Siren Craft Brewing Liquid Mistress Red IPA
Style: Red IPA
Style: Red IPA
Alcohol Content: 5.8%
From: Finchampstead, Wokingham, UK
Purchased From: Utobeer, London Borough Market, UK
Siren Craft Brewery is a relatively new comer to the beer
industry. Set up in 2012 and named after characters in Homer’s (not Simpson)
Odyssey, the brewery currently produces four core beers alongside seasonal
specials. Based out of Finchampstead near Reading, the brewery is already planning
for the future by brewing an Anniversary beer (barrel aged in 7 different oak
barrels) and a stout involving meal
worms (not sure how much I enjoy that idea). Since Siren’s launch, there has
been a great deal of buzz amongst the beer blogging community due to the
quality of their output. After reading several articles, I was rather pleased
to find my girlfriend had brought me Siren’s Liquid Mistress for
Christmas. With great excitement, I
transferred the bottle straight to the fridge to have it later that night. So
let’s see if I have found my next mistress.
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| Looking very tempting |
Colour: Like a witches potion, this beer pours a murky dark
red with a dusting of fizzy foam. The yeast from the bottle conditioning helps
to add lighter red swirls to this thick, magical brew. It’s almost like the
liquid mistress is beckoning me into her
lair of sin. Could this be the Jessica
Rabbit of craft beer?
Aroma: Big bold tropical notes of passion fruit mixed with
subtle hints of peach. These are playfully mixed with a heady blend of sweet
sugary caramel and dry German rye bread.
Body: Medium body with a slight clogging on the back of the
throat on each gulp. The carbonation is very soft and reminds me of a fine
champagne.
Taste: A delightful blend of invigorating pink grapefruit
and lychee with after notes of biscuit and rum soaked raisins. These distinct
flavour profiles juxtapose each other brilliantly. The citrus fruit will
cleanse your palate before the malty depth of the biscuits comes into play. All these flavours mellow as the beer warms,
causing a sensation of honey tinted bitterness to reveal itself from the depths
of the glass. Quite frankly, this drink is magical and could topple Meantime’s
Yakima Red as my favourite beer. Well done Siren, Well done indeed.
Different to: http://beefsbrewery.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/goose-island-honkers-ale.html
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