Boom IPA
Kichesippi Beer Company in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
IPA - West Coast Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.51
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Our inspiration for this beer comes from the storied lumber industry on the Ottawa River, and the massive log booms that would be towed downstream to the sawmills. These log booms contained hundreds of pine trees and became most well known with the iconic image of a broken boom on the back of the Canadian One Dollar Bill. We brew this beer with an abundance of four different hop varietals, to provide complex and assertive aromas of pine and citrus.
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6/10
A dark reddish amber ipa with a thin light mocha head. In aroma, nice caramel malt with light resinous hops, light spices, OK. In mouth, crisp caramel malt with resinous floral hops, light mint, light woody notes, OK. On tap at brewery.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Feb 2023
at 19:13
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
On tap at Kichesippi, pours a hazy orangey bronze with a small white head. Aroma is quite malty—smells pretty old school—with resinous hops and chewy caramel malt. Flavour follows through but with an awkward balance — there's resinous hops, caramel malt, and some spiciness. The hops and malt don't jive that well — you get lots of sweet caramel malt, with out-of-place astringent bitterness. This one needs some work.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Aug 2021
at 22:24
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours a slight hazed (unfiltered at last pour), golden-orange colour with a frothy light beige-yellow head, good retention and many spots of foam left. Caramel malt base with the grassier hops on top, and hints of nuttiness and fruitiness. The mouthfeel is quite dry, lingering. The flavours are on the bitter side with grassiness, pine needles and a touch of roasted malt pulling through the caramel malts. Quite a nice BOOM in the face - for fans of West Coast Hopbomb.
Tried
on 15 Jul 2021
at 02:53