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Are you open yet? 4.5%, Arundel Brewery, England
1 ratings
Are you open yet?
4.5% Pale Ale - New England
A sweet and danky east coast inspired pale ale. Idaho and Simcoe added in the boil, a heap of Citra added with a dash of El Dorado in the dry hop. Hazy, soft bodied and fluffy.
Hops: Citra, El Dorado, Idaho 7, Simcoe

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Post author: Paul G
Paul G
@ Brewhouse Project
6 months ago
Are you open yet?, England
2.6
Very pale like tropical squash (cordial) quite hazy but not opaque and next to no head retention, will liven up after a swirl in the glass though. Very hoppy on the nose for a pale, light and bright with a backbone of citrus, tropical and stone fruit, like peach, lime, orange, mango and passionfruit. Shame these fruits on the nose aren't representative on the tongue too. It's a very dry and short finish with a wheaty mid and end. Perhaps the fruit will come out as the brew warms and breathes but right now it's very nothingy. I suppose a positive at this point is it's refreshing in its own way, and you do get a bit of hops building up in the ghost finish. I'm starting to get a little bit of mango and passionfruit, nothing like the extent on the nose mind you. It's not bad, very clean and pleasant to drink..just a bit lackluster especially considering the array of hops used: Idaho, Simcoe, Citra and El Dorado. You could make a serious IPA out of those and should have a decent pale with them too. I will edit this if it sparks into life later. Perhaps this brew is old...it's not on the Arundel website, lets have a look...19th September and it's 3rd of November so yeh that's not ideal. So let's put it down to dying hops. Going by the nose this could have been a contended to Steady Rolling Man, maybe it would be when it's not passing away!