Great Lakes Brewery (Canada) 666: Devil's Pale Ale

666: Devil's Pale Ale

 

Great Lakes Brewery (Canada) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦

  Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular
Score
6.78
ABV: 6.6% IBU: 66 Ticks: 40
The Devil, perched upon the shoulder of one of our brewers, whispered, with intensity, "Brew me a beer with 6 premium malts and 6 varieties of hops, at 66 IBUs, and 6.6% abv." The fire beneath the kettle bellowed. Dark clouds formed with each addition of west coast hops and specialty malts. Lightning flashed and thunder clapped. The brewer devised a plan. As the beer came to be, clouds parted, and pillars of sunshine beamed upon the brewhouse. The Devil may have coerced us into brewing this dark, bold and bitter Pale Ale, but the young brewer had made certain the beer did not contain all the 6's the Devil sought, rendering any evil forces in this beer futile. After all, the Devil doesn't brew beer. We do.
 

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7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

On tap at GLB, pours a clear dark amber brown with a medium beige head. Aroma brings out bready malt, toasted malt, and a hint of caramel. Flavour has bitter resinous hops, bready notes, and pine. Nicely bitter, with a good malt backbone. Really good.

Tried from Draft at GLB Brewpub - Great Lakes Brewery East Bayfront on 07 Nov 2025 at 16:30


6
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

On Tap are the victory cafe. pale ale eh? not sure i understand that, but whatever. nice nuttiness to it, slight sweetnes, and a nice bitter finish, nice beer. good seasonal

Tried from Draft on 27 Feb 2025 at 05:32


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

Many thanks to guys from the brewery! Taster. Lightly cloudy, amber colored. AROMA- toasted, earthy, caramel, fruity. FLAVOR- neutral, lightly bitter, toasted, fruity, earthy. Medium bodied. Good.

Tried on 05 Oct 2022 at 20:46


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Canned 473ml. -courtesy of and shared with Domagoj from Pivoteka. Out of BBE date for who knows how long because of unreadable print. Dark amber coloured, medium sized tan head, malt and caramel in the nose. Malt and caramel dominates in taste as well with notes of apples and touch of wood. Rather sweet finish. Not the freshest taste here but it could be even worse.

Tried from Can on 25 Jan 2016 at 16:17


6.5
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Sampled from a 473 ml can this beer poured a dark brown color with tan highlights and a huge creamy beige head that lingered forever and left excellent lacing. The aroma was gritty floral and fruity hops. The flavor was bitter, toasty, malty and had a moderate floral hop presence. Medium length hoppy finish. Medium body. Ok.

Tried from Can on 03 Nov 2015 at 08:58


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

Poured from 473mL can. Mahogany brown with off white beige head. Citrus and grassy hops with subtle apple. Quite a dry finish.

Tried from Can on 16 Feb 2015 at 01:16


7.6
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Can. Pours clear hazel, large puffy tan head, dissipates slowly, nice clumpy lacing. Aroma is citrus, pine, grapefruit, roasty malts, bread, perhaps a note of coffee. Flavor is light plus sweet, light bitter, pine, grapefruit, toasted bread, a note of toffee. Medium body, high carbonation. Nice brown IPA.

Tried from Can on 03 Oct 2014 at 18:15


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

473ml can from an LCBO in Toronto, ON. A mahogany brown pour with a billowing tan head - not what I was expecting - it says Pale Ale on the tin; a pleasantly hoppy aroma though with lots of pine; and a crisp fresh woody taste of a sweet, rather thin, malty body; and leaving a moreish bitter finish and a bitter chocolate aftertaste. The "Black IPA" category probably didn’t exist when this beer was created, but it would fit well there.

Tried from Can on 03 Jun 2014 at 18:48


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

Can 473ml. [ As Great Lakes Brewing Devils Pale Ale 666 ].Clear medium to dark brown - red amber color with a large, creamy, good lacing, fully lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, nutty, moderate to heavy hoppy, orange - citrus, grass, dusty hops. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, hoppy, caramel, dusty hops. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20140405]

Tried from Can on 25 May 2014 at 13:55


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

Mørk kobber skum hvid Citrus kaffe grape Bitter modrate sød lidt Vandede livligt @ f1/far ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Tried on 05 Apr 2014 at 15:18