Scarborough Fair IPA
Wold Top Brewery

Scarborough Fair IPAScarborough Fair IPA
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From:
Wold Top Brewery
 
England, United Kingdom
Style:
English IPA
ABV:
6%
Score:
81
Avg:
3.44 | pDev: 16.28%
Reviews:
13
Ratings:
27
Status:
Active
Rated:
Oct 11, 2020
Added:
Sep 23, 2012
Wants:
  1
Gots:
  5
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Rated: 3.59 by mistahmojoryan from Canada (SK)

Oct 11, 2020
 
Rated: 3.34 by Dreyski from England

Mar 17, 2019
 
Rated: 3.43 by Beer_Rabbit66 from England

Feb 03, 2019
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Reviewed by JonnoWillsteed from England

3.64/5  rDev +5.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
L -Pale amber, pours with 5mm white head now very slowly reducing.
S - There's perfumed fruity notes here, lychee is the obvious one for me.
T - Yes, briefly lychee first for me, then straight in to quite prominent dry hopping.
M - It's refreshing for a 6.0%, over on the hoppier/dryer edge of styles.
O - But it does it with crafting, and subtlety, so it's a proposition rather than a hop-hammer.
- Bought from Waitrose, Windsor. BB: Unclear, there appears to be a line of ink-print on the botton, but no way I can read it. Very drinkable, lovely balance on the modestly heavier/dryer side, I'd happily buy this again.
Trivia: Wold is an 'olde English' word for hill.
Nov 04, 2018
 
Rated: 2.84 by jhart96 from England

Nov 25, 2017
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Reviewed by EmperorBevis from England

3.55/5  rDev +3.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Bottled
Amber body with nice thickish multi sized bubbles of white head that stays
It smell like tangerine jelly that's just been made up with boiling water
There's some malt and some citrus hop and tge slenderness bit of bitterness
Seems a tad thin and fizzy
It's okay especially a low gluten beer
May 11, 2016
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Reviewed by Malt_Man from England

3.17/5  rDev -7.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Served cool from 500ml bottle into pint mug.

L) Deep golden colour, clear, no head, and only a very thin film.

S) Hardly anything, a mere hint of hops.

T) Up first is a caramel smoothness, then a sharp slightly metallic bitterness. An intriguing citrus freshness there too. A lot going on, some good, some not so good.

F) Easy drinking, carbonation is light, there is a bitter aftertaste and it does dry your mouth.

O) Not sure how to right this one up, if it was in the 4 for £6 offer at Asda, it would be ok, but it never is, it is out on its own as a premium beer at £2+, so struggling to recommend it.
Apr 01, 2016
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Reviewed by Martine from England

3.8/5  rDev +10.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Pours golden straw into a tulip glass from a half pint bottle. Offwhite head dissipates quickly down to froth after a few moments leaving minimal lacing. Beer is visibly carbonated, and resembles a lager.

The nose is very subdued but one can detect creamy citrus, particularly lemon and grapefruit, and some biscuity malt. There's an astringent quality to the aroma as well as a mineral water freshness.

The flavour comes across quite bitter on the sip with plenty of pithy flavours, grapefruit zest, lemon peel, and sour citrus. Languidly this evolves into more of those biscuity notes and light malts, but not before taking you through lemongrass, florals, some vegetal bitterness, and ending with aromatic hops. There is a distinct lack of sweetness in this beer, with the stress mainly on those bittering flavours, which - for me - doesn't disguise the alcohol that well, but those bitter flavours do bleed away giving a pleasant aftertaste.

It feels light bodied, lightly carbonated, and with a tingly tangyness that lingers on the tongue. The body is a nice balance of wet and oily giving it good feel in the mouth. Despite the noticeable 6% is isn't drying.

I find this beer a good match for the style with a nice refreshing quality to it. Very nice.
Mar 31, 2016
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Rated by ViennaSausage from Canada (NL)

1.48/5  rDev -57%
look: 3.5 | smell: 1.75 | taste: 1 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.25
This beer was very disappointing. It was a terrible IPA. No real essential "hop" bitterness, which you would expect from an IPA. Wouldn't recommend.
Feb 24, 2016
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Reviewed by Borbly from Canada ()

4.26/5  rDev +23.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Pours a light amber body with a soft white head that dissipates to a thin film. The scent provides very delicate tones of citrus, floral, and pine notes, nowhere near as overpowering as American IPAs but more appreciable than many English IPAs. The taste carries an echo of the citrus and pine from the aroma, along with a dominant bitterness that spreads across the tongue. The feel is fairly smooth, though if I had to make a complaint it would be on the lingering bitterness. Overall one of the best English IPAs I've had, and it's gluten-free? Man, sign me up for more of this!!!
Feb 15, 2016
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Reviewed by CharlieMills from England

5/5  rDev +45.3%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Look: Fresh, clear golden color, no sediment. Usually a one finger head (sometimes more depending on the temperature of the beer) that slowly fades like most IPA's and leaves a ring that clings to the side of the glass. Light carbonation, perfect for the style.

Smell:Fresh, sweet hops; hint of citrus.

Taste: Very balanced, hoppy, slight bitterness, and fruity. Sweet hop taste but not sugary.

Feel: The alcohol is almost untraceable despite being 6% abv. Perfect carbonation that works well with the balanced flavors. Dry finish.

Overall: This is the best British, bottled IPA I've tried, it's a perfect beer in my opinion. It always sells well in my area and it's not hard to see why. Highly recommended.
Feb 08, 2016
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Reviewed by JaimeLondon from Brazil

3.36/5  rDev -2.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Hey Wold Top, would you please let me know why you put maize in this beer. Yes yes, I read on the bottle that it was used for "foam retention", but I don't get why a beer with good potential is made with maize. The maize turns the color of this beer into a transparent golden color (not nice), the smell with unplesant maize notes, the taste with just some hints of malt notes (not tasty in fact) and the body extremely light. I would say that the trade off for the foam retention (in fact, this beer leaves a nice lace) is not worthy.
Well, it's not bad actually.. it just could be better. Bitterness, hoppiness and fruitiness are at good level, making the beer not unpleasant at all. It might be better in sunny days.
Jun 30, 2015
 
Rated: 3.53 by Tdenham from England

Apr 15, 2015
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Reviewed by interzen from England

3.98/5  rDev +15.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
500ml bottle - half served into tulip glass for tasting notes.

Look: Deep, dark golden yellow - no trace of sediment or other cloudiness. Single fingers-width of white head with good retention. Receded to a bubbly foam cap and left behind a moderate amount of lacing.

Smell: Slightly sour, which I found rather odd given the 'best before' date of December 2015. Get past that, however, and there are metallic hints along with the grains and earthy hops. Slightly offputting, but by no means unpleasant.

Taste: Slightly firmer ground here - get past the smell and there's a nice balance of spiciness (cloves, pepper, maybe something coriander-ish?) and fruits with a nicely balanced hoppiness to finish. The hops aren't as in-yer-face as, say, an American IPA, but then this isn't an American IPA - it's more like the traditional British variety.

Feel: Quite nicely dry and bitter - good balance of hops and malt and a sensible amount of carbonation. Quite a light feel given the ABV.

Overall: To be fair, I'd not have known that this was gluten-free if I'd not read the bottle blurb - this might explain the slightly sour smell; my experience with gluten-free beer is limited to, well, this one. Even so, as British-styled IPAs go it's not bad. Not as aggressively hopped as its American counterparts but I don't think it suffers for that. Even better, it's another fine example of the beers put out by local (to me, at least) breweries. Not bad. Not bad at all.
Mar 06, 2015
 
Rated: 3.5 by gnikola from Serbia

Sep 19, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by jscal10 from Italy

May 05, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by joemcgrath27 from Canada (AB)

Jan 20, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by safaricook from Netherlands

Dec 29, 2013
 
Rated: 3.5 by goalie35 from Canada (AB)

Aug 18, 2013
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Reviewed by BlackHaddock from England

3.65/5  rDev +6.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
500ml Bottle: BBD end of Aug 2013. Poured into a UK pint sleeve on 1 Jul 2013 at home.

Orange to light amber body, almost clear: on top a full and deep uneven carpet of white bubbles.

Mixed bag of flavours and smells: the nose was both fruity and spicy with a malty backbone. The taste also both fruity and spicy, again with malts hanging around, however the hops also added a new dimension, a semi-dry bitterness that pushed the malts into the background even further than in the aromas. Some yeasty notes in the taste also.

Good body depth and the alcohol level suited the brew. All in all a good beer.
Jul 01, 2013
Scarborough Fair IPA from Wold Top Brewery
Beer rating: 81 out of 100 with 27 ratings