Perhaps it is because
of a fable about a giant octopus who ate a local farmers sheep, the
farmer got pissed off and ended with lots of dynamite, a big
explosion and a cave being blown up. But that's just a fable, I'm
more interested in the beer. This story of a bloodthirsty octopus and
a vengeful farmer graces the whole of one side of the label on a
bottle of Harbour Brewery's IPA. A brewery hailing from a place
called Kirland in the the north of Cornwall, UK. A smallish brewery
pumping out some fantastic classic beers in the modern craft
style.
I was given a bottle of
Harbour IPA for free as it was left over from some samples for
tasting. When one is offered free booze, it is simply impossible to
refuse, especially when it of decent quality.
It's a fresh, crisp and
clean IPA with a slightly gay sounding 'floral bouquet' according to
my tastes and smell. It is hoppy but not to the extent that it so
bitter and woody it is like sucking on a lollipop stick. If you want
to try and get yourself into hoppy styles of beer this is one I'd
recommend as being a good one to start on.
Giving how cold it is
outside, I haven't been drinking many porters or stouts over this
chilling winter period of late. Perhaps my tastes have changed or
maybe something more sinister. I might be trying to taste as many
pale ales as I can in order to perfect a recipe of my own... which I
am actually trying but not by copying or stealing other recipes,
simply using others as inspiration.
Either way, Harbour IPA
is what I would call a modern American styled IPA made in the very
untraditional and not so British way, more like a blend of Bavarian,
Hungarian and American and yet still perfectly suiting my taste buds.
A link to the beer including the story of the doomed octopus
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