Yaletown Brewing Co. Loading Bay IPA

Loading Bay IPA

 

Yaletown Brewing Co. in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦

  IPA - West Coast Regular
Score
6.47
ABV: 6.2% IBU: 48 Ticks: 12
A style originating in Britain but surpassed in the New World. Ours is robust, dry and flavoured with bucket loads of spicy Pacific Northwest hops.
 

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5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 5 Overall 5.5
On tap at Yaletown. Pours clear pale gold with a white head. Old resins on the nose. Flavour has stale pine, resins, and a slightly chewy malt character. Not bad, not great.
Tried from Draft at Yaletown Brewing Co. on 17 May 2026 at 21:47

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
On tap. Pours a copper color with light head. Aromas of bready malts, a bit of cardboard and hints of pine and fruit. Flavors of toasted malts, bitter grapefruit and a bit of pine.
Tried from Draft on 18 Feb 2024 at 00:56

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Poured from the tap. Clear gold with small white head. Pine hops, biscuit malt, simplistic, but decent.
Tried from Draft on 31 Aug 2022 at 00:39

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Sharp lime and grapefruit. A little better than the other three I had here but everything is relative here. Golden pour with decent head and lacing. Bitter and tangy finish. Tap at brewery.
Tried from Draft on 12 Sep 2021 at 02:46

5/10
Tried from Draft on 01 Apr 2017 at 19:31

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Amber, slight chill haze. Thin head. Earthy hop nose with a touch of biscuity malt and some overripe fruit. Moderate bitterness and the fruity hop taste is still vacillating between overripe orchard fruits, and subtle berry character.
Tried on 25 Jul 2016 at 13:29

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Has a soft hoppy aroma with nothing else on it. Nice copper body and decent head, minimal carbonation. Flavour is fruity hops with a dry finish. It’s a nice IPA for sure, I’d drink it again, but I likely wouldn’t remember it among so many good IPAs out there.
Tried on 13 Aug 2015 at 12:27

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
On June 21, 2015. At Yaletown Brewing Co., in Vancouver, British Columbia.Hoppy, light citrus, bitter taste. Hoppy, citrus aftertaste. Medium mouthfeel, medium high bitterness. Clear, deep golden color, white head. Sweet, a bit hoppy scent.
Tried on 09 Jul 2015 at 12:19

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Draft - Bright grapefruit and a nice caramel backbone. Clear copper with a rich beige head. Lots of grapefruit, with some caramel and a nice sweetness. Finish has a bit of resin. Pretty good.
Tried from Draft on 13 Nov 2014 at 13:26

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
On tap at Yaletown, pours a clear full copper with a small off-white head. Aroma brings out spicy hops, syrupy caramel, and bready malt. Flavour is malty but not sweet thankfully, with spicy hops and dry caramel bready malt. Not my kind of IPA at all, but this is well-enough balanced. Average.
Tried from Draft on 06 Sep 2014 at 15:18