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Clear Head IPA
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Clear Head IPA

A 0.5% IPA brewed with Citra and Mosaic hops and a measure of lactose, made in collaboration with mental health charity Talk Club.

About This Drink

Clear Head is built around two American hops. Citra and Mosaic do most of the work here, pushing mango, grapefruit and lemon zest through the aroma before you've even taken a sip. A small addition of lactose rounds out the body without making it sweet, which stops this from feeling thin in the way some low-ABV IPAs do. In the glass it pours clear gold. The carbonation is tight, the mouthfeel medium, and the bitterness lands cleanly on the finish with a slightly tacky, lingering quality. For 0.5% it carries itself well. Bristol Beer Factory brewed it with Talk Club, a men's mental health movement, and five percent of sales go to the charity. That's worth knowing, but it's not why you'd drink it.

Ingredients

Water, barley malt, wheat, hops, yeast, lactose

Key Specs

Per 100ml

ABV
0.5%
Calories
21 kcal
Sugar
0.9g

Dietary

GLUTEN-FREE

Tasting Notes

Taste

LEMON CITRUS GRAPEFRUIT BITTERNESS TROPICAL MANGO PEACH STONE FRUIT SUBTLE FUDGY SWEETNESS FROM LACTOSE

Aroma

MANGO GRAPEFRUIT LEMON ZEST SHERBET PALE BISCUIT MALT

Character

Appearance
CLEAR GOLD WITH FINE WHITE HEAD
Mouthfeel
MEDIUM BODY WITH TIGHT CARBONATION SMOOTH AND ROUNDED FROM LACTOSE
Finish
DRY AND SLIGHTLY TACKY BITTERSWEETNESS WITH LINGERING HOP BITTERNESS
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Key Specs

Per 100ml

ABV
0.5%
Calories
21 kcal
Sugar
0.9g

Dietary

GLUTEN-FREE

Tasting Notes

Taste

LEMON CITRUS GRAPEFRUIT BITTERNESS TROPICAL MANGO PEACH STONE FRUIT SUBTLE FUDGY SWEETNESS FROM LACTOSE

Aroma

MANGO GRAPEFRUIT LEMON ZEST SHERBET PALE BISCUIT MALT

Character

Appearance
CLEAR GOLD WITH FINE WHITE HEAD
Mouthfeel
MEDIUM BODY WITH TIGHT CARBONATION SMOOTH AND ROUNDED FROM LACTOSE
Finish
DRY AND SLIGHTLY TACKY BITTERSWEETNESS WITH LINGERING HOP BITTERNESS