Thursday, February 2, 2017

Ölbeat 201: Thornbridge Chiron

Brewery: Thornbridge Brewery
Country: England
Style: American Pale Ale
Abv: 5 %
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What about the beer?
Colour is bright golden orange with a finger-thick white head. Aroma has fresh orange, lemon, pineapple and flowery notes. Taste begins with fresh grapefruit. Smoothly bitter and superfresh grapefruit juice fills the mouth with slightly sweet citrus side tone. Near the finish bitter grapefruit and gentle pine get on top. Aftertaste has fruity bitterness and slight dryness.

Fresh and fruity American Pale Ale. Nicely drinkable grapefruit mouth massage. Excellent example how fruity and good a relatively low abv ale can be, when the right hops are used with a solid malty base.

Ölbeat

Probably a wrong choice, but easy drinking beer is matched with a simple and catchy pop rock song. First that popped in my head.

Blur: Song 2 (YouTube)

From the 1997 album Blur, the song was written by Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree.