Cricketers Arms Captain’s India Pale Ale
Sundance Brewing International
- From:
- Sundance Brewing International
- Australia
- Style:
- English IPA
- ABV:
- 5.8%
- Score:
- +7 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.36 | pDev: 19.64%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- May 29, 2019
- Added:
- Apr 17, 2015
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 2
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Andrewharemza from Australia
3.27/5 rDev -2.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.27/5 rDev -2.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
from bottle, Nice flavour of stone fruits and some pine needles and grapefruit. No discerneable finish and very thin palate. well worth a try very nice.
Jun 21, 2015
Reviewed by doktorhops from Australia
2.6/5 rDev -22.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
2.6/5 rDev -22.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
We meet again Cricketers Arms. Last time it was your Lager which I remarked at the time was as “drinkable as a glass of cold water in Antarctica”, granted that was a while back and I was a bit more scathing in my reviews and had wittier banter (probably from all the Witbiers I used to drink) in any case my reviews have softened so perhaps you stand a chance of not being burned like a school fete sausage in the seventh circle of hell... wait that was fairly witty, sorry Cricketers Arms *cracks knuckles*.
Poured from a 330ml bottle into a nonic pint.
A: Caramel-tinged hazy ochre body with a pockmarked half centimetre cream coloured head. Looks aiight then, like the caramel tinge in the body, makes me think of caramel and the acquisition of said caramel. 7/10.
S: Floral and citric hop notes with toffee and biscuit notes. Certainly well within the bounds of a decent English IPA without being exhilarating in the slightest (and how English is that of a brew?). Could be a bit light in hop flavour judging by the aroma. I hope not. 7/10.
T: Sweet and malty upfront with those toffee/biscuit characters, then the hop notes come in and go “don’t forget we’re here!” with a muted floral/citric bitterness towards the end. At this point you’re thinking “not bad”, then comes the aftertaste which is oddly chemical, funky with a touch of astringency that feels out of place. Also even for an English IPA there isn’t enough hops balancing out the malt, which if this was a Belgian Tripel - not a problem in the slightest, but because of the aftertaste... well, not good. 4/10.
M: Mid to light bodied, lighter and more watery than it should be, with a slightly gassy carbonation (Aussie brewers strike again with the CO2). 5/10.
D: I think Dr. Frankenstein would be impressed with the mishmash nature of this brew: An elbow from here, a toenail from there, bingo - Frankenbeer’s monster. I on the other hand am not rapt with having my tastebuds taken for a ride on some bizarre roller-coaster... also gassy beers? Go away 1980’s, 90’s and early 2000 - I don’t need you anymore - I’ve got my power laces, hoverboards and tasty small-batch beers to keep me sated. 5/10.
Food match: Gaviscon liquid or dual action - that should help settle the stomach so you can move on to a better beer.
Apr 17, 2015Poured from a 330ml bottle into a nonic pint.
A: Caramel-tinged hazy ochre body with a pockmarked half centimetre cream coloured head. Looks aiight then, like the caramel tinge in the body, makes me think of caramel and the acquisition of said caramel. 7/10.
S: Floral and citric hop notes with toffee and biscuit notes. Certainly well within the bounds of a decent English IPA without being exhilarating in the slightest (and how English is that of a brew?). Could be a bit light in hop flavour judging by the aroma. I hope not. 7/10.
T: Sweet and malty upfront with those toffee/biscuit characters, then the hop notes come in and go “don’t forget we’re here!” with a muted floral/citric bitterness towards the end. At this point you’re thinking “not bad”, then comes the aftertaste which is oddly chemical, funky with a touch of astringency that feels out of place. Also even for an English IPA there isn’t enough hops balancing out the malt, which if this was a Belgian Tripel - not a problem in the slightest, but because of the aftertaste... well, not good. 4/10.
M: Mid to light bodied, lighter and more watery than it should be, with a slightly gassy carbonation (Aussie brewers strike again with the CO2). 5/10.
D: I think Dr. Frankenstein would be impressed with the mishmash nature of this brew: An elbow from here, a toenail from there, bingo - Frankenbeer’s monster. I on the other hand am not rapt with having my tastebuds taken for a ride on some bizarre roller-coaster... also gassy beers? Go away 1980’s, 90’s and early 2000 - I don’t need you anymore - I’ve got my power laces, hoverboards and tasty small-batch beers to keep me sated. 5/10.
Food match: Gaviscon liquid or dual action - that should help settle the stomach so you can move on to a better beer.
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