Score
6.15
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Draught @ Bock’s Corner Brewery, Gerbyntie 18, Vaasa, Finland 65230. [ As Bock’s India Pale Ale ].Unclear - hazy medium orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, caramel, moderate hoppy, citrus, fruity hops, grass, light grapefruit. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a long duration, sweet malt, fruity hops, pale malt, grass - fruity hops. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20160707] 6-3-7-3-12
On tap at Suuret oluet - pienet panimot 2016, Helsinki. Hazy orange with a very modest off-white head. Fruity aroma with citrusy notes and hints of caramel. Medium sweet with mild flavours, but a fairly decent bitterness. Not my kind of IPA, but drinkable.
Tap@ lakeuden panimojuhlat, Seinäjoki. Nice amber, thin white head. Asparagus in aroma, grassy notes. Flavor has gooseberries, hay and asparagus. Short finish. Too bad about the aroma.
Draught@Bock’s, Vaasa. Slightly hazy ambery orange colour with a mediumsized slightly off white head. Aroma is some sweet malts, caramel and also quite grainy notes with a mild floral and quite earthy hops to it. Flavour is quite similar. A pleasant beer by all means, but is not very IPA like at all (neither UK nor US IPA like). According to the brewer the future batches will get the hop profile tweaked from this "prototype".