Session IPA (India Pale Ale)
Big Rock Brewery in Calgary, Alberta, Canada 🇨🇦
IPA - Session Series|
Score
5.33
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Little Known Fact
The Cascade was the first North American-made aroma hop and the first hop variety from the USDA’s hop research program to be approved for sale since prohibition. It’s aroma is now one of the hallmarks of North American craft beer.
Session was added to the name in 2016, same ABV, so we changed the style accordingly
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Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 0.5
Golden pour quckly dispating head. Aroma of cheap macro malts and a hint of cheap hops might even be extract. Flavor is slightly corny and there is a sweet caramel flavor associated with the malt and the hop completely disapear. This is a boring runof the mill macro ale.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Bottles from Waterton NP 7/29/2014
Clean and light. Not a lot of hop. But well done and balanced. Sk LB. okay beer
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can as gift from Canada. Deep golden colour with a white head. Aroma malty and citrus. Taste light to mid bitter. Medium body.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Light grains if anything. Clear gold with a decent white head. Crystal malts and a touch of hop bitterness.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
473ml can. Pours a clear medium amber-copper with a medium, creamy, long lasting, off-white head that leaves curtains of lace. Sweet, mild aroma of caramel malt, grain and light orange peel. Sweet flavour of caramel malt, bread, orange peel and a hint of grapefruit with a mildly bitter finish. Light body with a thin, watery texture and soft carbonation. Disappointing. Very under hopped and lacking bitterness. Much more like an amber ale, not terrible just boring.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 3.5
Bottle labelled as "session" IPA. same diff. Very thin antique white head with a dark lager body. Vague hops aroma with slight detergent. Flavour is an odd harshness of malt and sour hops finish. Really bitter aftertaste. An odd one to be sure, can’t say I like this mix, far too sour even for an IPA.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5
Can: Pours hazy copper-brown with a small white head. Orange, slightly tropical fruit scent. Orange malt, orange-peel bitter, light caramel malt taste. A little earthy. Not bad, but pretty plain.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Can. Tangy orange- mango malt and orange peel aroma. Golden yellow with moderate head. Sweet orange malt and moderately bitter grapefruit peel flavor. Body on the light side.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
A hazed amber IPA with a thick frothy mocha head. In aroma, sweet caramel malt with piney herbaceous hops, orange pulp, nice. In mouth, a smooth sweet caramel malt with treacle, grassy surranated hops, a tad too much residual sugars but decent.