Catherine Wheel
Bellwoods Brewery in Toronto, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
IPA - Belgian Rotating Out of Production|
Score
6.99
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An American style IPA fermented with a Belgian yeast. The hops used add a fresh grassy character the gives way to soft floral notes. The natural Belgian yeast phenolics create unique clove aromatics with a slightly pungent undertone. Rounds off with a dry finish and a solid white grapefruit bitterness.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught@Moeder Lambic, Brussels. Yellowish golden colour, mediumsized white head. Aroma is fruity, floral, wooden and some toffeeish notes. Flavour is fruity, floral, mildly nectary notes along with some toffee and herbal notes.
Tried
on 31 Aug 2015
at 01:03
6.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draught (7,3%) @ Lambic Foeder. Rated on 25.06.2015
Aroma has fruit candy, some citrus and mild biscuity tones. Flavour has sweet and soapy citrus, some herbal notes and gooseberry bush. Also gooseberry bush. A wit on the sweet-ish side.
Aroma has fruit candy, some citrus and mild biscuity tones. Flavour has sweet and soapy citrus, some herbal notes and gooseberry bush. Also gooseberry bush. A wit on the sweet-ish side.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Jun 2015
at 04:05
7/10
Tried
on 26 Jun 2015
at 22:58
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
(bottle) cloudy pale yellow orange colour with a small beige head; aroma of grapefruit, then bit of funk; dry flavour with a long light bitter finish
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Feb 2015
at 17:57
6/10
A hazed dark amber ale with a thin white head. In aroma, nice biscuit malt with grassy hops, honey, light mineral notes, fruity esters, light oxidation. In mouth, sweet fruity malt with light grassy hops, light mineral notes, treacle, light butterscotch, OK. Bottle from brewery, 5 years old.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Sep 2014
at 12:35
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft - Grassy with Belgian fruity esters and spice. Cloudy gold with a rich white head. Creamy with some pithy grapefruit and yeast notes. A bit muddy in flavours
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Jul 2014
at 10:55
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from the brewery. Cloudy light orangey yellow with a small white head that leaves fine lace. Big grassy nose with some citrus and pepper. Medium sweet malty start with an excellent bitter citrus middle and end and the Belgian yeast providing a lightly spicy character that enhances rather than distracting. Medium slick mouth with soft carbonation and a dry finish. Excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jul 2014
at 19:07
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
500mL bottle, sent from wilco (thanks a lot, Mike), pours a cloudy golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is hugely enchanting, with both loads of hops and Belgian yeast -- bringing out loads of piney hops, some tangy citrus notes, Belgian yeast, and floral notes. Flavour is along the same lines, with loads of piney and floral hops, some citrus, and a wonderful Belgian yeasty note that creates a nice tang on the finish. Exceedingly well-structured and immensely drinkable. Belgian IPAs are a tricky style to get right, but Bellwoods totally nailed this. Wonderful.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jul 2014
at 20:16
7/10
Flavor is not as full though; orangey, soapy, airy, light, small bitter finish. Flavor doesn't have depth and body is too light
Tried
on 21 Jan 2014
at 17:00
7.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle: Poured a deep orangey color ale with a huge foamy head with good retention and some good lacing. Aroma consists of citrus and bitter hops with subtle fruity notes. Taste is also dominated by bitter hoppy notes with some citrus notes with light fruity undertones with a lightly sweet malt backbone. Body is somewhat full with good carbonation. Enjoyable but the Belgian yeast didn’t come out a much as I was expecting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jan 2014
at 19:19