Ilkley Lotus IPA
Cask and bottle; Regular.
India Pale Ales were made for transport overseas and are strong in alcohol and strongly hopped. Our golden coloured Lotus IPA is both of these and more with summit hops from New Zealand and cascade hops from America giving strong aromas and flavours of mango, grapefruit and all round citrus.
India Pale Ales were made for transport overseas and are strong in alcohol and strongly hopped. Our golden coloured Lotus IPA is both of these and more with summit hops from New Zealand and cascade hops from America giving strong aromas and flavours of mango, grapefruit and all round citrus.
3.4
156 reviews
Ilkley, England
Community reviews
A fairly straightforward new world-y IPA. Hazy, white head, sweet citrus aroma, grapefruit and mango in the flavour giving it a sweet hit that's borderline sickly to my taste. Gimme a well chilled can of it and I'd be all over it.
Cask pint at the Crosse Keys, Gracechurch Street. Pours golden with a white head. Aroma of malt and citrus. Bitter taste and finish.
Pint in wetherspoons Newcastle. Had a few of these over the years and enjoyed them but for some reason not reviewed. Solid ipa. I preferred the other labelling.
Can. Hazy gold, thin but lasting white head and gentle condition. Big fruity nose with lemon citrus, melon and passion fruit, a touch of grassiness, and a hint sweet grain. Full bodied and peppery in the mouth with a gentle sweet grain note, becoming chalky dry and hop bitter with time, some citrus and grassy hops persist and there is a faint background yeastiness, finish is long, dry and lingering bitterness and a slight peppery spiciness.
Slightly dank aroma with some mature fruit. Fruit continues into the flavours, some floral there too, with a slightly bitter background that comes through more strongly at the end. Subtle malt throughout. Very nice.
Danke an minutemat. Süffiger, stark hopfiger Antrunk. Geringe Bitterkeit, grasig, würzig herb. Süßlich fruchtig, konstant bitter, klebrig. Noten von Honig, etwas trockener Hintergrund, langer, etwas holziger Abgang. 10/11/11/11/10/11
19th Nov 2018. Monthly Share Group meeting in Chez Sophie, Shrewsbury, only three of us this time. 330ml can, cheers Mike. Misty old gold body, white topping. Hoppy, earthy, bitter, dank; some citrus action too.
33cl can from Latitude, Leeds.
Thin white head. Clear golden pour. Nice bitterness.
330 ml can from Beer Hawk, bb 11/2018.
Deep gold, clear, occasional bubble racing to the surface.
Nose - malt, malt, malt. And some more caramel on top.
Taste - malt. Some shy fruit in the background.
Bitter malty aftertaste.
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From a beer hawk mystery case. Pours orange with a nice head. Fresh mild hop aroma. Great taste of hops , malt , lemon , fruity. Chewy IPA.
Pours almost clear yellow-golden, topped with smaller white head. Lots of tropical fruits, mango and pineapple. Piney. Very nice. Milder bitterness with some fruitiness. Herbal aftertaste. Light body, fresh and sparkly. A bit too harsh on the herbs in the aftertaste.
Canned 330ml. -at Pivoteka Zagreb. Golden coloured, medium sized white to off-white head, hops and touch of caramel in the nose. Sweet malty, caramel, herbal hops, mild citrusy and some light bitterness with rather sweet finish. Not so fresh example.
Sweet and grassy aroma, some rye maybe, citrus. Hazy orange color with small sized white head. Taste is also grassy with that same sweet bubblegum-ish rye note. Mango and lemon. Medium body, soft carbonation, silky. I've seen some bad ratings from people drinking it from the can, but keg was really nice and fresh. Maybe it's just me, maybe is something wrong with the cans. //tap at Craft Room
On tap at Craft Room, Opatovina, Zagreb. Shared with lovely Anja. Murky golden, small off-white head. Lightly to moderately hoppy, fruity, citrus, orange, maybe peach, tropical notes. Also malty. Not getting the English hops if they were in fact used. Light bitterness. Aromatic. Medium body, moderate carbonation, light finish. Average.
Pours amber with a off white head. Aroma of citrus, floral and some caramel. Taste is grapefruit and caramel
Can I reckon. Hazy golden body, white head. Huh, sadly, this was a bit oxidized, caramelly maltiness was the only thing in the aroma. Sweetish malty taste, with some very light orangey hops. Okay. To be rerated fresh at some point.
Tap. Pours light copper with white lace. Aroma has caramel malts and citric hops. Taste medium sweet and lightly bitter. Palate is medium bodied slick feel soft carbonation and bitter finish. It won me over with a drop of butterscotch.
Can online. Cloudy amber with a frothy, bubbly head. Aroma is fresh and fruity. Taste is light with citrus fruit, bitter with pine and a feint hint of chocolate. A perfectly drinkable IPA.
On tap at Kino Šiška Ljubljana. Notes of citrus and tropical fruits, pleasant bitterness and some bread notes. Good drinkability.
Can, 04/08/17. Aroma is conifer, slight pineapple, citrus. Taste is dry, not very bitter. Citrus, conifer. Somewhat wooden finish.
330ml can. Hazy golden amber colour with a white head. Aroma: grapefruit, citrus, resin, earthy pine. Taste: grapefruit, mango, citrus, pine, resin, slightly earthy, malt, lingering bitter finish. Medium body and carbonation.
Strong grapefruit flavour with light hopping. quite hazy with minimal head. Tastes more like a session beer but stronger
Bottled, thanks Sigmund! Hazy amber, rich head. Light citrus aroma. Dry with medium body and rounded mouthfeel. Grapefruit and caramel. Mid bitter finish.
Can from Marks and Spencer, Metrocentre, Gateshead. Hazy golden coloured with a very thin head. It has tropical fruit flavours and a malty, biscuit and zesty tropical fruity finish. Very good.
Sweet fruit , and a hint of malt on the aroma . Quite a thick mouthfeel , citrus flavours, then a bitter hop finish .
Keg at Beerdock Leek. A hazy golden colour with a medium white head. Aroma of passionfruit, mango, slight bubblegum, a little grapefruit, orange and subtle floral hops.
Taste of passionfruit, grapefruit, some orange, slight mango, caramel, a little pale malt and subtle floral hops. Medium bodied and an oily texture. A dryish, slight caramelly, fruity hop bitterness in the finish. An IPA with tropical fruit and malt up front and a light bitterness late on. Good.
Can from M&S. light amber with a medium head. Aroma of caramel and tropical fruit. Flavour is sweet malty hop, fruity with a caramel finish.
Can from Hopwater Cellar, Newcastle under Lyme. Pours golden. Mango, grapefruit, some resin. Good.
Light amber frothy head good lacing mango papaya some resin from the hop nice ipa from the lighter side of the spectrum.
Can from Hops and Crafts Exeter. Pours clear gold with a frothy white head. Aroma of grapefruit,papaya,,mango,blood orange with some hoppy dankness. Taste of grapefruit,pine,orange,mango with some biscuit from the malt. Light bodied, well carbonated the finish has pleasing bitterness,dryness & more hop flavours of grapefruit,mango,tangerine & pine. Well made !