Loral IPA
Blackman's Brewery
- From:
- Blackman's Brewery
- Australia
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 5.8%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.42 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Sep 28, 2017
- Added:
- Sep 28, 2017
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by doktorhops from Australia
3.42/5 rDev 0%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.42/5 rDev 0%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Lo(ral) and behold! A new brew from those chaps at Blackman’s - purveyors of beers with people names such as Reginald, Ernie, Arthur, Mervyn and Angry Reg... he’s a bit of a problem Angry Reg (too tasty IMO). Loral IPA is one of their seasonal releases - a single hop American IPA showcasing that intriguing candy drop/floral hop flavoured Loral hop. I recently got a measure of this hop in Stone’s decent Ghost Hammer IPA and it was an intriguing brew. Bit of a speciality hop this Loral, and I look forward to finding it as a cheeky addition to beers in the future because its flavour is reasonably unique, and let’s face it - we’ve all had enough of the citrus/piney combo that has (admittedly) served us well over these many years but needs to step aside lest beer flavours become stagnant IMO.
Poured from a 330ml can into a nonic pint.
A: Cloudy with what I suspect are hop & yeast particles floating around in a deep amber body with an off-white sea foam head. Not a fan of that sea foam head (you know when the bubbles are big and disparate - that’s what I mean by sea foam. Though I do like my IPAs cloudy. 6/10.
S: Perfume floral fragrance mingled with a solid biscuit base. Touch of lemon/pear candy drops as well - yep that soon-to-be-classic Loral aroma! The only major detraction to the aroma is how airy and light it is, but that’s a personal preference there - I like BIG beers and at 5.8% ABV I’m not expecting BIG. 7/10.
T: Begins sour/slightly acidic lemon, punches in some floral notes, hint of pear, dry cracker and biscuit base, and gallops towards a dry potpourri finish. You have to appreciate floral beers to like this IPA - otherwise you might find it a bit wishy-washy. Personally I think the flavour is good, but lacking just a touch of kick from the lower than usual ABV (for an IPA at least that is on the lower end of the scale). 7/10.
M: Mid to light bodied, lacking a bit in the body, with a thin carbonation (also lacking here). 6/10.
D: Cruise city this brew - it’s like Mervyn in that regard - maybe a bit too cruisy for its own good. Otherwise I didn’t mind this at all, not quite as big a floral hit as I recall Stone Ghost Hammer IPA, but still a floral hit nonetheless. If you want something just a little bit different than the masses of citrus/piney/tropical IPAs clamouring at the fridge door of your local bottle-o then maybe give this a go, otherwise it’s a tad hit/miss. 7/10.
Food match: Light salads or chicken based dishes.
Sep 28, 2017Poured from a 330ml can into a nonic pint.
A: Cloudy with what I suspect are hop & yeast particles floating around in a deep amber body with an off-white sea foam head. Not a fan of that sea foam head (you know when the bubbles are big and disparate - that’s what I mean by sea foam. Though I do like my IPAs cloudy. 6/10.
S: Perfume floral fragrance mingled with a solid biscuit base. Touch of lemon/pear candy drops as well - yep that soon-to-be-classic Loral aroma! The only major detraction to the aroma is how airy and light it is, but that’s a personal preference there - I like BIG beers and at 5.8% ABV I’m not expecting BIG. 7/10.
T: Begins sour/slightly acidic lemon, punches in some floral notes, hint of pear, dry cracker and biscuit base, and gallops towards a dry potpourri finish. You have to appreciate floral beers to like this IPA - otherwise you might find it a bit wishy-washy. Personally I think the flavour is good, but lacking just a touch of kick from the lower than usual ABV (for an IPA at least that is on the lower end of the scale). 7/10.
M: Mid to light bodied, lacking a bit in the body, with a thin carbonation (also lacking here). 6/10.
D: Cruise city this brew - it’s like Mervyn in that regard - maybe a bit too cruisy for its own good. Otherwise I didn’t mind this at all, not quite as big a floral hit as I recall Stone Ghost Hammer IPA, but still a floral hit nonetheless. If you want something just a little bit different than the masses of citrus/piney/tropical IPAs clamouring at the fridge door of your local bottle-o then maybe give this a go, otherwise it’s a tad hit/miss. 7/10.
Food match: Light salads or chicken based dishes.
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