Beer
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Mainbrace
IPA
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Brewery
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Shepherd Neame brewed for ASDA
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ABV
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Bottle: 4.5%
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Brewer’s Notes
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This
exquisitely smooth ale boasts a light malty flavour and is brewed with
locally grown hops and chalk filtered mineral water drawn from the well of
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Review
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Not a bad
creation from the ancient well of Shepherd Neame. My first impressions are of
a well balanced, hoppy almost proprietary ale with a hint of treacle,
molasses and complexity as though Guy Fawke’s night was somehow in the Mash
Tun and was circulating mischief. I don’t really ‘get’ the light citrus element of the tang
but I am glad for that. Golden hops can often be too crisp in my opinion.
There is a pleasant nasal earthiness and yeast registers. My perennial
complaint of bottled beers is their over- exuberant gas which seems to
emulate the artificiality of pop, cola, junk drinks & the like.
Admittedly this does sublimate into a creaminess of sorts. Apart from the
gas, Mainbrace IPA is a drinkable ale which is on the Spitfire continuum, yet
slightly less brash. Perhaps the more urbane older uncle of Spitfire.
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Marks /10
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7.50
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North Utsire
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