Waterloo Brewing Company IPA

IPA

 

Waterloo Brewing Company in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦

  IPA Regular
Score
5.58
ABV: 5.2% IBU: 32 Ticks: 14
Our crisp and clean Canadian IPA is medium-coloured and slightly hoppy. Its citrus hops and caramel maltiness make this a distinctly drinkable IPA, delivering the substantial body you expect without going over the top.
 

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6.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

473ml can. Pours a slightly hazy amber copper with a small, creamy, long lasting, off-white head that leaves soapy curtains of lace. Aroma of caramel malt, orange peel and floral hops. Sweet flavour of bready caramel malt, grapefruit, honey and grassy hops in a dry, mild bitter finish. Light to medium body with an oily texture and soft carbonation. Lacks character.

Tried from Can from Wine and Beyond - Lethbridge on 20 Nov 2025 at 05:31


2.3
Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 10

A very sweet, malt dominant beer. Less \"IPA like\" than Keiths. Not offensive, but also not an IPA as we know it today.

Tried on 23 Sep 2025 at 20:03


4.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4

Can via the lickbo.
Clear amber, small white head. There is that cheap malt, and corny veggie aroma with some light piney hops. Regular carb, and mouthfeel. Finish is a medium bitter, with some light hops and more sweet, corny, veggie malts. This was bad.

Tried from Can on 28 Feb 2025 at 05:36


4.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Can sample at a tasting at troubles' place. Thanks Odi. Clear golden. Graininess, malt, a bit of hops, sweetish, bitterish finish.

Tried from Can on 29 Jul 2018 at 11:35


5.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4

This IPA poured a nice amber colour with a frothy off white head. Medium lacing. Scents include a little caramel dough and metal. First swig was not bad. Not overly hopped, nice and malty. I’m good with it. Flavours of caramel,toast and hay. Finish is malty with a little hoppy bitterness lingering.

Tried on 28 Jan 2018 at 23:25


7

Tried on 07 Feb 2017 at 23:52


4.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

Can from the LCBO. Clear copper colour with a quick fading one finger white head. Nose is mostly malts with honey and biscuit and just a hint of floral hops. Taste follows the nose with a moderate honey and toffee sweetness and only a hint of bitterness. Mouth is quite light and thin with soft carbonation. Not much else to say. 5/3/4/2/9-

Tried from Can on 08 Mar 2016 at 18:24


6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Can: Poured a medium amber color ale with a large foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of light bitter hops with light caramel malt hops. Taste is also dominated by bitter hops with a limited flavour profile with some lightly sweet caramel malt notes. Body is a bit light with good carbonation. Taste like an IPA that was brewed at the turn of the century.

Tried from Can on 07 Nov 2014 at 08:39


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Glass, 4-ounce, draught, National Capital Beer Festival, savoured August 17 2012; eye: coppery, clear, no effervescence, tiny ring of brown head, average lacing; nose: malt, light hops, grain; mouth: malt, grain, light hops, finale in grain, medium body, average carbonation, lightly bitter, grainy texture; overall: ordinary FRANÇAIS Verre, 4 onces, en fût, National Capital Beer Festival, savourée le 17 août 2012; œil : cuivrée, limpide, pas d’effervescence, petit anneau de mousse brun, dentelle moyenne; nez : malt, léger houblon, grain; bouche : malt, grain, léger houblon, finale en grain, corps moyen, carbonatation moyenne, légèrement amère, texture granuleuse; en résumé : ordinaire

Tried on 24 Nov 2012 at 06:21


5.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Second bad IPA i’ve had tonight. This one is better than the beer academy in that its drinkable, but worse in that they didn’t even attempt to do the style. As much of an IPA as alexander keiths. Only a little better of a lager at least

Tried on 26 Oct 2012 at 22:22