Bristol Beer Factory Independence
Cask, Keg & Bottle conditioned; Regular.
US Style pale ale. Very distinctive pale ale that we have hopped continuously throughout the boil.
US Style pale ale. Very distinctive pale ale that we have hopped continuously throughout the boil.
3.5
163 reviews
Bristol, England
Community reviews
Good all round and consistant APA. Loads of biscuit malt and aromatic hops. Quite dry and a little watery but good balance of fruit and pine fills the mouth and nose with flavour. Decent
Kegged for your pleasure! Flawless American style IPA from Bristol Beer Factory. Easily drinkable and insanely high quality for the price paid. Highly, highly recommended. ½ pint at the source, North St, Bristol.
Surprised I haven't rated this before as I quite like it. Cask pelt trader. Well kept. Hoppy piney smell and well balance flavour. Looks good, tastes good
Bottle. Pours hazy dark orange. Fresh aroma of pine, muted tropical fruit. Nice carbonation. Taste is as expected for Citra and Amarillo, fruity but not overpowering although quite sweet, balanced background malt, some bitterness to finish. Very easy drinking. Might be my perfect session APA this.
lovely! lovely lovely lovely.
Cask at GBBF 2017. Clear deep golden, medium white head. Bready malt, piney, citric and perfumy hops.
Citrus fruits, orange, tangerine, straw, sweet caramel malts. Gold, medium, creamy, white head. Light bitter. More grain and cereal malts, citrus fruits, bittersweet orange, soft carbonation, medium bodied. Very nice, rich and well-balanced. Cask at GBBF17, Kensington Olympia.
nice ish smells, not very nice malt smells. ok pa but could be more something or less something. something
Bottled, thanks Sigmund! Cloudy pale amber, rich coarse head. Distinct citrus aroma. Dryish with medium body and rounded, spritzy mouthfeel. Citrusy and lightly minerally. Mid bitter finish. Elegant.
Cask at Old Hales beer festival. Amber. Taste is cereal and ginger, with a citrus tang.
Poured a hazy orange to gold colour with white head and medium carbonation. A hoppy beer with good citrus orange notes.
500ml bottle. Slightly hazy golden orange pour with a thin white head. Aroma is hoppy, tropical fruits, peach. Taste: Sweetish tropical fruit, pale malt in the background, some pine, fairly low bitterness makes it very easy drinking. Medium body and nice smooth mouthfeel, soft-medium carbonation.
Pale blond with light haze. Aroma and flavour have some citrusy hops. Clean, fresh and easy to drink.
Pours a pale hazy colour. Taste is floral and grassy. Quite an easy drinking beer
Tried in bottle from Real Ale Store, Newark. Hazy rich golden colour with a thick white head. aroma citrus, tropical, and peach. Taste medium bitter. Slight oily. Nice.
Pours clear gold, persistent thin white head. Slightly musty. Really really dry, nicely bitter. Refreshing. Not complex, but a good first pint with loads of hops. Decent.
Cask at The Hop Inn, Newcastle-Under-Lyme. A clear pale amber colour with a medium white head. Aroma of orange, grapefruit, some lemon, slight pine, a little peach, a hint of biscuity malts and subtle grassy, floral hops. Taste of orange, grapefruit, some lemon, slight peach, a little pine, a hint of biscuity malts, maybe caramel and subtle floral hops. Medium bodied and soft carbonation. A dryish, fruity, citrus hop bitterness in the finish. A really nice, hoppy APA with a good amount of fruit and slight sweetness. Really drinkable, nice.
Bouteille 50cl, de et partagée avec Pierre et Thomas. BB 31.05.2017. Batch # 1829.
Couleur orange, col blanc crémeux léger.
Arôme au nez fruité tropical et agrumes assez plaisant. Rétro malté contre-balance le tout apportant des effluve smalts plus en avant, centrées sur le malt pâle.
Palais est fruité assez US dans l’approche, léger tropical, avec des notes agrumes rappelant le Cascade et autres houblons C. Caramel et caractère grains restent plus en avant. Très léger, se boit facilement tout en gardant une inspiration anglaise niveau levure, malgré ce côté américain dans l’usage des houblons.
Draught at Waterloo Tap, London. Slightly hazy golden beer with a nice lasting offwhite head. Fruity hay aroma, grass, grapes, some grapefruit, tiny sourish. Fruity grassy flavor, citrus, hay, floral notes. Kinda thin.
Keg at Draft House Seething. It pours a clean golden color with a small white head. Aroma is crispy grassy with notes of dried leaves, grains and lemon peel. Taste is also crispy grainy and tangy with notes of grass grains lemon peel and a medium bitter finish. Medium bodied with good carbonation. Overall, refreshing
Cask at the Brighton Beer Dispensary. Pours orange with white head. Nice lacing. Citrus, ripe fruit, caramel malts, biscuit. Sweetish with bitter finish.
Bottle from the Co-op in Williton. Pours a copper colour with a good foaming head. Great malt flavour and attractive flavours of tropical fruit and grapefruit. Hints of pine in the finish. Very pleasant aroma and good aftertaste. Definitely worth trying again.
I did try it again. It is still very good!
9thJuly 2020.
Bottle at home. Pours hazy amber with a thin white head. The first whiff shows that this is one hoppy beer - pine resin galore with an earthiness that reminds me of a patch of nettles on a hot day. The sip has a little sweetness, immediately followed with a massive bitterness. There is a juicy maltiness in the background, but the overwhelming taste is of nettle, wood and resin. As you would guess, a raspingly dry finish. I found it slightly unbalanced, but I suspect the hopheads put there would like this.
Fra fat på Piccadilly Tap 15 Feb 16. Delt med Rune. Aprikosfarget. Lavt tett stabilt skum. Kompakt teppelacing. God fruktaroma. Mest fersken. Smaken grapefrukt. Bra - men lite variasjon.
Bottle. Bronze/orange, off white frothy head with heavy lacing. Aromas of grapefruit with strong caramel backbone. Immediate grapefruit bitterness, mid palate pine and an earthy, biscuity finish. Good balancing malt background tames a hop forward beer. Slightly over carbonated
Large head misty amber pour medium carbonation aromas pine caramel stone fruits mint note the flavours resin sweetness malt biscuit caramel grapefruit medium bitter stone fruit note of herbs medium bitter lemon best notes at the finish pine sweetness bitter taste resin very well made APA
Origin: Tap. Vessel: Tankard. Supplier: Bootlegger (Bristol). Sweet and fruity with hints of hops.
Hazy gold with a thin white head. Pineapple, passionfruit, citrus aromas. Similar taste, good malt backbone and a little pine bitter finish
grapefruit aromas from an amber gold body with no head, smooth grapefruit flavour with a sweet finish
At just on cool and into a snifter. Brilliant, orange amber on first pour. Hazed on second. Head is a plume of soapy, white suds Piney, resinous, spicy and herbaceous, whole hop nose inches stinging nettles, vine clippings, camphor, sap resin, lemon balm and pandan. Full on aroma for a modest strength ale. Quite piney and dry with a backbone of dusty malts and dried herbs on the palate. Creamy and foamy in feel with a moderate to light body. Camphorous and lasting, peaking bitterness rolls in every sip. Overall hogely resinous with a plump, hoppy aftertaste. Low esters, low fruit restrained to grapefruit notes and little else. Madly sessionable stuff. (50cL, BB 29/09/15, Luckies Liquor)