Garrison Brewing Company Hoppy Boy

Hoppy Boy

 

Garrison Brewing Company in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada 🇨🇦

  IPA - West Coast Regular
Score
6.79
ABV: 6.5% IBU: 50 Ticks: 14
Hoppy Boy IPA previously known as Hoppy Buoy – has the following notes:

First, we tweaked the recipe for a crisp, clean flavour and refreshing IPA bitterness. Next, we wrapped it in bold new green and navy branding and simplified the name. Finally, we put that tasty brew in a can! Hoppy Boy IPA is a shipload of hops packed with citrus notes a nautical mile long.
 

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

Tried from Can on 11 Nov 2025 at 21:46


8

9300 distinct

Tried from Can on 09 Jul 2025 at 12:27


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

473ml can. Pours a slightly hazy orange gold with a medium, foamy, long lasting, ecru head that leaves soapy curtains of lace. Mild fruity aroma of bready pale malt, orange, mango and floral hops. Sweet fruity flavour of biscuity pale malt, grapefruit pith, mango, peach and pine resin in a dry, bitter finish. Medium body with an oily texture and average carbonation. Refreshing and easy to drink.

Tried from Can on 18 Jun 2024 at 04:45


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Flight at brewery. Pours cloudy golden yellow. Aroma has some citrus, pine, and some heavier notes.Flavour is juicy with citrus, pine, and some warm malts; more like a British IPA. Drinkable but pretty basic.

Tried on 27 May 2024 at 19:02


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Tap @ the brewery. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are bitter hops, fruits, flowers and malt. Nice long bitter finish.

Tried from Draft on 03 Jul 2023 at 21:12


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Poured from the tap (at the Seaport Beer Festival). Clear-ish gold with full white head. Grapefruit and floral hops with mild biscuit malt.

Tried from Draft on 05 Aug 2022 at 00:25


7

Tried on 15 Jul 2019 at 13:46


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Glass, 4-ounce, draught, during the Festibière de Gatineau, savoured on June 10 2017; eye: amber, clear, no effervescence, ring of tan head, light lacing; nose: basil, English hops, slight spices, malt; mouth: basil, English hops, slight spices, malt, finale in hops with presence of malt-caramel, medium body, average carbonation, mildly bitter, slightly sweet, grainy texture; overall: fine

FRANÇAIS
Verre, 4 onces, durant le Festibière de Gatineau, savourée le 10 juin 2017; œil : ambrée, limpide, pas d'effervescence, anneau de mousse fauve, légère dentelle; nez : basilic, houblon anglais, très léger épices, malt; bouche : basilic, houblon anglais, très léger épices, malt, finale en houblon avec présence de malt-caramel, corps moyen, carbonatation moyenne, moyennement amère, très légèrement sucrée, texture granuleuse; en résumé : bien

Tried on 05 Apr 2018 at 15:11


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Pours a hazy amber from a bottle with some green-brown sediment. Nice tropical fruit aroma, dank hops. Similar flavor with some malt backbone. Pretty good beer.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Aug 2017 at 19:01


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

A golden ipa with a thin lacing off white head. In aroma, nice biscuit malt with resinous floral hops, light citrus, treacle, light and smooth. In mouth, a nice biscuit malt with resinous floral hops, grapefruit pulp, light tropical fruits, very nice and smooth. On tap at Festibière de Gatineau été 2017.

Tried from Draft on 10 Jun 2017 at 14:33