Wiper and True is a Bristol-based beer company that is
currently without a brewery of its own, using the kit at other breweries for
the time being. Their rather smart website professes their proud roots in home
brewing and their love of good beer and they also clearly know a bit about
branding too, which seems increasingly important in the beer world these days
as breweries jostle for position on shop shelves. This is another bottle that
my mate picked up for our train ride to Gatwick airport primarily, he said,
because it was one of the few 500ml bottles available! This single hop pale ale
was brewed with Simcoe, a US hop that lends the beer a citrus flavour. I’ve
been looking to try a few more single-hop beers to help me identify what’s what
because, to be frank, I don’t really have much of a clue, so this seemed like a
good place to start. Simcoe is heavily used in IPAs and the bitter, grapefruit
character of the hop was easy to recognise alongside some grassy flavour too
which was also nicely balanced by the malt which lends it a nice toffee sweetness.
Not too shabby.
Brewery: Wiper and True
Country: United Kingdom
ABV: 5.0%
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