Pours a golden caramel colour with a soapy white head. Head eventually drops to a thin layer, but some decent retention and lacing is on show.
Nose offers up lots of yeasty, bread aromas along with fruit esters: tropical fruit predominantly, along with some citrus. Slight toast to the malt gives a strong whiff of sweet caramel, and there is a faint hint of floral hops in there.
Plenty of flavour on first taste. There is a decent creaminess to it, complimented up front with a healthy dose of honey sweet malt. Yeast and bread flavours are there too, but the hops slowly come to the fore and hit you with a medley of tropical fruits, tons of grapefruit, mild spices and resinous hop flavour.
Good finish with a moderate level of bitterness and a bit of sourness from the grapefruit. Malt sweetness also sticks to the palate to give some balance at the end.
Medium/full bodied with a decent creamy texture and great carbonation levels. Clean and crisp, with a low level of astringency, this is a well balanced offering from Brakspear.
Good rounded brew overall, but may not be to everyone's liking due to the heavy grapefruit flavours, but I enjoyed this one
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