So'Hop
Moor Beer Company

330ml can conditioned with live yeast; unfined, unfiltered & unpasteurised.
L: Cloudy, yellow colour with a thin head that quickly reduces to a smear but leaves lots of lacing.
S: Pronounced cantaloupe and mango aroma.
T: Soft citrus & tropical fruits with a clean, dry finish. Bitterness is very low.
F: Light body, no carbonation. Soft, smooth mouthfeel and a long-lasting, dry finish.
O: This is a very easy-drinking, very pale ale. It’s a summery, low ABV, English pale ale brewed with zesty NZ hops. Not especially memorable but nicely quaffable.

Pours a hazy golden color. Smells like earthy, dank hops, hay, and resin-y, with a slight malt aroma. Tastes very astringent, crisp, dry and resinous body, finishes light and dry. Earthy, dank, and a little citrus-y. Wellbalanced, and light overall.

 

 

Canned
Pours a slightly hazy clouded honey coloured body with okay white head
Tangerine fizzy sweet aroma
Somewhere between the flavour and the mouthfeel that hoppiness goes astray but still decent

Cask @ Moor, Bristol - Pours cloudy golden with a thin white foamy head. Nice lacing. Aroma - citrus - huge hit of peach, orange and grapefruit notes. Taste - same as aroma, lovely huge blast of citrus leading to a wonderful crisp bitter finish. Just wow. Best citrus hopped ale I've ever tasted on cask. Absolute belter. Unfortunately speaking to the brewery workers may well be one cask of its kind. If so pleasure to of drunk this one.

 

 

Keg at Tap East in Westfield Shopping Centre, Stratford. Hazy yellow gold. Bright citrus and floral notes. Very fizzy and light, though the carbonation isn't too harsh but light and fluffy. Very little malts, what's there is crisp, biscuity, clean yeast, laid back citrus hops. OK but generally like a hundred other hoppy beers out there.

On tap at Churchkey. Big, fruity, juicy hops. Citrus and floral. Hard to define. Light bodied, mildly tart. Some funk, some mustiness. I'd go with a session IPA, over a bitter.

 

 

 

 

A 660ml bottle with a BB of Dec 2014, so it's rather out of date. Purchased a while back from Trembling Madness in York. Described on the label as an ultra-hoppy pale ale showcasing hops from the Southern hemisphere.

A: Poured into a tulip pint glass. Bottle conditioned. A hazy golden hue with plenty of floating sediment and good carbonation. Yields a large head of creamy white foam that sticks around for a while before settling as a surface layer. Slight lacing.

S: Aroma of fruity hops with hints of white grape, mild melon, papaya, subtle tropical fruit, grass/hay, earthy yeast, light malt and faint stewed hops. Rather nice.

T: Tastes of fruity aromatic hops with a dry, bitter finish. Notes of white grape, mild melon, peel, subtle citrus, subdued tropical fruit, grass/hay, earthy yeast, light malt and stewed hops. Well-attenuated, followed by a crisp, hoppy bitterness upon swallowing.

M: Mouthfeel is smooth, tingly and dry, with pleasant carbonation and decent body. Some subtle hop action on the palate. Mildly astringent, accompanied by an aftertaste of bitter aromatic hops, fruitiness and earthy yeast.

O: Pretty good - a decidedly hoppy pale ale. Looks nice, while the aroma and flavour are dominated by light, fruity hop notes and dry yeast. Body is OK. This may well have possessed a more intense character when fresh, but has stood up nicely. A treat for the senses; worth sampling if you come across it.