps it’s a karma thing. Not bad. Not bad at all.

Thank you Megan! The beer is golden with a small white head. The aroma brings tangy citrus, pine, bready malts. really nicely done. The flavor is elegantly balanced. Light in body with a crisp and clean aftertaste. Grapefruit and orange followed by biscuits and pine. Moderate carbonation. Highly drinkable. A very good example of an English IPA.

Bottle shared by Huhzubendah. Poured a clear yellow color with notes of wispy white head. Aroma has some floral notes, and some hops. Flouwers in the body, with some bitter notes. Pretty refreshing.

Bottle shared by Huhzubendah: pours a clear deep golden with a spotty lacing white head. Has a lightly sweet pale malty nose with some herbal hoppy notes and a touch of citrus. Starts with pretty good fullness and light malty sweetness with a clean hoppy bitterness and light pine resin before a drier bittersweet finish. Smooth and drinkable.

500mL thanks to huhzubendah. Clear light orange pour. Weak foam. Nose is sticky orange, grapefruit, decent American style hops. Taste is quite nice, not too sticky, some orange juice. Refreshing. Actually, quite impressive. Great palate- light, quenching, mild pine and grapefruit bitterness.

Bottle courtesy of Matt, thanks! Clear golden yellow color, tiny white edge head. Aroma of somewhat medicinal perfume and flowers. Taste is bitter and floral.

Bottle shared by Matt. Pours clear gold with a small, fizzy white head, short retention with good lacing. Aroma is spicy, pine, and earthy hops, biscuit malt with pear esters. Flavor is heavy hops and bitterness, supprting malt with a dry finish. Medium body and carbonation.

Aroma: Sweet caramel and candied sugar. Citrus hints.

Appearance: Clear golden body with a medium white head that holds well. No visible carbonation. Thick lacing marks.

Taste: Nice leafy hops. Caramel, peach and soft citrus. Sweet malt character balanced by hoppy bitterness.

Palate: Medium body with a very oily texture. Flat carbonation.

Overall: A sweet, light IPA. Really well balanced and moreish.

Cask conditioned handpump North Bar Leeds 15/04/13. A golden beer with a tight white head and lace. Good hops but a diughy sweet maltiness which becomes cloying for me. Lots of bitter oranges. A good body and the hops are OK but the doughiness doesn’t sit right.