473mL can, pours a lightly hazed pale golden with a small white head. Nose has big resinous hops, citrus rinds, candied orange, and sweet bready caramel to back. Flavour is quite malty for a IIPA, with lots of candied orange, citrus rinds, resinous hops, and a chewy caramel malt backbone. Too malty and sweet for my tastes in a way that regular Octopus was not. It’s still reasonably made, but the sugars and malty overshadow the hops here. Okay.

Can from the LCBO. Hazy medium amber under a lingering frothy cream coloured head that produces spotty lace. Nose has generous grains, citrus, pine, grass, light honey and some mineral notes. Light malt sweetness with a big citrus peel and pine bitterness. Mouth is medium+ and creamy with average carbonation and a bitter finish. A little fuller and more warming than the regular Octo.

Can from the LCBO. Hazy orange, large white head. Grapefruit, cereals, pine resin. Nice mouth feel, solid carb, medium bitter. Citrus finish, herbal notes, not bad, not great.

Clean, golden colour with nice tiny bubble carbonation, creating a big frothy white cap, very long lasting and leaving some foamy spots. You can smell the cereal grain base in this one, with some orange-pine notes, some grassiness and a tad honey. Good bitterness in the taste, building nicely. Taking over the dryness actually. Some good citrus flavours with the mild grains, grass and honey. Might be the alcohol that kicks the bitterness a notch, but not much lingering warming. Gets a bit hazy at last pour and the head gets creamy. Not a bad old school Double IPA with quite enough bitterness.