The background about Sharp's Brewery in Rock, Cornwall was given in yesterday's post. IPA, or Indian Pale Ale, was first brewed in the nineteenth century. Naturally preserved by high alcohol content and strong hops, the beer was well set to survive the long and hot journey under sail to India. With Atlantic IPA, Sharp's say that they have taken the essence of the original IPA and modernised it to create a crisp beer with a superb dry finish and a light golden colour.
The brewery sits on Cornwall's Atlantic coast and so they say the naming of the beer came naturally. The Royal National Lifeboat Institution's commitment to saving lives at sea is legendary and so the brewery support their cause by donating a proportion of all sales of Atlantic IPA to the RNLI.
After the disappointment of Doom Bar, I was not expecting much of this beer. However, I was agreeably surprised. the CAMRA Good Beer Guide describes it as 'Lightly sweet and fruity, the finish is sweet and first then dry and lingering.' Exactly - very nice. ABV is 4.8% but no details provided on ingredients. Not bottle conditioned.
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