Gladeye IPA

Hi Keiran here,

As promised I'm getting the beer reviews going today. To kick things off I've come to my favourite craft bar / brewery . Drygate is a craft brewery in the East End of Glasgow offering a huge selection of beers, great food and a bottle shop like Aladdin's cave.

The gates welcoming you to Drygate

I'll probably do a post later just about the bar and brewery here but for now I'm only going to tease at how good this bar really is (and trust me it's fantastic!). Today I'm going to focus on Gladeye IPA. It's one of the core rage of beers and was one of the original beers available here on opening day. I've probably drank Gladeye most out of the Drygate range so it seemed like a good place to start.

Pint of Gladeye IPA

Drygate say that Gladye is "Inspired by trident-forging Cyclops of brute strength and singular vision".

In my opinion it's a great beer and very easy drinking. Not as bitter as you might think from an IPA, Gladeye is heavy on malts but still has a great hop finish. It has a sweet taste of caramel from the malt and the hops add a nice citrus note to the smell and taste. At 5.5% Gladeye isn't too crazy and you can sit and session a few pints of this all too easily.

The caramel taste comes from the blend of malts, in Gladeye they use Lager Malt, Caramalt, Dark Crystal and Vienna. The citrus is a result of the hops, they use Centennial, Nelson Sauvin and  Cascade. Also its dry hopped with Cascade, I usually like a lot dry hopping to add that hoppy taste and aroma, but in Gladeye it's a bit more subtle. You aren't hit with a big kick from the hops and I think the balance between the hops and malts is just right on this one.

Gladeye is definitely an all round crowd pleaser  with something to keep all beer fans happy. this was the first Drygate beer I ever had and for me it's one of the best session IPAs out there, which is why I keep coming back to it. Whenever people ask me for a beer recommendation this is always one of my first suggestions.

I hope you guys enjoyed this and feel free to get in touch on twitter or in the comments with any feedback. I'll be back next week with a review from Brewdog, see you soon.

Hey everyone Keiran here,

As I am sure is obvious this blog has seen little  use since it was set up (more like none at all). That's about to change. Clark and I recently got the chance to drink together while he was in the UK, and after lots of talk we decided to really have a go at this.

Later today I will be putting up my first post up actually about beer. I'll be heading to the Drygate brewery and giving one of their beers a write up.

See you soon!