Name: Double Ghost IPA
ABV: 5.2%
Brewery: Adnams
Style: IPA DDH
Location: Southwold, Suffolk
Aroma: A medley of hops, tropical fruits, grassiness assault the tastebuds followed by a chorus of spices and malt.
Colour: Amber gold with two finger white head.
Taste: Lismacklingly hoppy, lively, full of fruity hops with a balanced citrussy tang and bitterness. Tropical fruits such as guave, passionfruit, grapefruit and mango are detectable with a slight kick of spiciness on te backend. A background of caramel sweetness from the malt helps ground the flavours. Surprisingly creamy mouthfeel for a fizzy beer, full bodied, retains a good head long after pour.
Verdict: A good example of double dry hopping, it can be easily be detected in the flavour, some might find it too intense to handle, but I think it gives it an extra dimension of character, to what is already a classic beer. Well suited to a tulip glass, in order to bring up all those hoppy flavours. My bottle exploded, although I retained enough for a decent pint. One drawback it could be stronger, into order to attract more character and more of a notable warming effect from the malt, but at 5.2% its a pretty decent IPA to contend with.
Rating: 8/10
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