Isle of Purbeck IPA

Brewed by Isle of Purbeck
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Swanage, England

Serve in English pint

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Cask at the Evening Star, Brighton on 9th December 2009. Gold with small head. Delicious cheesy notes, grassy hop and smokiness which continues into a pleasant slightly smoked finish.

Cask@St. Urho’s
Clear copper color, small steady white head. Sweet, yeasty and buttery aroma. Light bodied, watery palate. Sweetish, hints of diacetyl, crystal sugar, caramel malts in the flavor. Light cellary taste. Very, very watery.

Cask @ Salhis, Tampere.
Pours clear copper color with no head. Aroma is very faint with fruits and mild hops. Flavour of fruits, mild malts and herbs. Watery palate with a mild fruity aftertaste.
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Cask@Wenlock Arms, London. Ambery golden colour with minor head. Aroma is toffee, sweet malts, herbs and some mild wooden notes. Flavour is wood, some grass, caramel malts and mild herbal and toffee notes. Semi bitter finish.

Cask - The White Lion, Norwich. A classic copper-amber colour with a fine off-white head with good retention. Relatively straightforward but solid. Yeasty, toasty biscuit malt aromas. Good malty biscuit & orange flavour profile with yeast tones at the back leading to a delicate toasty, subtle hop bitterness. Finishes short, light to medium body, soft mouthfeel.

Cask. Pours clear amber red with no head. Aroma fruity hops and.berries. Like stale juice. Like a typical cask.

Cask-conditioned at the Hillgrove Porter Stores, Bristol 25/11/2011. Deep amber with a slight, off-white head. Sweet, peanut and berry fruit aroma. Flavour had sweetish malts, nuttiness and a faint hint of roastiness, before a moderately bitter finish. Ok.

Cask St.Urho’s. Golden body white head. Fruity hoppy aroma with some butterscotch. sweet malty flavour some fruits and little hops. Very sweet for an IPA. Medium bitter and long aftertaste.

(Cask at Kittys, 20111111) The beer poured amber and clear. Its head was medium sized and white. Aroma had toffee and malts. Palate was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were toffee, hops, malts, some yeastiness and quite low bitterness. Aftertaste was malty and mildly bitter. An average bitter with a little bit stronger hop flavour.

Cask@Oluthuone Leskinen, Oulu, Finland. Amber colour, creamy cask head. Fresh, herbal and floral hop aroma, caramel and some vegetables. Some fruity yeast notes. Dryish flavor, thin for an IPA. Some caramel in the finish with light bitterness. Soft texture. Somewhat bland.

distinctly average. looks decent, but there is nothing going on to warrant more than a scant review. almost no hops to smell or taste. in fact a fairly standard bitter.