Temple Brewing Midnight IPA

Finally we reach the dark beer.

Sadly the brewer says he has no plans to launch a porter or a stout at this stage, they're involved in honey related seasonal beers to be produced in champagne bottles, and a couple of other projects keeping them and their production lines busy at present. So this is the closest we'll get.

Best head of the lot this, lingers wistfully, as does the first taste with burnt, hoppy, dry, bitter flavours. All good stuff. The brewer tells me they were looking to avoid 'fruit' here and it shows. Clearly stacks of hops used for a nice aroma with traces of passionfruit, but no real fruit or floral sweetness in the taste.

Highly drinkable, the best of their range, very good stuff without being astounding in any way. Passionate brewers here and bound to continue to improve I think. 7.5