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And Union Friday Can

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Rating:

89% of 100

25 Reviews

Style

IPA

Country

Germany

Brewery

And Union

ABV

6.5%

Bottle Size

330ml

Serving Temp

4-6 °C

6.5%

330ml

Details
Brewery Info
Reviews

Details

Brewers & Union work with both German and Belgian brewers to develop a fantastically rich range of artisan beer. All are unfiltered so have a lovely full texture and flavour. While angered by the monotonous flavours so widely available in lager, they have a wonderfully realistic philosophy "We don't believe we can single-handedly change the world of beer, but with a little raw passion, blind optimism and reckless resolve, we can perhaps make a difference."

All of And Union's beer is brewed in partnership with small, well-established Bavarian breweries. Pouring deep copper, Friday is their take on an American-style IPA. Sweet mandarin, cooked peaches and brown sugar aromas bring to mind homemade peach crumble, with resinous pine flavours layered over a muted caramel backbone. Robust and nicely balanced, with a medium body and lingering, dusty finish.

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Brewery Info

Formerly known as Brewers & Union, And Union work hand-in-hand with brewmasters in Germany and Belgium to develop the finest, most authentic lagers and ales. Rebelling against the big breweries’ lack of passion, And Union challenged themselves to find some of Europe’s oldest family-run breweries in search of the best artisanal brews.

The oldest brewery they work with is almost 500 years old, and the youngest is a venerable 90. Obsessed with flavour, aroma and balance, And Union beers are traditionally brewed in small batches with the process taking up to 16 weeks. You can’t rush craftsmanship, and if you’re looking for beer with history you’ve come to the right place.

Reviews

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Awesome

100%

Review by Ry 19/09/2019

Awesome beer for a Friday

Not bad, but not my favorite

60%

Review by Dominik 03/08/2019

Nice IPA. Very rich and malty, with strong yeasty presence, almost marmite-like. I prefer must IPAs fresher, more resiny/fruity.

Excellent

100%

Review by Jimmy 28/07/2019

A fantastic IPA with barrels of flavour, happy , bitter and an aroma to die for , they don't get much better than this

A go-to beer for me

100%

Review by Piers 11/07/2019

A lovely crisp IPA with a one finger head of fine bubbles and mild carbonation and a fair haziness.
smells very nice, small oranges on the smell and other hops.
taste wise it is an IPA with a reminder of a "Ruby Beer", such as Leffe Ruby, very interesting. mild Bitterness keeps the flavours in check.
Drinkable? YES!

full of flavour

80%

Review by Vikki 25/05/2019

what an amazing IPA, full of the flavours you would want, hoppy, fruity, bitter and citra, amazing

suitable for any day

100%

Review by cecily 15/05/2019

an amazing beer, like being hit in the face with a hoppy sledgehammer, gorgeous

Fantastic

100%

Review by Daniel 02/03/2019

A great IPA.
Very fresh tasting and drinkable.
Will buy again.

Good beer!

80%

Review by Simon 04/02/2019

Lovely example of an IPA...fresh and hoppy, very drinkable snd smooth.

Yum!

80%

Review by Alex 18/07/2018

Great fresh IPA, v drinkable

4.25

80%

Review by TonyL 14/03/2018

Marvelous. A wonderful balance of hops and malt. One of my fave IPAs.

Fantastic

100%

Review by Jon 07/03/2018

Even better than the Sunday can, this is truly delicious beer , Will be getting more of these for sure

More!

100%

Review by Myles 06/03/2018

Great drop. So well balanced.

Malty

60%

Review by Dudes Brews 27/02/2018

Had a very strong malty flavour for me with some biscuit and bread notes, a nice fruity hop flavour too but not quite what I was expecting

A shade off 5 stars but Ill award them all

100%

Review by Chris 27/02/2018

This is great stuff. sophisticated brew great in tin and bottle. Class design tin too

Not very good

40%

Review by sophie 19/02/2018

Very average and some off flavours present / brewing flaws. Won’t but again

Sweet!

80%

Review by Benabrewski 16/02/2018

Really enjoyed this.hoppy,but not in ya face!theres citrus and lots of candyfloss on the palate,and tangerines and sweets on ze nose.
Ill drink again.

Amazing

100%

Review by Brendan 16/02/2018

Amazing IPA don ein the American style, truly gorgeous any day of the week

Wow

100%

Review by Bran 01/02/2018

This is really really seriously good beer, really easy to drink which is a bit dangerous considering the abv, a slight sweet citrus feel to it and lovely hoppy notes

Friday

100%

Review by Llamaman 26/01/2018

So good Rebecca Black wrote a song in its honour.
Thankfully, the beer is a lot better than the song.

Ooooh my god!

100%

Review by Ryan 19/01/2018

Love this IPA, it tastes amazing gutted i only order 1 can.

That Friday feeling

80%

Review by Snapey 17/01/2018

A really well made American IPA from Germany, when the Germans do something they do it right. Strongly hopped with a fresh peach fruitiness, malty deepness to balance out the hops a little. Unfiltered for that added fresh taste, one I could drink all night.

Perfect

100%

Review by Danton 17/01/2018

Now this is a fantastic IPA full of hoppy flavour, slight bitterness and a slight sweet undertone

Friday

100%

Review by Devsbeer 02/01/2018

Such a good IPA! Well done!

Crisp & Hoppy

100%

Review by Neale 19/12/2017

Awesome unfiltered IPA, refreshingly crisp & hoppy.

And Union Friday

80%

Review by @BileysMullet 10/12/2017

Big fan of this brewery and this is my favourite sampled so far. A really good beer. Recommended.