Big Job
St. Austell Brewery

 

Copenhagen 1/10 2017. 50 cl bottle from SuperBrugsen. Pretty simple label saying "Big Job - Massively hopped" with some hop plants in the background. Just to demonstrate the point.

Pours clear yellow with big bubbly white head. Settles as patchy, flimsy, thin layer of foam.

Aroma is strong and mostly bitter. Sweet undertones of exotic fruit and prominent boozy notes.

Strong slightly fizzy carbonation and medium thick palate.

Flavor is lightly sweet and dominated by strong bitterness. Citric sourness. Aftertaste is quite bitter and a little rough and with healthy boozy streak. Finish is dry.

Pretty run of the mill Imperial IPA.

 

 

500ml brown glass bottle.
L: Clear, golden amber colour with one finger of Snow White head that recedes to a thick ring.
S: Pear drops and honeysuckle.
T: Citrus and pine hops, rich malt, some alcohol heat at the finish.
F: Full body, lush mouthfeel, lightly dry finish.
O: An IPA with some heft, brewed in an English style with New World hops. Properly good stuff from St. Austell, Cornwall.

 

330 ml bottle poured fridge cold into a tumbler. Marked ‘BBE 10/2024’. And.,. ‘Suitable for vegetarians and vegans’, lol.,. Scraggly foam grumbles and leaves flat remnants, no lace.
Aroma reminds me of a Czech pilsner with a sweet malt catch.
Tastes decent. Florida citrus hits. There’s a nice punchy hop note, a lil bit of bitter, and a crisp, but fizzy finish. The 7.2% ABV rounds it out and is appropriate. Ugly burp.,.
Feel is slightly oily and medium bodied. High carbonation would be from the bottle fermentation. (I don’t know why American brewers don’t take this approach, as it seems to extend the shelf life of competitive IPAs.)
Overall, an OK English DIPA.

500ml bottle. Poured out a clear, golden orange color with a small, off-white head of bubbly foam. It left sticky rings of lace on the glass. It smelled of grapefruit, orange bready malt and some pine. Nice bitter piney taste with toasted caramel and a citrus kick.

Pours a clear, golden amber coloration with a medium, fluffy head. Smells of doughy, biscuity malt and citrus hops, with notes of grapefruit and lime peel. Taste is a good balance of doughy, biscuity malt and fruity, slightly herbal and resinous hops, with citrus notes of grapefruit and lime peel, as well as hints of lemongrass and pine. Finishes with a medium bitterness and some grapefruit and lime peel lingering in the aftertaste. Smooth mouthfeel with a medium body and carbonation.

Just like its little brother, Proper Job, this English IPA leans heavily into American IPA territory, although taking a somewhat different route. I actually prefer Proper Job with its certain West Coast character of citrus notes and distinct, resinous bitterness, while this focuses much more heavily on the, quite zesty, citrus notes, with a much lighter presence of resinous pine and lighter bitterness. Still a very enjoyable brew in its own right though, although perhaps a bit disappointing to someone expecting a more traditional, English IPA,

 

 

500 ml bottle conditioned, from Vinmonopolet; Nettbutikken. ABV is 7.2%. Fairly clear golden colour, moderate white head. Distinct aroma of fruity hops, notes of tropical fruits and citrus. The medium dry (not bone dry) flavour is distinctly hoppy throughout, with notes of tropical fruits, grapefruit and pine needles. Solid bitterness in the finish.

 

 

L: Clear golden colour, some lacing and initial head
S: Celery, grass, pine, grapefruit, zestiness
T: Grapefruit, earthy vegetableness, pithiness, hint of candy
F: Smooth, medium-bodied, a tad overcarbonated

O: 4

 

From the bottle in a snifter via our friend from across the pond---Cheers Keith!
This nice little brew pours a clear amber tinged golden with a modest head of
white dissipating foam that settles to a thick ring, thin wafting layer, and sports
subtle lacing. Nose of sticky citrus and herbal hops along with sweet caramel
malts for backbone. Flavors exceed the nose by presentation with rich caramel
that is given the full run of light pine and herbal hops with a touch of pineapple
and citrus notes and a hint of English yeast. Nice mouth feel; medium body,
sticky, medium carbonation that is effervescent and lively, and a medium dry
to dry finish heavy on the hop aftertaste.

An American style done right with a light twist from England.
Very nice.

Cheers

L4 Classic, lively, excellent head retention. No cloud.
S4.25 Very fruity, tropical, mango, promising.
T3 Disappointing. Not getting any of the tropical flavours promised by the nose, just a lot of alcoholic sourness.
F3.75 Ok lacking some body
O3.25 A double IPA needs to deliver big flavour and this just doesn't do it for me - bottle conditioned beers have not be great in my experience - maybe I just need to be more careful when pouring but I don't want to have to read label small print before enjoying a beer.

 

Pours orangey gold, clear. 330ml bottle from Tesco with 11 months on the BBE date

perfumey aroma, not particularly pleasant

taste is a bit better, some american hops, touch of bitterness, some malt

full body as you'd expect for the size of beer, medium carb.

Its little brother Proper Job is a much better beer