The bottle claims a spicy floral aroma, backed up with the sweet Maris Otter malt. My nose claims a very similar (ie slightly offputting) scent in line with the Brown Ale. Then it was on to the taste buds who did not enjoy this beer at all.
The almost anonymous hops and lack of bitterness left us wondering what about this beer if anything made it an IPA for a start. It's one dimensional and sweet in a poorly prepared home brew sort of way.
Overall, a heavy, torpid struggle. I'm giving this 1.5, with Nic giving 2.0 out of 10.
I'm prepared to accept a little bit of degradation here given the small batch bottle brewed nature + the roundabout route to arrive several thousand kilometres away in Perth (the way Nic insisted it smelled / tasted of mint perhaps backs this up?) but there's little to recommend this.
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