Jump Ship Brewing Flying Colours Pale Ale

  

Flying Colours is the 2nd beer from Jumpship Brewing.  A small Scottish brewery that only brews No/Low Alcohol beers.  Jumpship was set up by Sonja Mitchell in 2019 after she left her job in marketing . In Sonjas own words “I love beer. I love sailing. I don’t like hangovers.”.

Sonja gets to combine her 2 passions through Jumpship, with the beer they brew and the nautical flag themed art of the cans. After the success of their first beer Yardarm lager Jumpship decided to brew a 2nd beer. This first went out to a lucky selection of 100 people to get their feedback and after the great feedback and a little refining of the recipe Flying colours was born. Flying colours is described as "quite punchy with a kick of lime and luscious tropical fruit aromas"

Brewery:      Jump Ship Brewing           Beer:     Flying Colours

Style:            Pale Ale                           
Hops:           Armarillo,  El Dorado

Country:      Scotland                     

Other:          Gluten Free and Vegan

AF Beer Explorers Thoughts

The pour:  This pours with a nice clear brown colour.  Lots of small bubbles create a nice head but this disapears quickly.  

Nose:  Im getting quite a malty smell from this one.  The Armarillo hops give it a slight citrus aroma to it.

Taste:  This has a nice Biscuity base to it.  There is definitely hints of lime to it but not overpowering.  Then leaves bitterness behind.  

Overall this is quite an enjoyable beer the malt profile is just right and the lime is there but not overpowering.  

7/10


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