Wednesday 30 May 2012

Red Duck Bengal IPA

The first visit to the apocryphal mallard - would this bird fly, or duck the issue and turn in a poultry excuse of a brew?

(really, genuinely, sorry about all that)

There was very little head on our test bottle, with the beer coming out looking a little oily. Taste profile is more in line with an APA in a way, various english tea / caramel undertones, a little too light and lagery for my tastes in the IPA race, though we do have to keep in mind they were aiming for a light and highly drinkable seven percenter here.

As a first beer from this brewery it's not enough to cement it as a contender, but neither enough to condemn it. It's reasonably balanced and bitter enough to earn it a 6.0

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