Great Lakes Brewery (Canada) Lake Effect IPA

Lake Effect IPA

 

Great Lakes Brewery (Canada) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦

  IPA Regular
Score
7.42
ABV: 7.0% IBU: - Ticks: 26
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3.9
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 16

Fresh, three dimensional citrus fruit, fruit punch, sweet bready malt, and some tropical notes. Sweet, but very clean, pulpy, and refreshing.

Tried on 23 Sep 2025 at 20:14


7.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

on tap at Volo.
Hazy orange pour, big white head.
HUGE aroma of citrus fruit. grapefruit, oranges, lemons, you name it......
NO malt anywhere to be found, its just hops all he way. really really nice stuff. if you like hops, get this if you can find it.

Tried from Draft on 28 Feb 2025 at 05:35


8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

On tap at Bar Hop Brewco, pours a clear copper golden with a medium white head. Aroma is loaded with resinous and piney hops, a hint of candi sugar, and bready caramel malt. Flavour is both sweet and hoppy, with lots of resinous and piney hops upfront, backed with lots of caramel malt. Really well-made, with excellent balance. Wonderful.

Tried from Draft on 07 Nov 2021 at 23:53


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Great Lakes Brewing Lake Effect IPA 7% A light copper color with a milky wisp of a head. Classic NW IPA aroma of c-hops, pine & citrus. The beer has a medium body and toffee biscuit malts plus citrusy pine hops notes. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Tried on 29 Dec 2017 at 21:50


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Plastic glass, 4-ounce, draught, at Festibière de Gatineau, savoured on February 3 2017; eye: golden, ring of white head, average lacing; nose: bittering hops, grapefruit, light citrusy, slight malt; mouth: bittering hops, grapefruit, light citrusy, slight malt, mild astringency, dry finale in bittering hops with good presence of grapefruit, full body, good carbonation, quite bitter, slightly sweet, harsh texture; overall: fine

FRANÇAIS
Verre en plastique, 4 onces, en fût, au Festibière de Gatineau, savourée le 3 février 2017; œil : dorée, anneau de mousse blanche, dentelle moyenne; nez : houblon amérisant, pamplemousse, léger citrique, très léger malt; bouche : houblon amérisant, pamplemousse, léger citrique, très léger malt, astringence moyenne, finale sèche en houblon amérisant avec bonne présence de pamplemousse, corsée, bonne carbonatation, pas mal amère, très légèrement sucrée, texture râpeuse; en résumé : bien

Tried on 10 Sep 2017 at 07:29


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Can sample at a tasting at Lior D’s place. Thanks Tom L. Nice cloudy yellow with a white head. Great aroma of tropical fruity and "green" hops, slightly hop-pellet-like. Flavor is rather dry with "green" and fruity hops, bitter. Medium-bodied. Very nice.

Tried from Can on 26 Mar 2017 at 15:53


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

From tap. Pours cloudy to clear yellow. Small white head. Solid pineapple and passion fruity. Crisp hoppy. Juicy. Bitter and crisp. LIngering fruity far finish.

Tried from Draft on 06 Mar 2017 at 04:00


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

(tap) clear bright amber colour with a small white head; aroma of citrus, stewed fruit; balanced flavour with a long, light bitter finish

Tried from Draft on 21 Dec 2015 at 22:54


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5

Un mélange d’épines de sapin, de fruits tropicaux, d’orange et de mangue. Olfactif standard pour une IPA. Le liquide est doré, ambré, avec un beau collet dense qui tient longtemps et laisse de belles traces. Une effervescence vive, mélangée à un sapinage intense, sert d’entrée de bouche. La finale est longue et résineuse. Les sucres sont également très présents ainsi que les fruits. Les notes sont de sapin, de cèdre, de fruit de la passion, de mangue, de bonbon et de jujube. Les saveurs sont bien équilibrées. Un bon dosage entre les sucres et l’amertume. Une IPA qui se défend bien.

Tried on 02 Apr 2015 at 21:46


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Hazy blonde. Thin head. Clean biscuity malts, blueberry and grapefruit, smooth real tasty beer. Fuuu...toasty, biscuity, but clean moderate citrus bitterness. Real good IPA.

Tried on 29 Jan 2015 at 16:06