Beer Blog & Beer Reviews

For these beers I am bringing out my new lidless, solid bottom, English pewter tankard. Its the perfect size for the full bottle and the purity of the beers I think deservies it.

Purity Brewery Mad Goose IPA

Lovley People, Nice to the Ecosystem

Well I can tell you having spoke to Claire at their office they are realy nice people and they are actually very much into the environemnt. I was a cynic when I read the labels promclaiming eco friendly ethics, but having read there literature and talked to the people i’m all for the green beer ethic purity brewing extoles.

Getting On and Drinking It

The beer is medium fizzy and pours well without fuss. There is a very slight caramel smell to the usual IPA tones of sweet hops and malty flavor. From the smell I think its going to be creamy.

On drinking you get Sweeness, quickly to bitter hops, then back onto the sweet malt before mellowing out into fruit aromas given by the cascade hops. Its doesnt leave the breath feeling too warm and the bitter drying finish at the very end, which can some catch the back of the throught, is there but it is very plesant.

The beer certainly doesnt taste like its been chemicaly treated (not that most do), and the taste is good. A lot of IPA’s I drink these days are far to plain, this beer walks the fine line between the plain jane and the interestingly drinkable. Its very nice to drink without being.. over the top.

Half way through drinking the beer the head doing well, and I am taking my time with this. The head lasts long enough to drink the beer through top to bottom.

What is in it?

Like almost all british beers these days, this is brewed with Maris Otter Malt. It gives a rounded nice malty flavor, but without too much going on. The Majority of the Nicer Malty flavors in the beer seem to some from the subtly creamy/butter tones supplied by the wheat malt included in the mash while brewing.

I’ve never heard of or used 2 of the three hops used in this beer, but they seem to hit the spot. Its definatly a good change from ‘good old’ Fuggles and Goldings, of which im becoming increasingly board despite my patriotic view of using british produce.

Mad Goose in a Glass

Is It Any Good

After all this talk about the green beer / eco friendly beer and the ingredients used, the one question I can hear you waiting me to get to is “is it a nice beer then?”

Well the answer is a definate yes.

The One thing Mad goose really does well is a balancing act. Its not so hoppy or mad that it is a party peice beer, but it is also very tasty with it. You will be able to drink this without having to make a big deal about it and you certinaly will be able to enjoy pint after pint of it.

There is a HUGE amount of competition in the IPA market and this beer not only has something to set its self apart being a em>green beer, it also tastes good. Its not out of this world crazy like Wipe Out IPA or BrewDog Extreme IPA, its just a good drinkable IPA with nice flavors. If it also helps the environemnt by me drinking it then I am all the more happy to drink it again!