Sadler’s Hop Bomb

Brewed by Sadler’s
Style: American Pale Ale
Stourbridge, England

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker, Tulip

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(cask) pours a hazy golden-yellow colour with a creamy white head. aroma of herbal hops and barnyard, quite yeasty, with a hint of lemon and peppermint. flavour is mostly the same, lots of lemon and lime, with notes of straw, yeast and a slightly tart light-bitter finish. light to medium-bodied with soft carbonation.

Cask by handpump at Society Room, Glasgow - golden yellow with a very slight haze, thin off-white head, grapefruit aroma, good lacing, grassy citrus, dry bitter lemony finish

Cask at The Bear (JDW), Maidenhead. Hazy straw with a thin white head; light hoppy aroma; zingy citrus hops in the mouth with a grainy body and some honey sweetness; then a grapefruit finish. Zingy and refreshing.

Bottle. golden with a small head. Quite lively upon pouring with a hoppy bitterness. An excellent crack at an American Pale Ale and well worth checking out.

2nd September 2012
Bright clear gold beer, little white head. Light dry palate. Pleasant light hops, a little yellow grapefruit, followed by lemon and lime and a touch of melon. The malt is very light. Semi dry finish. Not bad. Decent bitter linger.

Spot on, an explosion of hoppiness, a real treat. Epic is about right. I’ll be revisiting this one...

Tastes like a hoppy lager. Really mild with some balanced flavours - buttery, straw, a little floral and quite sweet. It’s actually not bad but I’m really disappointed that it’s advertised as a very hoppy PA when it clearly isn’t.

Gravity dispense at the 23rd Battersea Beer Festival - 06/02/13. Lightly hazed pale blonde with a thin white head. Nose carries caramel malt, hops, grass, aspartamic sugars. Taste compries hops, pale malt, grapefruit, citrus, caramel. Medium bodied, soft carbonation. Decent fayre.

Cask @ Bow, Edinburgh [050213]
Light golden, slight haze, thin dense white head, some lacing
Aroma of lemony hops, citrus, some grape, soft grapefruit, light pale malt
Taste of grapefruit hops, tropical fruits, sweet pale malts, resinous hops, pretty hoppy with a fair amount of sweet pale malts in there too but it’’s not a US ’hop bomb’
Palate - medium body, fairly oily texture, quite sticky, sherberty hops on the palate. Very fruity tail of sweet pale malts and bitter citrus hops
Overall - A good ’English-style’ APA - I do recall having it in Spoons last year and it was even more sweet hoppy and resinous

Really enjoyed this beer in the Brewery tap house. Sherbet and tropical fruit shine through. I would love To try a stronger version. Good beer in bottle and cask.