My local bottle shop had a special offer on local brewery Double Barrelled beers this weekend and so while in there on Saturday afternoon I selected three IPA/Pale Ales in 440ml cans, that I'd never tried before. Named "Scenic Route", "State of Mind" and "Cascading Falls" the three beers were all similar in style but featuring differing hops.
The first one was a nice spiky IPA showing off a mix of Australian and American hops, lot's of oranges and lemons with a decent dank element from the Mosaic used. Next up was "State of Mind" that has Idaho 7, Mosaic and Sabro giving it a more soft flavour, less citrus, more tropical. Lastly "Cascading Falls" delivered Riwaka and Bru-1, giving it a passionfruit and citrus vibe however I did note that this was canned back in October 2023 and it showed, the flavours were a little "dull" in comparison to the other two but pleasant enough.
In summary, a trio of excellent IPA's. I really must get out to this brewery sometime, they have an award winning taproom over in West Reading/Tilehurst, just need to work up the courage to catch the bus from the station down the Oxford road!
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