Belgian Bonsai IPA
Main Street Brewing in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
IPA - Belgian Regular|
Score
6.89
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Ferris (26026) reviewed Belgian Bonsai IPA from Main Street Brewing 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draft - Sweet yeast and lemony notes. Clear gold with a rich white head. Sweet yeasty and lemon notes with a sweet bitter finish. Not bad.
crit200 (5324) reviewed Belgian Bonsai IPA from Main Street Brewing 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Light amber,small beige head.Nose of spicy belgian yeast,fruity notes.Medium yeasty palate,fruity astringent mid.Medium spicy bitter hop finish
Gerbeer (8214) reviewed Belgian Bonsai IPA from Main Street Brewing 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
On tap. Pours a copper color with light head. Aromas of toffee and candied fruit. Flavors of same with pine and dill. Nice Sorachi Ace effort without overkill.
fiulijn (28382) reviewed Belgian Bonsai IPA from Main Street Brewing 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draught and cask at the brewery
Keg (7-4-7-3-14=35): cloudy copper-amber color with small hard. the malt an hop aroma is milder than expected, with also a light biscuity note. Correct body strength, highly carbonated, therefore smooth mouthfeel; the malts are quite caramelly, the sweetness is moderate, it has a quite sharp ’Belgian’ yeast character, strong bitterness, and just light Sorachi presence. somehow too bitter in the end, with vegetable bitterness too.
A bit messy.
Cask, dry hopped with Sorachi (7-4-7-4-14=36): same color, same cloudiness, the sprinkler created more head. Same aroma. Lower carbonation, smoother; the flavor is then softer too, more apparent sweetness, the hop shows a bit more character.
Nice.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Belgian Bonsai IPA from Main Street Brewing 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Hazy light amber, light estery aroma with caramels and a vague hoppiness. Moderately bitter up front, then a fair bit of sweetness kicks in, with light phenols (plastic) and tree fruit esters. Decent.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Belgian Bonsai IPA from Main Street Brewing 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
On tap at Main Street, pours a hazy orange with a medium white head. Aroma brings out Belgian yeast, some candied fruits, and some resinous hops. Flavour is less Belgiany, with piney hops, dry crackery malt, and finishing with some yeasty and fairly prominent astringency. Very well-balanced, with no harsh edges. Very nice beer.