Crew Republic Drunken Sailor

Crew Republic Drunken Sailor IPA

Brewed by Crew Republic Brewery
Style: IPA
München / Unterschleissheim, Germany

The company were formed when two former business consultants quit their jobs and started brewing beer? Timm and Mario, the well travelled duo, brought back to Germany with them hop varieties, yeast strains and plenty of ideas from their global adventures.

Crew Ale Werkstatt was what the new company was called, but later with a relaunch and the added workforce (a proper brewmaster) it became Crew Republic brewery.

Review: 330ml bottle of Crew Republic Drunken Sailor IPA: 6.4% vol.

“Handcrafted Beer from Bayern”, in a very cool looking bottle with a nice logo, nothing fancy but a nice written design of the the company’s name.

On pour get a nice good sized white creamy looking head, and a nice golden orange coloured beer appearing, all pretty decent on the eye.

Head maintains well and has some good lacing. A nice good looking beer.

The smell is very nice, getting a typical strong IPA aroma, all hops, the malts, tropical and citrus fruits, very pleasant on the nose, lovely.

Typical IPA style in the taste, not bad at all, all very hoppy but very manageable and very tasty. Sweet malts, caramel, the citrus and the hops all delicious and very well managed.

It is a nice relaxing brew, typical of the style but very easy to manage and all the flavours and tastes are very well balanced, and has a little extra than all the other IPA styles out there. The hops have their own unique tastes and are so soft, crisp and gentle on the tongue. If I was trying to get someone into IPA’s this is a beer I could choose, perfect example of the style.

A good beer, very good. Goes down very easy. Will be definitely checking out this beer again, really enjoyable, recommended.