Benedict Arnold
Frampton Brasse

Benedict ArnoldBenedict Arnold
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From:
Frampton Brasse
 
Quebec, Canada
Style:
English IPA
ABV:
6%
Score:
78
Avg:
3.07 | pDev: 17.92%
Reviews:
6
Ratings:
14
Status:
Active
Rated:
Sep 09, 2017
Added:
Oct 06, 2012
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  3
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by smcolw from Massachusetts

4.1/5  rDev +33.6%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Huge, frothy head that settles slowly leaving a large dome and chunky lace. The color is dirty copper. Lightly hazy.

This smells like the English styled IPA with a strong caramel malt base. The next strongest aroma is the alcohol. The hop, while floral, is faint.

The flavor leans far more to the hop than the smell suggests. The malt, a bit drier than I'm used to, is solid. The hop increases slowly, giving the swallow balance. Moderately lingering aftertaste. Above average body; lighter carbonation. Overall, this is a decent example of the British IPA.
Sep 09, 2017
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Reviewed by Poljazz22 from Canada (QC)

3.5/5  rDev +14%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
A nicely floral IPA in the English style. Nice body with a persistent head, cereal and pale malt flavors with low bitterness for an IPA. Well balanced and subtle.
Jul 16, 2017
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Rated by Abbott from Canada (QC)

3.4/5  rDev +10.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 2 | overall: 3.5
Feel like carbonation is a bit strong, hence the poor rating on that front.
Nov 13, 2016
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Reviewed by Phyl21ca from Canada (QC)

3.81/5  rDev +24.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Bottle: Poured an amber/copper color ale with a large foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of dry bitter English hops with dry caramel malt notes. Taste is a solid mix of dry bitter English hops with light floral notes with some dry caramel malt notes with hints of residual sugar notes. Body is about average with good carbonation. I am usually not a big fan of English style IPA but I thought this was a pretty good take on the style.
Feb 16, 2016
 
Rated: 3.25 by fortyfield from Canada (ON)

Jan 25, 2016
 
Rated: 2.94 by Max8787 from Canada (QC)

Jul 23, 2015
 
Rated: 3 by Socialiste from Canada (QC)

Mar 19, 2015
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Rated by Franck from Canada (QC)

3/5  rDev -2.3%
More an American barleywine than English one. The smell of mineral water is the only English thing I found. Lack of flavors.
Dec 09, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by Casterbridge from Connecticut

Jul 11, 2014
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Reviewed by roddenberry from Canada (QC)

3.07/5  rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
Quite an effervescent beer, with an overwhelming head, even if poured gently in a cold wet vessel. It has an intense alcohol flavor (6%), followed by roasted malt and a hint of hoppiness. Pleasant at best, but not remarkable. For a beer described as an India Pale Ale/Strong Beer, I felt it was a bit too sweet and not bitter enough to my taste. Would actually go well with a beef/pork meal.
Sep 08, 2013
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Reviewed by TheDoctor from Canada (QC)

1.72/5  rDev -44%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 1.25 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
A:
Pours extremely "effervescent" (nicely way of saying 'violent explosion'). Slightly cloudy red-amber with an intense, airy off-white head that takes its time settling down. Great (almost too great) retention; and nice, ample, stringy lacing.

S:
Bready with a malty character on the whole. Yeast, cereals, some semblance of hops, but mainly smells like dough.

T:
Water that sat in a rusty pot for too long with a couple hops. Really hard to taste any hops at all, lots of gross burnt malt taste though. Aspirin at the end. Made me cringe.

M:
Really light and really 'meh.' Dry and insanely carbonated (way too much so). Like drinking beer-flavored Alka-Seltzer.

O:
Really bad. Not much that I can say beyond that. It serves 'em right for naming it after Benedict Arnold, I suppose. Most of the people I have met here are fascinated by Americans' hatred for him since a lot of people know about him since he ventured into Quebec. Well, if this beer doesn't make them come around to disliking the bastard, nothing will.
Would not get again. Don't even bother.
Jul 15, 2013
 
Rated: 2.5 by Molson2000 from Canada (ON)

May 06, 2013
 
Rated: 3 by cfalovo97 from Canada (ON)

Apr 15, 2013
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Reviewed by ZorPrime from Canada (QC)

2.72/5  rDev -11.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5
The color is copper. Extreme head sits on top of it. Very effervescent. Tenacious head too. Aroma is fruity with malts and some sugar notes. Tastewise, it's dull. Fruity. This doesn't even taste like an IPA. It's too effervescent to be good for the mouthfeel.

An ordinary beer in bottle. Review is based on the bottled version.

I've tasted it on tap, and its better... On tap, its more average than mediocre as the bottle version is.
Oct 06, 2012
Benedict Arnold from Frampton Brasse
Beer rating: 78 out of 100 with 14 ratings