MacLean's IPA India Pale Ale
MacLean's Ales in Hanover, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
IPA Regular|
Score
6.18
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3.4/10
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Appearance 3
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 3
Overall 15
A pine and malt nose. The taste profile features sweet malt and a mixed hop profile including pine, lemon and kiwi. A nice juiciness emerges after the high-end effervescence subsides a bit. Tasty.
Tried
on 23 Sep 2025
at 20:01
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Very grass nose with some subtle pine. Malts are also very upfront with some strong bready cereals. Very soft carb, and full bodied. The finish is quite bitter, leaning towards a us style ipa bitterness. But the hop profile skews very much towards the British style ipa. Not a bad beer, but nothing to write home about either.
Tried
on 28 Feb 2025
at 06:12
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Can at my cousins’s wedding. Maclean’s IPA 6% At my cousin’s wedding venue helping to set up with a beer. Malty peppery rye with herbal slightly dank hops. Alright.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Jun 2019
at 19:09
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Can from their mixed 6-pack. Pours a clean golden colour an orange hue. The frothy-bubbly head is off-white, has decent stay and the lacing pretty thick and foamy. Hoppy aromas, but it is not one(s) I recognize as this has bite, sharpness, is not refined. Grassy, leafy, piney - yes, but with something else which seems unbalanced. And too strong, potent. It's almost woody. Maybe even minty. This continues in the taste. Needs some citrus notes to balance. A nice dry mouthfeel at least. Yeah, just not one I like.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Feb 2019
at 00:32
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from the LCBO. Hazy medium amber with an ample off white head that fades slowly and leaves some lace. Nose is earthy with grass dominant over some light honey and some fruit. Flavour is similar with just a light sweetness and a medium light dry bitterness. Medium mouth with slightly soft carbonation. Well balanced English style IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jun 2015
at 18:18