Not So Gentle Tickle
Garrison Brewing Company in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada 🇨🇦
Collab with: Great Lakes Brewery (Canada) / Metalman BrewingIPA - West Coast Regular
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6.89
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Purchased at the Garrison brewery on my trip to Nova Scotia, late 2015. Pours a clear light-amber colour with a frothy warm cap, good stay and loads of foamy-dirty lacing. Aromas of citrus and caramel like most IPAs, but a wet socks smell comes out in there, from the grain used here. The taste does not have this. Grapefruit notes, a little oranges, grassy hops and light grain. Becomes a little hazy in the end. The wet socks do go away, and some hints of berries-oranges replace this, saving this one as a decent stronger IPA.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle: Poured an amber/orangey color ale with a nice large foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of floral hops with some citrusy and resin notes. Taste is a nice balance mix of light residual sugar notes with some floral hops with citrusy notes and some resin. Medium bitterness with light bready malt. Body is about average with good carbonation. Great collaboration with tasty IPA.