Crown
Two experts, one wonderful IPA
Reviewed by RD
7.2% ABV
Colour: From the bottle this poured a cloudy mid to dark copper with very little head. But what head did appear was off white and creamy. Pass me the sprinkler and put a head on it!
Nose: A great nose, just what I hoped for! Sappy hops, juicy chewy citrus and plenty of pine. These aromas set the table for a peach of an IPA.
Taste: Perfect! The first thing that strikes you is, that it is very refreshing and a little sweet. A great level of malt is the first flavour that washes over your palette, and then comes the second wave this time its fragrant piny hops, not resinous clean, juicy and balanced. A slight bitterness of grapefruit on an enjoyable aftertaste. I love it!
Overall Experience: As Zak Avery will no doubt cover the back story in greater detail, this was brewed at the Crown Brewery by Stuart Ross the brewer at the Crown Brewery and writer and IPA expert Pete Brown. I won’t go into detail, visit Zak’s blog for the video review and read Pete’s fantastic book Hops and Glory.
Personally I really enjoyed it. A very traditional British IPA and a bit more refined than Crown’s Unpronounceable IPA more balanced and not as wild. Fresh hoppy and very drinkable. I really needed to slow down and savour this fine beer; it was going down very easily. I could have easily drunk a few more bottles.
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This beer is totally great. There's one cask left, which I'm trying to persuade Stuart to bottle.
I will be bottling another 190 330ml bottles and some of them will go to BeerRitz
wel when you bottle some more of them i would like one please!