The Piper IPA
Four Provinces Brewing Company
- From:
- Four Provinces Brewing Company
- Ireland
- Style:
- English IPA
- ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- +4 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4 | pDev: 16.5%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 27, 2022
- Added:
- Jun 14, 2015
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by VicCooper from Ireland
3.55/5 rDev -11.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.55/5 rDev -11.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Found in Lidl for €2.45 / 330ml can. Costs double than “Twisted Knots”. Let’s see if it’s twice better too!
Top: forms 2” of slightly off-white head, slow retention, although the bubbles are too big, not as bad as the “washing up liquid style”, but nearly. Lots of lacing, actually full lacing.
Colour: as stated, hazy amber. NEIPA haziness to be precise.
Smell: smells like a typical NEIPA too! Fruity (mandarine, orange, dried fruits), slight “Converse sole” hops, some earthy notes.
Taste: I don’t say it’s weak, because it isn’t, but feels sessionable. It’s only 5% ABV, tho. Med- carbonation, light+ body. Bitterness is moderated (NEIPA quality, no. 3), maybe a bit too moderated.
Some citrusy fruitiness, some earthiness, some malts.
Slightly peppery aftertaste, with malts and weak bitterness. Dry finish.
Summary: Lidl started to get a hang to this craft beer thing, and they are getting there slowly. This isn’t a bad beer at all actually, but for that price, there’s just too many other great choices out there. For €1.99 (apparently, that was its old price) or cheaper, it’d be a best buy. For €2.45, it’s just not enough with this hard competition, it would need a little character enhancement and a tiny boost for its ABV. Then again, if you’re stuck for a beer and Lidl is close, it’ll do perfectly fine, it’s good.
Sep 28, 2020Top: forms 2” of slightly off-white head, slow retention, although the bubbles are too big, not as bad as the “washing up liquid style”, but nearly. Lots of lacing, actually full lacing.
Colour: as stated, hazy amber. NEIPA haziness to be precise.
Smell: smells like a typical NEIPA too! Fruity (mandarine, orange, dried fruits), slight “Converse sole” hops, some earthy notes.
Taste: I don’t say it’s weak, because it isn’t, but feels sessionable. It’s only 5% ABV, tho. Med- carbonation, light+ body. Bitterness is moderated (NEIPA quality, no. 3), maybe a bit too moderated.
Some citrusy fruitiness, some earthiness, some malts.
Slightly peppery aftertaste, with malts and weak bitterness. Dry finish.
Summary: Lidl started to get a hang to this craft beer thing, and they are getting there slowly. This isn’t a bad beer at all actually, but for that price, there’s just too many other great choices out there. For €1.99 (apparently, that was its old price) or cheaper, it’d be a best buy. For €2.45, it’s just not enough with this hard competition, it would need a little character enhancement and a tiny boost for its ABV. Then again, if you’re stuck for a beer and Lidl is close, it’ll do perfectly fine, it’s good.
Reviewed by flyingpig from Scotland
3.18/5 rDev -20.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.18/5 rDev -20.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
330ml Can from Reilly's, Lisnaskea (£2.29):
Quite a thick looking, very hazy amber with a 1cm, foamy white head that's got decent retention & a few bubbles on the surface too. It's a bitter nose with pine hops & grapefruit, some citrus & fruity notes then an earthy bitterness to finish. It's less floral & hoppy with the taste, I got some citrus but there was more earthy malts & biscuit here with a fair amount of bitterness & a biscuit base. It was quite a sharp, clean beer with a light-medium body that's dry & quite crisp too but definitely more basic than I'd have liked too.
Aug 19, 2020Quite a thick looking, very hazy amber with a 1cm, foamy white head that's got decent retention & a few bubbles on the surface too. It's a bitter nose with pine hops & grapefruit, some citrus & fruity notes then an earthy bitterness to finish. It's less floral & hoppy with the taste, I got some citrus but there was more earthy malts & biscuit here with a fair amount of bitterness & a biscuit base. It was quite a sharp, clean beer with a light-medium body that's dry & quite crisp too but definitely more basic than I'd have liked too.
Reviewed by beerinabottle from Ireland
4.94/5 rDev +23.5%
look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
4.94/5 rDev +23.5%
look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
500ml bottle brought from Dublin by daughter Tara. Good head with persistent lacing. Not overally hopped but nicely balanced. Much prefer this to it's companion The Hurler.
Jun 14, 2015
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