JCIPA
Townshend Brewery
- From:
- Townshend Brewery
- New Zealand
- Style:
- English IPA
- ABV:
- 5.8%
- Score:
- +5 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.6 | pDev: 6.39%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Nov 10, 2015
- Added:
- Jun 03, 2011
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by spicelab from Australia
3.53/5 rDev -1.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.53/5 rDev -1.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
500mL bottle from NZ Beerstore.
Clear apricot with a rousing, sudsy white head that laces heavily as it gradually retreats until a rocky island remains. Moderate bead.
Lots of candied fruits, mainly mandarin, honeydew, passionfruit and banana, tempered nicely by some nutty, doughy notes. The fruitiness seems equally hop and yeast influenced. I like it a lot.
Fruitiness is subdued by a marked herbal, minty bitterness. Mostly buried are walnuts and a mild sweet malt backbone.
Light to medium bodied with mild-ish carbonation. Very clean entry before the deceptively muscular bitterness kicks in on the mid and rear.
Well brewed and a refreshing change from the brashness of many US IPAs. Unfortunately, the flavour profile doesn't live up to the nose.
Jul 07, 2012Clear apricot with a rousing, sudsy white head that laces heavily as it gradually retreats until a rocky island remains. Moderate bead.
Lots of candied fruits, mainly mandarin, honeydew, passionfruit and banana, tempered nicely by some nutty, doughy notes. The fruitiness seems equally hop and yeast influenced. I like it a lot.
Fruitiness is subdued by a marked herbal, minty bitterness. Mostly buried are walnuts and a mild sweet malt backbone.
Light to medium bodied with mild-ish carbonation. Very clean entry before the deceptively muscular bitterness kicks in on the mid and rear.
Well brewed and a refreshing change from the brashness of many US IPAs. Unfortunately, the flavour profile doesn't live up to the nose.
Reviewed by lacqueredmouse from Australia
3.93/5 rDev +9.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
3.93/5 rDev +9.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
From the Local Taphouse, on-tap at their fabulous Kiwi SpecTapular.
Pours a clear, light golden colour, with a really good head of just egg-shell white foam. Lacing is strong and robust. Lots of streaming carbonation. Looks very lively.
Orange sherbet on the nose, and a bit of sweet, creamy fattiness—almost a compound chocolate or candy sweetness, like some ridiculous thing you'd get in an Easter Show showbag. Soft and sweet and creamy. It's a supple and smooth nose, not a pungently hop-gasmic one.
Very soft and pleasant feel, with a very restrained mild and smooth palate. Sweet vanilla, with just enough earthy hop bite to leaven it. Light sweet orange characters; candied or stewed perhaps, like whole orange cake. Nice. Feel is very smooth, very pleasant.
A nice beer: smooth, restrained and creamy. A delicate and seductive brew.
Jun 07, 2011Pours a clear, light golden colour, with a really good head of just egg-shell white foam. Lacing is strong and robust. Lots of streaming carbonation. Looks very lively.
Orange sherbet on the nose, and a bit of sweet, creamy fattiness—almost a compound chocolate or candy sweetness, like some ridiculous thing you'd get in an Easter Show showbag. Soft and sweet and creamy. It's a supple and smooth nose, not a pungently hop-gasmic one.
Very soft and pleasant feel, with a very restrained mild and smooth palate. Sweet vanilla, with just enough earthy hop bite to leaven it. Light sweet orange characters; candied or stewed perhaps, like whole orange cake. Nice. Feel is very smooth, very pleasant.
A nice beer: smooth, restrained and creamy. A delicate and seductive brew.
Reviewed by laituegonflable from Australia
3.3/5 rDev -8.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.5
3.3/5 rDev -8.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.5
Pours a pale gold colour with light bead. Head is a bit webbed, white in colour. Lace is nice, not so sticky. Looks alright.
Smells quite grainy, but pleasant. Touches of floral hops blending with strong, sweet, cereal grain. Yeah, touch of tang; not bad.
Taste is weird. Big massive coconut hit on the palate, starts with corn and then just coconut flavours abound on the mid-palate. Big sweet nuttiness and touches of oil. Some more hop really wouldn't go amiss, but it's intriguing and pleasant enough.
Bit of a sizzle, quite dry. Fair body.
Yeah, not sure how IPA this is really. It's a decent beer and I'd drink it, but it's just really lacking in hops, so not really to style.
Jun 03, 2011Smells quite grainy, but pleasant. Touches of floral hops blending with strong, sweet, cereal grain. Yeah, touch of tang; not bad.
Taste is weird. Big massive coconut hit on the palate, starts with corn and then just coconut flavours abound on the mid-palate. Big sweet nuttiness and touches of oil. Some more hop really wouldn't go amiss, but it's intriguing and pleasant enough.
Bit of a sizzle, quite dry. Fair body.
Yeah, not sure how IPA this is really. It's a decent beer and I'd drink it, but it's just really lacking in hops, so not really to style.
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