Tiny Rebel Baby’s Got a Temper

Brewed by Tiny Rebel
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Newport, Wales

Serve in Shaker, Snifter

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Bottle 330ml.

Unclear medium orange colour with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate to light heavy hoppy, fruity, mango, oak - wood. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, fruity, deep - dark orange - mango, wood. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20121206]

bottle at home .. light hazy amber ... big white head ... soft zezty big floral orange ... passion fruit nose ... sweet fruits ... light oily fruit ... zezty fruits ... little over fizzy ... bit to passion for me ... but still crackin

16th November 2012
Craft Islington - opening night. Hazy amber beer, little pale cream coloured head. Palate is softish with fine carbonation. Marmalade hops. Mild minerals. A little aniseed alcohol, nothing serious. Dry hop citrus. Not really getting much oak here - a trace of vanilla. Finish is semi dry with a mild bitter linger. Nice beer but I would have liked a bit more barrel.

Bottle at the Euston Tap, London, shared with Thomas. Pours lightly hazy gold with a sturdy, white cream head. Big ripe citrus nose, some minerals, faint pine. Big sweet flavour, good bit of juicy citrus, some pale malts, bit of straw. Full bodied with fine carbonation. Mild warmth to finish, lots of sugary citrus, some toasty sugars, good bit of pectin. Quite a nice beverage.

Bottle from ’Jacks’ Westholme Stores, Goring-on-Thames, Oxon Tuesday 19th February 2013 consumed at home Tuesday 26th Feb 2013 Pours light amber with a veiled cloud of haze sitting within, head is white and slim. This tastes marvellous, softened by the oak it has a light vanilla edge, the citrussyness of the nose is also blunted a little by this as well. Taste is great, wonderfully citrussy but the oak ageing is marvellous, still it makes me do the ’snake flicky out tongue thing’ with a late double clack, very lemony, very good. In fact I have to say better than the very decent Buxton Wyoming. Dry towards the end, lovely lovely beer. A8 A4 T9 P4 Ov17 4.2

Bottle. At one time a lot of British micro’s produced run of the mill bitters frequently not very well bottled. How times have changed! This is a powerful beer overflowing with flavour. A combination of hops and fruitiness with a few other flavours thrown in. This could have come from the West Coat of America. Long may the micro revolution continue.

Keg at Cask Pub & Kitchen. It pours clear golden yellow with a medium yellow-white head. The nose is pine, resin, orange citrus, tangy marmalade, leaf and spice. The taste is pine, assertive bitterness, varnish, resin, booze, tangerine, orange, marmalade, creaminess and spice with a long warming, bitter finish. A big, boozy bitter beast. A tasty brew indeed.

Bottle from Cotteridge Wines, Brum. Pours with only a ring of froth. Thick, sticky and still. Smells sweetly floral, with some boiled toffee. Disconcertingly gentle. Big sweet caramel accompanies the thick, sticky, building alc. Not harsh and the hops are anything but booming, yet it is quietly big. Nice, but hops are a bit too leafy/organic for me.

Bottle at home, thanks to an IP with Essex Jim, 01/01/13. Pours hazy golden amber with a thin white head that dissipates to the edge and leaves a film atop the glass. Nose carries tropical fruit notes, pine, hops, light sour wood tones, orange peel. Taste comprises pine, juicy hops, wood tones, bitter grapfruit, orange pith, touch of minerals. Medium bodied with fine carbonation leading to some sweetness in the bitter finish. Great stuff.

Bottle @ The Euston Tap. The pour’s hazy amber with a creamy eggshell white head. The nose is sweet mango and orange peel. Jammy malts, wood, toffee. The taste is sticky sweet tropical fruit salad, some banana and mango smoothie. Oaky booze, some shredded coconut meat. Medium bitterness on the slightly syrupy finish. Fat, sweet body. A touch boozy. Overall, despite the sweetness, this somehow holds it together. Tasty, entertaining stuff.