Newcastle Winter IPA

Brewed by John Smiths (Heineken UK)
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Tadcaster, England

Serve in English pint

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This beer is hard to differentiate from the brown ale. No additional perceived bitterness or hop aroma for an IPA. Malty and sweet, low body and thin mouthfeel, this beer is drinkable but far from memorable.

Bottle. Holy crap is this dark and caramelly. I actually went in excited and immediately regretted it. Nose is caramel and toast, wet paper (this is a reasonably fresh bottle, FYI). On tasting, it has a sweetness and firm bitterness. More caramel. Really not very pleasant with a kind of harshness to it as well.

Bottle, brown glass. Some light zest and crystal in the nose, dash of fruity yeast. A pretty dark orange/copper body with a short off-white head. Sweet, lightly bitter taste with a pleasant crackery resolution, touch of astringency or even spice in the middle, does dry out toward the end, maybe a little too much crystal/scratch, and contributed hop flavors are weak. Malt is thinnish but stable enough, though there’s a hint of sour grain that runs this into recent Yuengling territory. Light-medium body, all in all your basic plörre Bitter.

Pretty bland and watery. No bitterness at all. Taste present but disappears quickly..

The aroma is purely of yeast, and the color is an orangeish brown with a minimal white head. The taste is mildly sour, slightly bitter, and slightly salty, but the palate combines a bitter finish, a soft carbonation, a light body, and a thin texture.

Quite tasteless. NOt bad but nothing to say about it that could result interesting. NOt bitter and not awesome either.

Bottle. Pours a clear copper with medium creamy off white head. The aroma is a strong bready malt and caramel. Thin mouthfeel with strong raisin malt and caramel with metallic finish. A decent ESB from Newcastle.

Pours a light clear amber with light orange hues and a frothy head. Aromas of caramel, pine hops, and hints of toffee. Flavors of light bitter hay hops, very light toffee, and light grass. Medium bitter and leaves its bitter bite with bitter and slight grain. Expected more in the flavors from the nose. Smells like a light bock and drinks like a bitter.

Tap. Clear copper-amber with a big, frothy, off-white head that laces quite a bit. Aroma of caramel, grass, and metal. The taste is metallic and a little bitter. Light bodied, smooth, and a little dry.

Pours a solid copper color with a white-ish suds for head. Toasted malt and red fruit on the aroma (maybe raspberry?). Light malty body, bready with a light raspberry note.