Plima Double IPA (The Garden Brewery) By @SpectreUK

I have a curry takeaway tonight. A treat for a hard few days. One mom is still in hospital after 9 weeks from a fall and various infections, and my own mom has a habit of falling over in her flat. She has an alarm necklace, but my sister worried when she didn't answer a regular call, and also many calls later, so out we went around midnight last night. She's okay, just really hard of hearing, and was in bed asleep. The mind can spiral terribly to every worse case scenario.

I reckon this Plima Double IPA will help to cheer me up and wash down my Lamb Rogan Josh with chips. At 7.4% in volume the front of the can mentions citrus and berry hops, with creamy flavours of coconut. Produced by The Garden Brewey, in Croatia, Extra Pale, wheat flakes, wheat malt, and oat flakes, were used in the brewing, as well as Citra, Amarillo, and Sabro hops were used, and also JuiceMachine yeast.

On opening the can this hazy pale ale poured with a frothy excitable head. There was a strong predominant berry smell that I wasn't familiar with from other India Pale Ales, with a slight citrus aroma as well as wheat and malted barley.

On taste Plima Double IPA had a warming spicy berry bitterness to begin with that was perfect against the frosty frozen landscape outside. A little citrus hops followed all those berries, with body from the oats, and sweetness from the pale malts and wheat.

Gorgeous with my Lamb curry and chips the spices and berries in Plima really complemented all the lamb spicy goodness. I'd definitely have this again.