ShinDigger Brewery 'Shingri-La' East Coast IPA
6.5% Manchester, UK
"Beer is about having a good time with your friends, and enjoying the moment". And it is near-impossible not to put Shindigger Brewery's ethos into action when supping from their East Coast-style 'Shingri-La'.
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Both smell and taste are things of beauty. Mango, pineapple, subtle vanilla, and very, very juicy, but still with a pleasing bitterness.
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With hops of Simcoe, Equinox, and Mosaic, give me a half of her viscous, golden locks any day.
Hops
Mouthfeel
Simcoe
Equinox
Mosaic
Viscous
Clarity
ABV
Style
Hazy +
6.5%
East Coast IPA
Magic Rock & Vocation Brewery 'Hang Loose'
Epic West Coast IPA
7%, Huddersfield & West Yorkshire, UK
A collaboration between Huddersfield’s ‘Magic Rock Brewery’ and “our hilltop in West Yorkshire”, Vocation Brewery. What’s there not to love? Magic Rock’s ‘Cannonball’ and Vocation’s ‘Life & Death’ have been a couple of my absolute go-to’s for quite a while, so what did I make of the duo’s take on the classic West Coast IPA? Was it ‘epic’ as the name boldly suggests?
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True to the West Coast style, this brew centred heavily on the bitter resin and herbal notes. Eucalyptus springs to mind. And sulphur. Perhaps a tad too sulphurous for me.
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With a chuck-load of Cascade and Centennial hops, this is a collaboration that has, ‘what are the odds’, won me over ‘heart & soul’.
Hops
Mouthfeel
Cascade
Centennial
Semi-viscous
Clarity
ABV
Style
Hazy -
7%
West Coast IPA