Gadds' India, 8.3%, IPA 33cl.
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ABV %: 8.2
Bottle Size: 33cl
Region/Country: Kent, UK
Brewery: Gadds
Fresh from Gadds brewery, this year's IPA offering is "India", an 8.3% pale ale brewed with all East Kent Goldings from the 2008 crop at Brook Farm
"A pale ale. Boozy nose of candy sugar alongside citrus and earthy hops. Really surprising mouthfeel, all thick and biscuity and bready without tipping over into too-sweet. It’s got big hops, earthy and peppery and strong and there’s more booze too. There’s a great middle moment when you aren’t sure whether it’ll go sweet or bitter, it balances on a tiny point, see-sawing, then drops over into bitterness. Really drinkable for the strength and has great finish" From Mark Dredge.
For a paltry £2.75 you get 330ml of smack-in-the-face Kentish hops - there's no fuss and bother about this one, it's bitter, bitter, hoppy and bitter. And it kicks like a mole, says Eddie.
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