Cascade
Bad Seed Brewery
- From:
- Bad Seed Brewery
- England, United Kingdom
- Style:
- American Pale Ale
- ABV:
- 5.4%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.15 | pDev: 0.48%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jun 03, 2016
- Added:
- Apr 30, 2015
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by interzen from England
4.13/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.13/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
330ml bottle poured into a tulip glass
Look: Dark amber with a slight haziness due to sediment in the bottle. Slightly off-white head which lingers for a short amount of time before receding to a foam cap and some ringing round the edge of the glass. No lacing to speak of.
Smell: Cascade by name, Cascade by nature - all the characteristics are there: plenty of floral and spice notes with more than a whiff of grapefruit. The more 'usual' smells of pine resin and grass are noticeably absent but this doesn't distract from a very fresh, 'clean' smell.
Taste: Quite malty to begin with, to the point that you wonder where all the hops have gone. However, shortly afterwards you'll get that lovely, grapefruit-y Cascade flavour which lingers all the way through the aftertaste and a little bit beyond. Lacks the hoppy 'punch' of similar pale ales but is plenty good enough on its own merits.
Feel: Full and slightly oily with a modest amount of carbonation, all of which helps to prop up the overall hop flavours and bitterness.
Overall: Probably not quite the hop bomb that Bad Seed would like it to be but even so it's a very good take on the American Pale Ale style and up there with the rest of their offerings. I'm not sure whether this is a one-off brew or will be a regular feature in their lineup - either way, it's worthy of the attention of any hop-head.
May 02, 2015Look: Dark amber with a slight haziness due to sediment in the bottle. Slightly off-white head which lingers for a short amount of time before receding to a foam cap and some ringing round the edge of the glass. No lacing to speak of.
Smell: Cascade by name, Cascade by nature - all the characteristics are there: plenty of floral and spice notes with more than a whiff of grapefruit. The more 'usual' smells of pine resin and grass are noticeably absent but this doesn't distract from a very fresh, 'clean' smell.
Taste: Quite malty to begin with, to the point that you wonder where all the hops have gone. However, shortly afterwards you'll get that lovely, grapefruit-y Cascade flavour which lingers all the way through the aftertaste and a little bit beyond. Lacks the hoppy 'punch' of similar pale ales but is plenty good enough on its own merits.
Feel: Full and slightly oily with a modest amount of carbonation, all of which helps to prop up the overall hop flavours and bitterness.
Overall: Probably not quite the hop bomb that Bad Seed would like it to be but even so it's a very good take on the American Pale Ale style and up there with the rest of their offerings. I'm not sure whether this is a one-off brew or will be a regular feature in their lineup - either way, it's worthy of the attention of any hop-head.
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