I like good beer though. So, in light of the recent, controversial Fool's Gold article (possibly aimed at ltd ed. beers only), I think I'll prefer to leave the indignation to others and get on with the yeast as best I can.
This was a lovely IPA from Partizan, brewed with some bit fruity new world hops which gave it a wonderful and huge fresh orange kick off the nose and a wallop of Fanta in the gob, with a lovely, long and satisfying bitter finish. Bit thin perhaps, but that's the style to be appreciated rather than a nit to be picked. But there was a huge amount of sediment! I thought for a moment that it might have contained orange bits, like a Tropicana, the flakes were that large. I bought a fair few bottles of this at the time (6 I think, a few as gifts) and on one of my less careful pours, I simply couldn't avoid including some yeast which really tainted the taste for me.
I understand this beer was brewed as part of the Rainbow Project, an initiative asking 7 big UK breweries to contribute a rainbow coloured beer. I would've loved to try this Partizan out of a keg - no yeast issues would've made all the difference for me I think.
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