orange, amber color. some hops in the aroma, but its faint, more malt than i would expect from an IPA, the bitterness is there, but i’m missing the floral citrus of the hops i would come to expect. i think this beer has gone downhill over the years, I’ll stick with the tankhouse in the Toronto area.

Bottle from Cracked Kettle. Orange color. Melon and pineapple in the aroma. Firm grassy, citric hopbitter flavor with sweet Cantaloup melon. Firm grassy hopbitter aftertaste. Balance is lacking just a bit, but flavors and aromas are nice.

(bottle) clear amber colour with small white head; aroma longans and citrus; flavour is simple and unbalanced - just bitter

341 mL bottle from matt7215. Thanks! Orange-brown with almost no head. Malty aroma with floral hop notes. Strong hop taste... metallic, resin, and some grain also. Drinkable but forgettable.

Brown stubby bottle, 341 ml, savoured on April 16 2007; eye: cognac, no effervescence, tiny white head, clear; nose: nice scotch malt, grapefruit, nice hops; mouth: nice caramelized malt, scotch, nice cutting hops, grapefruit, nice dry hops, finale is somewhat dry in caramelized malt with a nice cutting bitterness, medium body, lightly sweet, mildly bitter, not much carbonation, grainy malty texture; overall: nice discovery FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, « stubby », 341 ml, savourée le 16 avril 2007; oeil : cognac, pas d’effervescence, petite mousse blanche, claire; nez : beau malt de scotch, pamplemousse, beau houblon; bouche : beau malt caramélisé, scotch, belle amertume tranchante, pamplemousse, beau houblon sec, finale en malt caramélisé avec une belle amertume tranchante mais sèche, corps moyen, légèrement sucrée, moyennement amère, peu carbonatée, texture maltée granuleuse; en résumé : belle découverte

Short-lived amberish head over foxy-amber beer. Very fresh, flowery hops nose with a touch of limepeel, lunaria, nectarine and garden herbs. Rather British hops flavour (despite it being Chinook...), quite bitter, with a touch of astringency in the finish; flowery, tad metallic finishing. Quite refreshing, smooth, but on the negative side, a bit light, short of empty finish, even if that’s not really a screaming shame at 5.5 % ABV. Quite good, if a tad bitter IPA. Which probably means its not unlike the historical originals - if only it were as alcoholic and malt-backed as those probably were. Txs to Canada’s most famous beerwriter!

(Bottle 34,1 cl) Hazy, amber golden with a small, rough, off-white head. Aroma of caramel and citrusy aroma hops. Medium-bodied with some caramel and then a dry - but not overly refined - aroma hopping with some citrus. A bit boring. 290806

Bottle from blankboy. Ruddy orange body, medium-to-thin off-white head. Toasty aroma with bitter earthy hops notes. Rather light body with earthy, bitter piney hops and a light toasty, biscuity body. Bitter but light finish. No apparent alcohol. A decent IPA, but nothing out of the ordinary.