Octopus Wants to Fight IPA
Great Lakes Brewery (Canada) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
IPA - West Coast Regular|
Score
7.16
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Our pet octopus is a bit of a jerk. He’s that guy who has a couple then either tells you how much he loves you or threatens to fight you. So we brewed this IPA, with 8 varieties of hops and 8 types of malt. We targeted 88 IBU and 8.8% to appease him. Sadly, when he found out that we’d fabricated all of the above info, it only made him more volatile. We are starting to realize that Octopus was a poor choice for a pet.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sampled from the tap at the lakefront location. Pours a clear gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges and laces slightly. Aroma has sweet grains and mango with a bit of citrus and some sweet grass underlying. Flavor has slightly earthy citrus with a touch of mango and a light sweet grain backing.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Aug 2026
at 18:39
6.5/10
All hops, needs a little something else going on.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Nov 2025
at 16:37
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at GLB, pours a clear pale golden blonde with a small white head. Aroma brings out bright piney hops and light biscuity malt to back. Flavour reveals a complex piney hop character, a touch of citrus, and crisp biscuity malt. Forcefully hopped and yet balanced very well. Excellent.
Tried
from Draft
at
GLB Brewpub - Great Lakes Brewery East Bayfront
on 07 Nov 2025
at 16:39
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
A light golden body topped by a solid white head. The nose pops with fresh citrus and grapefruit with a faint hint of sweet malt. A solid bitterness leads the taste profile with elements of pine, resin, grapefruit, grapefruit rind and lemon. The sweet bready malt is there but is subdued. A soapy taste builds as the taste lingers. A lively medium-plus carbonation and medium body and density help appreciation of the taste. A nice addition to the tank 10 series.
Tried
on 23 Sep 2025
at 20:05
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Tried
from Can
on 23 May 2025
at 21:57
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cab from the lcbo. Pours a nice yellow with a big white head. Aroma. Of tropical fruit, some pine resin and alot of catty cat pee. Good mouth feel, solid carb. The finish is got a big cat pee flavour with some light citrus zest and a strong citrus pith bitterness. I’m assuming there is a huge over abundance of centennial hops, reminds me alot of the dogfish head 60 minute ipa and it’s signature cat pee profile.
Tried
on 28 Feb 2025
at 06:16
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Tried
from Can
on 03 Jan 2025
at 23:24
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Taster at the brewery. Cloudy, gold colored. AROMA- fruity and floral, fruit mix. FLAVOR- slightly sweet, moderately bitter, fruity, malty, grain, floral. Medium bodied. Old school IPA.
Tried
on 05 Oct 2022
at 19:26
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Sample at beerbistro.
Tried
on 24 Aug 2022
at 21:43
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
473ml can. Pours a hazy pale gold with a medium, foamy, long lasting, white head that leaves thick, soapy lacing. Sweet fruity aroma of bready pale malt, pineapple, mango, orange peel, grapefruit, earthy yeast and piney hops. Sweet fruity flavour of bready pale malt, caramel, pineapple, mango, orange, grapefruit rind, earthy yeast, grass and piney hops in a dry, bitter finish. Medium body with an oily texture and average carbonation. Well balanced and tasty.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Oct 2021
at 05:06