Pearson Express IPA
Henderson Brewing in Toronto, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
IPA - West Coast Regular|
Score
6.54
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5 years ago, when we were building the brewery, we marvelled at the trains rolling by. These trains, most of which were headed from Union Station to Pearson Airport, gave rise to our IPA which we named Union Pearson Ale, or UPA for short. Over the years, we’ve had many questions about what UPA stood for and, with the beer launching in the LCBO this fall, we thought the time was right to just spell it out. Introducing Pearson Express IPA, the same great beer you love in a less confusing package.
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6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
This IPA poured a deep yellow colour with a creamy, off white head. Nice lacing. Scents include sweet malt, corn syrup, hay, cooked veggies and a wee bit of grass. First swig was hoppy with a medium bitterness. Sweet up front and bitter out back. Flavours of hops, grass, pine, honey and malt. Finish is medium hop bitterness with grassy notes lingering.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Apr 2026
at 20:56
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tried
from Can
on 02 Nov 2025
at 21:58
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
473ml can from Duty Free shop at Billy Bishop Airport in Toronto. Amber orange pour is topped by frothy beige head. Spotty lacing. Sweet malty aroma hints at pineapple and orange marmalade. Flavor is toasted malt and bitter orange. Notes of dried apricots, grapefruit and pine.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Jul 2025
at 04:15
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Light brown to copper pour, with a light beige head. Aroma is soft and resinous, hints if pine and citrus pith and oil. It’s pretty subtle and light, light malts and some pale cereals. Nice mouth feel and carb. Finish is light to medium bitter with some soft citrus
Nothing special, but tasty.
Nothing special, but tasty.
Tried
on 28 Feb 2025
at 06:42
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Grapefruit and pine. Decent enough IPA. Clear copper pour with ok head, some lacing. Bitter end. Medium body. Tap at Pearson airport, appropriately enough.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Nov 2024
at 22:59
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tangerine, lime, biscuit malt, pine, and grapefruit peel aroma. Dark golden yellow with large light tan head. Moderately sweet tangerine, lime, biscuit malt, and moderately bitter pine and grapefruit peel flavor. Good body.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Sep 2024
at 20:45
6/10
Pretty subtle hop profile. A bit caramelly and juicy.
Tried
on 11 Jun 2023
at 14:49
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
473ml can. Pours a hazy gold orange with a small, foamy, long lasting, off-white head that leaves curtains of lace. Sweet fruity aroma of caramel malt, peach, orange, strawberry and floral hops. Sweet fruity flavour of caramel malt, orange, grapefruit pith, apricot and pine resin in a dry, bitter finish. Medium body with an oily texture and average carbonation. Pretty solid.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Jun 2023
at 05:01
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Layover beer at YYZ. Hazy amber, lots of hop bitterness, resinous, balancing malts are biscuity. A touch yeasty, and it’s certainly old school. But well enough made in that throwback 90s style.
Tried
on 08 Jan 2023
at 21:42
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Oh boy, quite a sweet smell for a double dry-hopped IPA, with caramel malts and pineapple notes, fruitiness. A very slight hazed, unfiltered with a frothy white cap, good retention and thick foamy lacing left. The nose balances out with breathing time. The mouthfeel does show the dryness. Some fruity hops in the taste showing citrus, tropical fruits and mild grassiness. Not a bad brew, but not my type of IPA I like to have every night.
Tried
on 21 Apr 2022
at 02:59