Twickenham IPA

Formerly brewed at Twickenham Fine Ales
Style: Bitter
Twickenham, England

Serve in English pint

Maybe past its best. Honey and floural hops in the aroma. Sweet grassy hops in the mouth. Not bad, but was goign a bit hasy.

Gravity cask at Reading Festival 2005. Deep gold, good hoppy nose, good balance of hops and malt and citrus fruits. Dryish finish, a pretty good best bitter

Cask Conditioned at Harbury Beer Festival ’05. Light golden slightly cloudy, no head. Flabby fruity body without the sharp hop I was waiting for with an IPA. Oily on the tongue and not in great condition.

Finally, my first beer from this fairly new brewery. They’ve been eluding me for months. It has an attractive rich golden colour. A well developed, if slightly oily, hop aroma. Plenty of juicy, spicy, citric hop flavour. Distinct US feel to this beer. Quite a fat, if oily (but not in a sticky way), mouthfeel. Impressed. Cask, Reading Beer Festival, April 2005.

Cask@Reading BF. Not an IPA as such, but does have some richer hoppy characters than most other brit beers listed as IPA, but to me this is more of a best bitter or something similiar. Nicely citric and dry, but no characters really stick out, a very pleasant beer anyway, and hopefully i get to try it again in the future.