India Pale Ale
The Garden Brewery

Pours a slightly clouded orange color with a bigger, pillowy head.

Smells of baked bread, old banana peel, limes and sea buckthorn, together with lighter, floral citrus zest.

Drinks soft and refreshing, with a well fitting carbonation, which manages to create a late, sparkly effervescence.

Tastes of bread dough, lighter caramel and dried garden herbs, together with uncompromisingly bitter lemon. Offers lighter water melon then with a note of sweet caramel, which gets immediately entangled into the hops. Finishes surprisingly smooth and crisp, with a lasting, intense lime intensity, gently balanced by the calming malts and complimenting bread dough.

Lovely IPA with a great bitterness to it, which defines the taste of this in a great fashion. The malts create a well working balance, which emphasize the complexity of the hops very well at the same time.

Can from Etre
Touch of haze in a bright orange amber color with a huge frothy off white head that persists. Resinous earth and pine with bits of sweet bread hints of toast and citrus. Pretty tasty

330ml can from Beers of Europe (£2.99):
Light golden & quite clear with a foamy white head that sits just over 1cm tall, holding well with good lacing on the glass too. The nose is opens with lots of pine hops & quite a dank aroma that was dry with a little citrus & some grapefruit then a few tropical notes to finish off with; it was strong & slightly floral too. The taste is more mellow & not quite as dank, it's still a bitter & hoppy beer with a good combination of pine & grapefruit, some floral flavours & stone fruits following on behind with a definite tropical taste & some citrus to finish. The body is a medium, dry one with average carbonation levels for the style but it's quite well balanced & easy to drink; although the nose wasn't quite my cup of tea but I really liked the taste.

A 330ml can with a BB of June 2018. Puchased a little while back from Trembling Madness in York. A first for me - I don't think I've had beer from Croatia before....

A: Poured into an IPA glass. Can-conditioned and a touch too lively. A rich, hazy orange-amber hue with plentiful suspended sediment and intense carbonation. Yields a vast head of frothy white foam that lasts for a while before slowly reducing to a patchy surface layer. Slight lacing.

S: Aroma of sharp fruity hops with an almost perfumed character. Hints of clementine, citrus zest, peel, mango, tropical fruit, melon, stone fruit, grass/hay, leafiness, caramel malt, ale yeast and subtle earthiness. Very nice.

T: Tastes of intensely fruity hops with notes of lime/lemon, citrus, peel, mango, pineapple, tropical fruit, white grape, melon, grass/hay, caramel malt, earthiness, ale yeast and leafiness. Slightly sweet, followed by a substantial hop-driven bitterness upon swallowing.

M: Mouthfeel is smooth, tingly and dry, with lively carbonation and good body. A tad too fizzy, giving it a muddled texture. Quite astringent; hop oils stimulate the palate. Aftertaste of sharp aromatic hops, citrus, tropical fruit, melon, leafiness, caramel malt and ale yeast.

O: Impressively hoppy, offering a smorgasbord of fruity flavours. Looks great, while the aroma and flavour are stuffed with fruity notes underpinned by caramel malt and yeast. Good body; just a bit too lively on the palate. Goes down a treat. Nice to see new microbreweries popping up in far-flung places, though I do wonder what the impact on local beer styles is when everyone is making IPAs. A solid effort that is worth sampling.

Can, 0,33l

Tick foam, amber color.
Medium carbonation. Very aromatic on the nose, haze, hops.
Highly bitter, a bit watery, too much hops, but hey, it is from Garden brewery.