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Cropton / Mike Hall Vicious American Wheat IPA

C'84 Brewery (inc Baytown, Great Yorkshire, Ryedale)
Cropton, North Yorkshire
Beer style: IPA - White
Ref: ratebeer.com Apr2024

Common descriptors are
Cask; Occasional. First seen in Winter 2010 at 6.0%. May have been reduced to 5.0% for 2012.
A collaboration between Cropton and Mike Hall, brewer at North Peak Brewery in Michigan, produced mainly for Nicholsons / Mitchells & Butlers pubs. Although the names of this range of beers correspond to beers made by North Peak, the ABVs and recipes differ considerably from their namesakes’. Note that the branding on the pump clips often excludes any information regarding the provenance.

The frothy head and piney dryhopped scent should alert you to the brew’s ferocity on your palette. Then pale, crystal and wheat malts converge in a cloudy thick body and give you a smooth kiss, leaving you howling for more.
Hops: Cascade, Amarillo, Perle, Willamette