Session IPA (India Pale Ale)
Big Rock Brewery in Calgary, Alberta, Canada 🇨🇦
IPA - Session Series|
Score
5.33
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If hoppy makes you happy, this Pacific Northwest-style IPA is your beer. We brew it with two kinds of delicious Yakima Valley Cascade hops, in such a way as to deliver the maximum heavenly hoppiness to your tastebuds, with the minimum bitterness.
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
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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3.1/10
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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.
Tried
on 28 Feb 2025
at 05:21
4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottles from Waterton NP 7/29/2014
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Apr 2021
at 14:51
6.6/10
Clean and light. Not a lot of hop. But well done and balanced. Sk LB. okay beer
Tried
on 29 Dec 2020
at 22:14
6.8/10
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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.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Jul 2019
at 23:00
5.4/10
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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.
Tried
on 12 Jun 2019
at 17:25
5.2/10
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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.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Oct 2017
at 23:56
3.4/10
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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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Dec 2015
at 20:31
6/10
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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.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Feb 2015
at 17:01
6.5/10
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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.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Feb 2015
at 19:21
6/10
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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.
Tried
on 22 Nov 2013
at 15:28