Hop on Your Face
Beyond the Pale Brewing Company in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
IPA Regular|
Score
7.10
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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
A dense light tan head on a murky golden body. Nose is of fresh citrus fruit and bread. A solid grapefruit and orange rind hoppiness leads the way in the taste profile, supported by soft bready malt, some soapiness and a touch of pepper. A nice dense, rich body and solid effervescence add to the taste experience.
Tried
on 23 Sep 2025
at 20:03
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Growler from the brewery. Dark, clear copper pour, with a big off white head. Huge aroma of candied citrus, and resinous, sticky pine. Some nice caramel malts linger in the background, and add a nice balance. The finish is all piney, citrusy hops. Well balance incredibly flavourful ipa!
Tried
from Growler
on 28 Feb 2025
at 06:01
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Can at Ash's
Cloudy light amber colour. A bit of caramel, more dry than sweet, but the malt base is a bit husky and possibly stale, as the hops.
Not very interesting.
Cloudy light amber colour. A bit of caramel, more dry than sweet, but the malt base is a bit husky and possibly stale, as the hops.
Not very interesting.
Tried
from Can
on 22 May 2019
at 22:31
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tall can (thx, Jonathan D.!) at Ash's shared with Alex. Appearance: hazy pale copper with a white head. Aroma: caramel, some humidity. Taste: along the same lines with high piney bitterness. Overall: good old school IPA.
Tried
from Can
on 17 May 2019
at 02:37
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sample, on the premise, savoured on August 31 2017; eye: golden, clear, no effervescence, minuscule ring of greyish head, no lacing; nose: resin, malt, light caramel, “old socks”, pine; mouth: resin, malt, light caramel, “old socks”, pine, light astringency, semi-dry finale in resin with good presence of malt, full body, average carbonation, mildly bitter, a tad sweet, slightly harsh texture; overall: fine
FRANÇAIS
Échantillon, bue sur place, savourée le 31 août 2017; œil : dorée, limpide, pas d'effervescence, minuscule anneau de mousse grisâtre, pas de dentelle; nez : résine, malt, léger caramel, vieux chaussons, pin; bouche : résine, malt, léger caramel, vieux chaussons, pin, légère astringence, finale semi-sèche en résine avec bonne présence de malt, corsée, carbonatation moyenne, moyennement amère, à peine sucrée, texture très légèrement râpeuse; en résumé : bien
FRANÇAIS
Échantillon, bue sur place, savourée le 31 août 2017; œil : dorée, limpide, pas d'effervescence, minuscule anneau de mousse grisâtre, pas de dentelle; nez : résine, malt, léger caramel, vieux chaussons, pin; bouche : résine, malt, léger caramel, vieux chaussons, pin, légère astringence, finale semi-sèche en résine avec bonne présence de malt, corsée, carbonatation moyenne, moyennement amère, à peine sucrée, texture très légèrement râpeuse; en résumé : bien
Tried
on 24 Aug 2018
at 21:25
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Achetée à la brasserie en décembre 2015. La résine et les fruits tropicaux ressortent beaucoup au nez et sont envahis rapidement par un gazon intense. Accents de mangue notés également. Une mousse d’épaisseur moyenne, dense et crémeuse, coiffe un liquide ambré cuivré. L’attaque est résineuse et légèrement terreuse avec des notes de gazon plus discrètes qu’en olfactif. Les fruits tropicaux sont aussi plus faibles qu’au nez. Complexité moyenne. Peut-être que l’élément fraicheur joue en sa défaveur. Je me réserve une révision pour plus tard.
Tried
on 12 Feb 2016
at 17:15
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Growler: Poured a deep amber color ale with a large foamy had with good retention and light lacing. Aroma of caramel malt notes with some dry hoppy notes. Taste is a mix of dry caramel malt with some earthy and somewhat citrusy hops with a dry finish. Body is a pretty full for style with good carbonation. Interesting IPA but too much caramel flavours and not enough hops flavours for my taste.
Tried
from Growler
on 01 Dec 2015
at 09:15
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap at the Ottawa Beerfest. Hop on your face on cask at the Ottawa beer fest. It is a cloudy orange-brown with a fantastic aroma of hops: resin, pine needles, fruits with the great full mouthfeel and silky body of cask. The taste is balanced hops, a complex array of hop flavors with enough malts to support them and let them shine.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Aug 2014
at 07:04
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Thanks to PaleAleRider for this one, straight from the brewery. Pours a hazy amber colour with a beige-yellow head that has good retention and limited lacing. Great aromas of hops, but not your typical hopbomb. Well mixed with the fruity and caramel malts. Very slight dry mouthfeel. Grainy malt taste with the hop presence, but again, not too crazy. Just right with some grassy notes that lingers. Gets cloudy near the last pour. This is a pretty good brew. Probably one of my favorites so far from this brewery.
Tried
on 31 Jul 2013
at 14:34
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
An orange amber with a thin lacing off white head. In aroma, loads of C-hops, simcoe, piney and resinous, orange pulp, biscuit malt. In mouth, a nice oily mouthfeel with piney hops, biscuit malt, alcohol warmth, well done.
Tried
on 05 Apr 2013
at 16:20