Two Birds Bantam IPA

[manticle]

Founders all day ipa and temple anytime are two other examples of this stylistic interpretation. Both tasty beers.

 

[Danwood]

8 Wired's Semi conductor is another.

They do have a place imo, so long as the beers body supports the supposed increased hopping.

As you mentioned, Mant....when last in the UK, I had numerous 'IPAs' which were around 4%.

All off hand pump and all nice beers, but they were all bitters at best. I'd be very surprised if any were much over 40IBUs. I hate marketing ***** bending/breaking rules to sell products.

 

[mje1980]

If I was drinking quality ales off a hand pump I wouldn't give 2 ***** what they labelled it as haha.

 

[Spiesy]

Founders all day ipa and temple anytime are two other examples of this stylistic interpretation. Both tasty beers.

Founders would have to be my favourite brewery of 2014.

 

[philmud]

I definitely don't get onion & garlic from this! I agree that it's a bit cheeky calling it an ipa though. I'm also a bit underwhelmed by most of their beers but this is their stand out to me.
I wonder if their approach to designing beers is restraint? Maybe they are trying to brew accessible beers that will appeal to mainstream drinkers?

 

[manticle]

Maybe we are just exposed to too many beers designed to wow the drinker with a punch in the face?
Drink a trumer, a westmalle, a fullers esb.
Lovely, deep, complex, harmonious. Doesn't need to rip your tongue in half. If you want apples with apples - sam smiths india pale.

 

[Dan Pratt]

Had this today and.....another average attempt of a IPA. Be it a session beer it had very little hop character and low aroma. From the taste it was all Aussie hops and no where near enough of them. More like a summer ale at 20ibu.

 

[wide eyed and legless]

IPA it says on the front label. Just cracked one of these. Tastes of onions and garlic, checked the bottle and it isn't even an IPA at 4.7% Apparently its a Session India Pale Ale according to the blurb on the back label. Also says it should have tropical fruit salad notes, not onions and garlic. Verdict - terrible.

Looking on the upside, you would only need plain crisps to go with it.