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Bleddyn 1075
The Celt Experience
- From:
- The Celt Experience
- Wales, United Kingdom
- Style:
- English IPA
- ABV:
- 5.6%
- Score:
- 85
- Avg:
- 3.77 | pDev: 13.79%
- Reviews:
- 25
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- May 27, 2023
- Added:
- Jun 02, 2011
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 7
A commanding IPA balancing bitterness, sweetness and a grapefruit finish. An IPA to preside with you and your friends at the dinner table. King Bleddyn, most merciful of all Welsh kings. Lived and ruled until 1075 and the number of our original gravity.
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Ratings by SLeffler27:
Reviewed by SLeffler27 from New York
4.14/5 rDev +9.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.14/5 rDev +9.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
SRM 10-14 (honey amber) with a one-inch fluffy white head that lingers a few minutes before leaving fine lace on a Harp nonic while carbonation clings below.
Bread dough, caramel, and faint fruit are accompanied by light hop aromas, some warm butter and grapefruit.
Resin bitterness is moderate while caramel and light apricot lingers in mild finish. Warmth brings out lemongrass.
The creamy smooth texture is complimented by the medium-to-full body and fine, prickly carbonation. Alcohol is surprisingly higher than anticipated in this very dry beer.
This is another well-composed, relaxing summer beer. One could easily while away many hours people-watching from the front porch or enjoying the company of good friends. I imagine a cheese plate or cold shrimp with hot sauce would pair well.
The Celt Experience Brewery includes fun little history lessons on each bottle.
Sep 22, 2013Bread dough, caramel, and faint fruit are accompanied by light hop aromas, some warm butter and grapefruit.
Resin bitterness is moderate while caramel and light apricot lingers in mild finish. Warmth brings out lemongrass.
The creamy smooth texture is complimented by the medium-to-full body and fine, prickly carbonation. Alcohol is surprisingly higher than anticipated in this very dry beer.
This is another well-composed, relaxing summer beer. One could easily while away many hours people-watching from the front porch or enjoying the company of good friends. I imagine a cheese plate or cold shrimp with hot sauce would pair well.
The Celt Experience Brewery includes fun little history lessons on each bottle.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway
3.8/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.8/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Aug. 2011: 500 ml bottle, from SuperBest Hjørring. ABV is 5.6%. Deep golden colour, moderate white head. Moderate but nice aroma of fruity hops, hints of orange marmalade, also notes of caramel and toffee. The flavour is medium sweet, notes of caramel and bitter orange marmalade again, plenty of grapefruity and piney hops, ending in a solid bitterness which is surprisingly sharp and distinct for a Welsh ale.
May 27, 2023Reviewed by vinicole from England
3.64/5 rDev -3.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.64/5 rDev -3.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Pale orange. Some haze and with far too much effervescence giving a very thick head.
Lemon sherbet aroma. Grass.
Earthy flavour with an ever growing bitterness. Citrus fruit dominates a distant malt taste.
Decent feel.
May 20, 2016Lemon sherbet aroma. Grass.
Earthy flavour with an ever growing bitterness. Citrus fruit dominates a distant malt taste.
Decent feel.
Reviewed by Altrurian from Portugal
4.1/5 rDev +8.8%
look: 5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.1/5 rDev +8.8%
look: 5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Pleasantly cloudy body, capped with an outstanding, fluffy, long-lasting head. World-class cling. Good cascading head formation. Substantial citrus flavor (for a relatively light-ABV IPA). Pretty rich mouthfeel. Had it from a bottle at the UK Pavilion at Expo 2015.
Jul 28, 2015Reviewed by stcules from Italy
3.87/5 rDev +2.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
3.87/5 rDev +2.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
A very clean copper appearance, with one finger of beautiful off-white foam.
In the smell a lot of english hop, tea notes, lightly citrussy, maybe a hint of gooseberry.
In the taste the hop dominates, on a godd malty and biscuity base. Beautiful earthly notes, too.
Average body, long and hoppy aftertaste, grassy and earthly.
Good and interesting, aggressive bitterness, but well balanced.
Mar 12, 2015In the smell a lot of english hop, tea notes, lightly citrussy, maybe a hint of gooseberry.
In the taste the hop dominates, on a godd malty and biscuity base. Beautiful earthly notes, too.
Average body, long and hoppy aftertaste, grassy and earthly.
Good and interesting, aggressive bitterness, but well balanced.
Reviewed by Dentist666 from Russian Federation
3.74/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.74/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Poured into english pint.
Slightly hazy, amber-golden beer, greenish hue, with 2-finger smooth head. Smell of citrus, pine, pale malts, somewhat bready, all that we love in IPAs. Taste is excellent, refreshing, grapefruit, strong medicinal bitterness. Medium body, good carbonation. Robust, masculine beer, probably, a bit unbalanced between malt body and hop profile.
Aug 09, 2014Slightly hazy, amber-golden beer, greenish hue, with 2-finger smooth head. Smell of citrus, pine, pale malts, somewhat bready, all that we love in IPAs. Taste is excellent, refreshing, grapefruit, strong medicinal bitterness. Medium body, good carbonation. Robust, masculine beer, probably, a bit unbalanced between malt body and hop profile.
Reviewed by Jetulio from Spain
3.49/5 rDev -7.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.49/5 rDev -7.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
500 ml. bottle poured into a Pint glass
Appearance... Orange hazy beer with foamy head colour white of 2 fingers aprox(lasting a two mm film)
Aroma... malt and herbs, cereals and fruits. herbal aroma predominance
Taste... Some malty notes and then hop , touch of bitterness and dry lasting in mouth all the time.
Mouthfeel... medium/full body and soft carbonation
Overall... a very recomendable pale ale, not so brilliant as Bronze from same brewery, in my opinion.
Jul 19, 2014Appearance... Orange hazy beer with foamy head colour white of 2 fingers aprox(lasting a two mm film)
Aroma... malt and herbs, cereals and fruits. herbal aroma predominance
Taste... Some malty notes and then hop , touch of bitterness and dry lasting in mouth all the time.
Mouthfeel... medium/full body and soft carbonation
Overall... a very recomendable pale ale, not so brilliant as Bronze from same brewery, in my opinion.
Reviewed by wl0307 from England
4.04/5 rDev +7.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.04/5 rDev +7.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Coming in a 500ml brown bottle, BB 04/06/2015, served cool in a straight imperial pint glass. Notes: 57 IBUs, using US, NZ, UK hops.
A: pours a bright, light golden colour, coming with a thin off-white head to last and gentle carbonation.
S: sweet flowery, peachy, citric and lychee-ish fruitiness abound upfront, backed by semi-sweet and biscuity malts with a gentle whiff of acidity vividly felt in the midst of the other more assertive elements.
T: bitter-sweet, the foretaste goes immediately flowery, grapefruity, sprigy and zesty hoppy with plentiful fruity notes to boot; gradually the bitterness catches up to render a fairly deep and yet chewy and dry aftertaste. Through out the drink, a pleasant edge of acidity is never far away, while the maltiness comes with enough weight as the backbone without interfering with the major hoppy theme, much more in line with an American take on the style than what I’d relate to an English IPA.
M&O: the carbonation level remains light and refreshing, the body is medium-plus but leaving no trace of alc. whatsoever. All in all, this is a strong hoppy ale that is as quietly exciting to the taste buds as inviting as a balanced session beer.
May 16, 2014A: pours a bright, light golden colour, coming with a thin off-white head to last and gentle carbonation.
S: sweet flowery, peachy, citric and lychee-ish fruitiness abound upfront, backed by semi-sweet and biscuity malts with a gentle whiff of acidity vividly felt in the midst of the other more assertive elements.
T: bitter-sweet, the foretaste goes immediately flowery, grapefruity, sprigy and zesty hoppy with plentiful fruity notes to boot; gradually the bitterness catches up to render a fairly deep and yet chewy and dry aftertaste. Through out the drink, a pleasant edge of acidity is never far away, while the maltiness comes with enough weight as the backbone without interfering with the major hoppy theme, much more in line with an American take on the style than what I’d relate to an English IPA.
M&O: the carbonation level remains light and refreshing, the body is medium-plus but leaving no trace of alc. whatsoever. All in all, this is a strong hoppy ale that is as quietly exciting to the taste buds as inviting as a balanced session beer.
Reviewed by charlatan from Scotland
3.62/5 rDev -4%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.62/5 rDev -4%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Half pint at Wetherspoons on Greenock. Gold to amber colour with a typical 'spoons head. A sweet nose with some honey and pink grapefruit. I found very little citrus in the taste though. It had a thick syrupy feel and the first sip started sweetly but after that surprisingly big hops dominated, with a really strong leafy hop flavour lingering on the tongue in an oily finish. Very bold for an English IPA so I actually found it to be a sipper. I very much liked it, but I took it slowly.
May 07, 2014
Bleddyn 1075 from The Celt Experience
Beer rating:
85 out of
100 with
48 ratings
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