Tiny Rebel Baby's Got A Temper
| Brewery: | Tiny Rebel |
|---|---|
| Abv: | 8.0% |
Tiny Rebel are a Newport microbrewery set up in
- Although based in Wales, their beers seem to be quite widely available in the 'craftier' beer shops in London.
In addition to their core range, they also produce one-off beers in their "Tiny Batch Editions" and I'm pleased to see that a significant chunk of these batches end up in bottles.
This is the second Tiny Batch Edition, Baby's Got A Temper. It's an oak aged 8% double IPA, which should mean it's a seriously big beer.
It's a fairly dull amber colour in the glass, with a fine bubbled, fairly flat head on it. The nose is sweet with floral citrus notes, and just a hint of alcohol – but there doesn't seem to be any evidence of the oak ageing.
The taste is surprisingly restrained – there's a reasonable malt backbone, some tangerine fruit and a decently big hop bitterness towards the end, but it doesn't have a huge body and the alcohol really doesn't come though. It could easily be a 5% IPA instead of a monster. And there's still no hint of the oak.
It's a slight disappointment because I love double IPAs; don't get me wrong, this is a tasty enough beer but it's not much of a monster.
This review was originally published 10th May, 2013. It was last updated 1st June, 2023.