Witchshark
Bellwoods Brewery in Toronto, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
IPA - Imperial New England / Hazy Regular|
Score
7.50
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Named after the elusive creature with the head of a shark and the body of a boy that first swooped in on a broom during construction of the brew pub, this imperial IPA can elevate a bad day to good. The Witchshark is shy and mischievous, but once you let him into your heart you’ll see why this intense brew is such a popular one.
Highly drinkable, with well-balanced bitterness, restrained malt character, and tons of tropical mango and tangerine notes.
Highly drinkable, with well-balanced bitterness, restrained malt character, and tons of tropical mango and tangerine notes.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Purchased at Bellwoods in Toronto, ON, enjoyed in Chicago and shared with friends. Awesome stuff. Appearance is a cloudy amber gold with a thin white head. Aroma is a great citrus / weed smell...not sure any other way to describe this. Taste is similar to the aroma, great flavor.
Tried
on 09 Aug 2013
at 18:11
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours orange amber with white head. Nose and taste of grapefruit rind, resin, pine, birch sap, spicy malt and caramel malt. Medium body. Finishes bitter hop and peach resin.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jul 2013
at 17:58
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Late night bottle. Pours orange with nice head. Nice nose of tropical fruits and piney hops. Tastes of pineapple, oranges, pine, caramel, rock candy, earth, with a semi sweet finish without being cloying. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jun 2013
at 21:58
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
This ipa poured a medium amber colour with a beautiful, rich, frothy head. Scents include grass, spruce and citrus hopp scent most predominant. First sip was very hoppy but not quite astringent tasting.Hand full of hop though. Finish is bitter with grassy notes lingering.
Tried
on 01 Jun 2013
at 17:31
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle - Hoppy grapefruit/orange with some sweet malts. Clear copper with a thin white head. Hit of bitterness, orange pith and some malts. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 May 2013
at 15:18
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle: Poured a medium amber color ale with a large foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of citrus and resin hops are quite power full with some bitterness discernable. Taste is also dominated by loads of citrus notes with some resin and some medium sweet caramel malt. Aftertaste is quite bitter with maybe not as much floral aromas as I would have liked. Body is quite full with great carbonation and no apparent alcohol. Well brewed though a bit too much Cascade for it’s own good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Nov 2012
at 13:37
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
650mL bottle, sent from Glouglouburp (thanks a lot, Dany), pours a hazy amber with a small off-white head. Nose is rich on both truckloads of resinous hops and a big portion of caramel malts, a bit of a syrupy quality to it as well. Flavour is very similar, but without the syrupy qualities, with truckloads of resinous hops, lots of grapefruit, some further back tropical fruits, and loads of caramel malts. Leaves a very puckering and extremely pleasant grapefruit-heavy, hoppy bitterness, coating the whole palate. Very full-bodied An unexpected gem from Ontario - this is truly excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Nov 2012
at 20:19
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Draught at the brewpub
Hazy amber color, with small head. Very nice aroma of hops, resiny, piney, with some lemoncake. Strong body, with toffee and malt flavor, plenty of hop resins, piney character, and bitter oranges too.
Classic North American IIPA, brutal.
Hazy amber color, with small head. Very nice aroma of hops, resiny, piney, with some lemoncake. Strong body, with toffee and malt flavor, plenty of hop resins, piney character, and bitter oranges too.
Classic North American IIPA, brutal.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Oct 2012
at 10:35
8.5/10
Fresh fruit, bit of brown sugar, lots of grapefruit, flesh and rinds combined. Really intense and good.
Tried
on 15 Oct 2012
at 19:24
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
(On draught at the brewpub, Sept 28 2012) Pours a clear amber with an inch of fine, dissipating white head that left a little lace. Aroma big on grapefruit-heavy citrus, some pine, tropical hints, very little malt coming through. Flavour big juicy citrus up front, some floral greenness, pine and just a little caramel. Bitterness comes in mid-palate and finishes quite dry but not overwhelming. Body is moderately full, carbonation active but fairly light with no detectable alcohol. This is a perfectly balanced hop-forward DIPA that keeps sweetness and bitterness both in check and lets the flavour shine. Great job Bellwoods!
Tried
on 04 Oct 2012
at 16:44