Yippee IPA
Picaroons Brewing Company in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada 🇨🇦
IPA - West Coast Regular|
Score
6.28
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First brewed in 2006, before the days of this whole IPA craze. The name Yippee IPA actually existed before the beer was ever brewed. We knew we needed a solid IPA to back that solid name, and thus Picaroons’ first entry into the IPA world was born.
Label Drawing by Tom Giberson.
Label Drawing by Tom Giberson.
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6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
500ml bottle. Slightly hazy orange, copper pour, with a big white head. Aroma is very grassy, and herbaceous. Notes of dried tea leaves, hay, and dr s cut grass with some light pine. The body and carb are just perfect. The finish is quite bitter, with alot of pine resin and grasses,but still retains its slight spice and herbaciousness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Feb 2025
at 05:43
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tap @ the brewery. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are fruits, flowers, hops and malt. Light bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Jul 2023
at 23:32
6/10
Tried
on 01 Jul 2019
at 23:52
3.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 2
Overall 3.5
2018 and the beer still looks the same. I was kinda hoping that at the turn of the year, all the beer would be different: styles, colour, smell, and so on. I guess life isn't so interesting: modest head and brown body, soft murky caramel aroma of no important repute. The flavour is totally not IPA but more like a soft english bitter, making this even more offensive than I expected. Chug it an move to the next one. Maybe time for a next one. Just bad, man. Just bad.
Tried
on 02 Jan 2018
at 23:54
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap at John Browns. Pours a clear amber gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges and laces. Aroma has lots of earthy grain and grass with some bread and biscuit underlying. Flavor has earthy grains and biscuit with some grass coming through.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Oct 2016
at 13:25
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
50cl bottle at the Rossmount Inn, St Andrews NB. A rather cloudy amber pour with a ring of head; malty taste; with a fruity bitterness. Rather inspiring and disappointing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Oct 2016
at 04:48
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
A golden ipa with a thin white head. In aroma, nice Caramel malt with light grassy floral hops, grapefruit pulp, treacle, pleasant. In mouth, a nice biscuit malt with grassy floral hops, grapefruit pulp, treacle, light butterscotch, pleasant. On tap at Festibière de Gatineau 2016.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 May 2016
at 17:34
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Clear dark amber with a tiny white head that doesn’t last. Prominent toffee and honey nose with faint grass and pine notes. Light sweet toffee with a muddled medium- bitterness. Medium slick mouth with soft carbonation and a short bitter finish. No date on this bottle, but I’m hoping it is just off. Will update if the next one is any better.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Nov 2015
at 18:58
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Tap sample at the source. Slightly hazy medium golden color with a smallish off white head that persists for a good long time. Aromas of butterscotch are front and center and kind of ruin this one for me. Moderate earthy pine and citrus with a bit of caramel to back it up. The flavor follows the aroma quite well. Medium body with a moderate level of carbonation and a bitter burnt sugary mouthfeel. Too much diacetyl for my palette
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Jul 2014
at 18:30
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from The Met Liquor Store, New Westminster, BC; when I had it apparently it was brewed by Northampton and not Picaroons
Amber color, hazy, with creamy head. Mild aroma of caramel, butter, earth, manure. It has a round mouthfeel, a good caramel and toffee flavor, with evident but not disturbing butter, bold bitterness, and a good share of hop resins; it also has a limited fruity contribution from the hop. Long final.
A solid brew, bold, pleasant, with a personal character.
Amber color, hazy, with creamy head. Mild aroma of caramel, butter, earth, manure. It has a round mouthfeel, a good caramel and toffee flavor, with evident but not disturbing butter, bold bitterness, and a good share of hop resins; it also has a limited fruity contribution from the hop. Long final.
A solid brew, bold, pleasant, with a personal character.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Aug 2012
at 13:00