Brew By Number 25|01
Brewery: Brew By Numbers
Style: White IPA
ABV: ~7% (Mine was 7.4%)
Hops: Citra & Mosaic
Malts: 40% Raw and Malted Wheat
Colour: Rich Golden Orange
Brew By Numbers are a brewery based in Bermondsey London, and they have possibly the most ingenious way of naming their beers. The first number denotes the style of beer, where 25 on this beer means White IPA, and the second numbers denotes the recipe. This makes the process of releasing a beer much easier as they don’t have to come up with groovy names like Beavertown, but in my opinion it makes craft beer much more accessible to the masses as they know exactly what style they’re getting and how it varies to another beer of the same style.
25|01 is no exception to the genius that are employed in Bermondsey, this beer reeks of pine, bitter orange peel and subtle pale malts (in a good way). At ~7% you can even smell that this is a big beer, the big pine notes are typical of an IPA. What makes this a ‘white’ IPA is the malt bill being 40% wheat. Both malted and raw wheat are used in this recipe and it does something stunning to the mouthfeel of the beer.
In the mouth the beer is carbonated ever so lightly to give a subtle tingle, accompanied by the huge bitter orange note, that verges on pineapple sweetness and piney freshness. There is a backbone of dark malts complimented by the ever so smooth mouthfeel given by the wheat added to the recipe. A sweetness not just from citrus but a brown sugar type sweetness adds to the smoothness of this beauty. This is a beer that is hard not to fall in love with, it’s everything you want out of a new wave, craft IPA. It is hugely fruity with subtle malts and a loving bitter finish that lingers so beautifully in the mouth. Brew By Numbers have excelled in creating this beautiful reincarnation of a typical IPA and deservedly get:
9.8/10
