BEER REVIEW: 412

BREWER: Two Flints, Berkshire, England

STYLE: Double IPA

ABV: 8%

VESSEL: 440ml tin

DATE OF POST: 29th August 2025

 

JYMI SAY’S…

To be frank, upfront, Big Frank is big. Like, right up in your grill big.

Starting off with a big boozy dank nose you’re soon led swiftly to an upfront big boozy and dank flavour… delightful! But it did get me thinking, one tin of this intensity and the drinker would have certainly had their fill. However, these thoughts were had after only one sip, so definitely too early to be drawing any conclusions.

You see, as you make your way through Big Frank it without doubt starts to mellow out. It remains boozy yes, but not too boozy. There’s a lovely bitter hop level too, but again, not too much, allowing Big Frank to develop into a very juicy beer.  With notes of lime, orange and a tickle of coconut this is actually a seriously drinkable brew… but steady now, remember the strength of this pup at all times or you’ll roll into that canal before you know it!

With very clean packaging and a long, gently fading aftertaste, I conclude that Big Frank is an incredible beer.

Job done Two Flints, job very well done.

Jymi’s Rating: 90%

 

SAMMY SAY’S…

In the year of our Lord, in the season when the air hung warm and the taverns hummed with merriment, I happened upon a vessel most curious—a metallic flask bearing the name Big Frank, adorned not in splendour but with honest intent. Its outward garb was unremarkable, yet within it lay a trove of learned graphics and pleasing counsel, such that the inquisitive drinker might ponder its depths before even wetting the tongue.

Upon pouring, the liquid did resemble set honey beneath morning light, crowned with a noble head that stood as if to greet the onlooker. As the scent did rise, I discerned mango and lemon in gentle congress, evoking a vision of far-off tropics where fruits ripen beneath generous suns. The aroma danced with grace—neither bold nor fleeting—offering an overture to what followed.

I drank, and lo! The mouth was greeted with exquisite feel—neither cloying nor flat, but round and silken as the embrace of velvet. Sweetness of pineapple did lead the procession, a stately and deliberate march, before giving way to a bitterness both firm and dignified. The shift from dulcet to stern was so tempered, so refined, that I found it mirrored the wisdom of age: pleasure met with purpose.

As I journeyed deeper into the chalice, a warmth emerged—honeyed, mellow, like the memory of a kind word long after it was spoken. Each draught bore balance; each swallow called forth quiet contemplation.

Though its garb may lack ornament, Big Frank is no trifling ale. Nay, it is a draught for men and women of taste and discernment, for those who seek grown-up joy in grown-up bitterness. Big Frank, as some might declare with mirth, hath landed—and with him comes satisfaction not easily forgotten.

Let the lesser ales babble and boast. This one speaks in measured tone, and to those who listen well, it doth reward richly.

Sammy’s Rating: 92%

 

MUSE ON BOOZE RATING: 91%

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M O B 2025