Jutsu
Bellwoods Brewery in Toronto, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
Pale Ale - New England / Hazy Regular|
Score
7.29
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Jutsu was created to embody all the elements of hoppy beer we love, in a most approachable format. It’s super aromatic, but low in bitterness, incredibly hazy, but light bodied, and strikes the perfect balance between juicy and dry. This pale ale is easy to drink, and easy to call a favourite.
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6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle (thanks kauge). Pours yellow-golden. Aroma is biscuity, fruity, citrus, mango. Flavor is sweet and bitter, fruity, citrus, biscuity, lemon, grapefuit. Finish is dry bitter. Overall: ok-ish, has the apa qualities i don’t enjoy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jun 2016
at 11:24
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Brown bottle, 500 ml, via Billy Hamilton - CANBIF 2016 (thank you!), savoured on June 13 2016; eye: dark gold, hazy, ring of off-white head, light lacing; nose: citrus fruits, light pine, light grapefruit, slight caramel; mouth: citrus fruits, light pine, light grapefruit, slight caramel, lightly dry finale in pine with presence of citrus fruits, medium body, below-average carbonation, mildly bitter, lightly sweet, lightly harsh texture; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 500 ml, via Billy Hamilton - CANBIF 2016 (thank you!), savourée le 13 juin 2016; œil : doré foncé, trouble, anneau de mousse blanc cassé, légère dentelle; nez : agrumes, léger pin, léger pamplemousse, très léger caramel; bouche : agrumes, léger pin, léger pamplemousse, très léger caramel, finale légèrement sèche en pin avec présence d’agrumes, corps moyen, carbonatation sous la moyenne, moyennement amère, légèrement sucrée, texture légèrement râpeuse; en résumé : bien
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jun 2016
at 17:21
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
(On tap @ the brewery, Jan 7 2016) Pours hazy pale good with a moderate whitish head and lots of lace. Aroma of fresh conifer boughs, grass, floral, Mandarin pith, grain, light sweetness. Palate is lightly sweet and mostly bitter with lots of grass, pine and citrus pith notes. Some faint underripe berry notes. A bit watery. Grain in the finish. Light to medium bodied with quite high carbonation. I usually like or love Bellwoods pale ales, but this one never really kicked off for me on the palate though the nose was quite nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Jan 2016
at 15:28
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle from the brewery. Very cloudy medium gold with a one finger long lasting white head that clings to the glass. Nose is citrus dominated with orange peel, stone fruit, melon and lots of floral notes. Background hints at grass and some light funk. Flavour has enough light honey sweetness to support a medium+ citrus bitterness in the middle with a more subdued and balanced finish. Medium slick mouth with average carbonation. Lots of character.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jan 2016
at 19:41
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle: Poured a cloudy beige color ale with a large foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of dry malt with some citrusy hops and light bitter notes. Taste is a mix of dry malt notes with some citrusy malt and light fruity ester. Body is full with good carbonation. Interesting but hops presence was a little more subdued then I was expecting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Dec 2015
at 09:17
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle - Nice sweet citrus, touch of mango and mandarin with a touch of wet grass.Nice citrus with a touch of peel and pith. Creamy and slight yeasty notes. Interesting, but I honestly think I like 5 better.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Oct 2015
at 14:43
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
So rating the final version of Jutsu. Enjoyed the process getting here, and I’m sure everyone had their favourite. This one poured a hazy gold without much head. Nose of hemp, cerial malts, citrus juciness. The taste doesn’t deliver the citrus wallop i wes hoping for. Citurs yes, but bigger "grassy" hops dominates with a lingering bitterness supporting a cereal back. Sigh. I loved J 2 and this isn’t it. But it is a good brew.
Tried
on 03 Oct 2015
at 17:11
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
(bottle) hazy orange colour with a small white head; aroma of grapefruit, stewed fruit; refreshing, balanced flavour with a medium long, light sour and bitter finish
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Sep 2015
at 17:53