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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7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
(500ml bottle from the brewery) Pours a quite hazy pale orange with a big bubbly white head that leaves a ring and a lot of lace. Aroma pungent/dank/earthy hops, orange and tree fruit from hops/yeast, slight pepper, Belgian yeast character, malt sweetness. On the palate, sweetness from pale and crystal malt plus fruit from yeast/hops at first, tangerine and tree fruit, plus grassy/dank hops. Malt sweetness fades pretty promptly, leaving a fruity core, and that dank herbal hop character leads to a dry, somewhat peppery finish with a bit of Belgian yeast but not much. It’s moderately bitter for an IPA. Mouthfeel is medium-full, carb moderate but lively and fine. The parallels to Cat Lady are unsurprising given the Summit/Simcoe core to this beer as well, but the slightly sweet fruity yeast character differentiates this from its sister beer. Both are great IPAs, and it’s a fine time to be doing bottle runs to Bellwoods...
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on 05 Dec 2013
at 20:12