Great Lakes Brewery (Canada) Octopus Wants to Fight IPA

Octopus Wants to Fight IPA

 

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

  IPA Regular
Score
7.06
ABV: 6.2% IBU: 88 Ticks: 37
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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8
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


3.8
Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 16

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

Tried from Can on 23 May 2025 at 21:57


6.9
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
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Tried from Can on 03 Jan 2025 at 23:24


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

Sample at beerbistro.

Tried on 24 Aug 2022 at 21:43


7.4
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


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

Can donated by netty, many thanks. Hazy yellow orange color with thick white head. Clear hoppy aroma with resin, zest, citruses. Taste, solid malty base followed by mild citrus hoppy bitterness with zest, resin. Short light hoppy finis. Good, could be more intense tough.

Tried from Can on 23 Dec 2020 at 21:27


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

Can. Looks a bit murky, actually. Thick head, but a rather dull pale beige sort of colour. So not all that attractive. The aroma has a little bit of weediness, but not that fresh. Low bitterness. I can tell this was better when it was fresher.

Tried from Can on 12 Jul 2020 at 04:44