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St Austell Proper Job Delivery

Proper Job is a strongly hopped, 5.5% IPA from Cornwall’s St Austell Brewery. St Austell’s beers are almost always good so I am expecting good things.

St Austell Proper Job IPA

From the Austells Mouth

Proper Job is an authentic IPA brewed with Cornish spring water and malt made from a blend of malts including Cornish grown Maris Otter barley.

Does it smell like a Proper Job?

Proper Job Smells a little like lemon curd, grapefruit and malt. It smells much more fruity than I expected, a result of the chinook and cascade hops I imagine. It is medium gold in colour and has a light medium mouth feel.

The taste is all about grapefruit when you first try it, and as expected it is very hoppy. There is clearly a excellent selection of hops in here yet it doesn’t have a biting bitter nasty taste that you can get from overly hopped beers.

When you have had a bit more than half a pint, the yeast and hops mingle into a place where there flavours dance and balance. The bitterness comes through more and interacts with the fruity flavours, but says balanced in a happy place where there is malt sweetness, fruity bitterness and lots of drinkability.

The balance and poise that is almost a trademark of St Austell are the thing which always shines through for me and makes everything they touch turn to gold.

St Austell Proper Job is 5.5% so you can keep your Stella, this is a proper man’s drink and I could drink it all night long if only a local would put it on tap.

If you are looking for a nice and fruity session IPA then this is definitely a good choice.

Proper Job is dedicated to the 32nd (Cornwall) Regiment who stoutly defended their garrison during the Indian Mutiny in 1857-58. Throughout the siege the traditional “Sunset Ceremony” (beating the retreat and lowering the national flag) was ignored as an act of defiance to the mutineers. In recognition of a “Proper Job” Queen Victoria awarded the 32nd the honour.

You can buy it directly from the brewery at St Austell Brewery.