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So, I had to celebrate Beer Day Britain yesterday (blog), obviously, and partook of my ales at my local, The Dolphin Inn, 11-12 Rock-a-Nore Road, Hastings TN34 3DW (website). I mostly drank, from Sheffield based Blue Bee Brewery (website), their 5.0% Citra Azacca, and quite a big ale too. Golden, with the 2 types of hops used, obviously, Citra and Azacca. The Citra hop (USA) has a complex lineage, including Hallertau Mittelfruh, Tettnanger, Brewers Gold and East Kent Golding, and provides 'citrus, grapefruit, lime, and tropical fruits' flavours (hopslist).
The Azacca hop (USA) lineage includes Toyomidori, Summit and Northern Brewer, and produces citrus and tropical fruits aroma, and 'mango, pineapple, tangerine and pine' flavours (hopslist). This is an APA style beer, a fair amount of body, big fruity aroma and drying bitter finish. I noted mango with the forest fruit aroma and flavour, and very much citrus in aroma and flavour. Nice brew Peter (Blue Bee), cheers mate! 👍
The Dolphin has 6 cask ales available from handpumps, 3 regulars, Harvey's Sussex Best, Young's Special and Dark Star Hophead, and 3 guests, which yesterday included the Blue Bee Citra Azacca, Marston's Pedigree, and from Kent Brewery (website), their 4.5% single-hopped Hallertau Blanc. The Hallertau Blanc hop (Germany) lineage is Cascade, and was established in the Hallertau region of Germany early this century, with 'cassis, elderflower, grapes, grapefruit and lemongrass' in the aroma, and white wine and gooseberry in the taste (hopslist). I'm not a great aficionado when it comes to tasting, but 'hit the nail on the head' this time as my notes suggest similar to a dry white wine, and it is pale and dry, with a bitter finish, not the enormous fruit aroma and flavours of the Citra Azacca, but much more subtle, as hopslist suggests, and the pumpclip, wine-like qualities 'similar to Sauvignon Blanc.' Another very nice one, cheers! 😁
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