A new Canadian Province tick thanks to Kevin! Bottle. Pours cloudy amber with a large creamy beige head that dissipates slowly leaving nice lacing. Aroma is pine and caramel, with a bit of cardboard. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Full bodied and creamy in the mouth.

Location: Draft at Maxwell's Plum, 7/7/13

Aroma: The nose is fairly hoppy, with some citrus fruit, pine, and some caramel malts
Appearance: It pours an orange-amber color, with a decent sized beige head on it
Flavor: The flavor is on-style, with a decent sized malty sweetness and plenty of hop bitterness
Palate: The body is medium-full, it has some stickiness, and a dry finish
Overall Impression: I thought this was a solid-to-good example of the style. It is right on from a component perspective. This isn't an amazing example, but it solidly made.

Smells great. Lots of citra hops in the smell with a little malt. Not quite an imperial IPA as the name says, but pretty good. Pours amber orange with great lacing and long lasting head. Bitter finish with a little malt to give the palate some meat. Bottle.

Brown bottle, 500 ml, bottled on Feb 17 2010, savoured April 19 2012; eye: caramel with an orangey hue, semi-opaque, nice effervescence, tiny sheet of off-white head, average lacing; nose: resinous hops, pine; mouth: resinous hops, pine, malt, nice astringency, light caramel, finale in resinous hops with presence of malt, full body, average carbonation, rather bitter, slightly sweet, harsh texture; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune,500 ml, embouteillée le 17 février 2010, savourée le 19 avril 2012; œil : caramel avec une teinte orangée, semi-opaque, bonne effervescence, petite couverture de mousse blanc cassé, dentelle moyenne; nez : houblon résineux, pin; bouche : houblon résineux, pin, malt, bonne astringence, léger caramel, finale en houblon résineux avec présence de malt, corsée, carbonatation moyenne, plutôt amère, très légèrement sucrée, texture rugueuse; en résumé : bien

(500mL from LCBO) Pours a hazy amber with an inch of dense whitish head that left a little lacing. Aroma a blend of citrusy hops flavours, a bit of pine and a fairly strong caramel malt note underneath, a little grainy. In the mouth a bunch of citrusy hops present initially, followed up by pine resin and caramel malt flavours letting just a bit of sweetness through. Dries down rapidly with bitter, astringent hops and a bit of a metallic tang (from the lack of filtration?). Mouthfeel medium-full, sticky, soft carbonation, little detectable alcohol. A good IPA but not up to US standards, a little muddled and not as fruity as I like.

This IPA poured a cloudy golden colour with a nice, big, off white, foamy style head. To the nose there are scents of pineapple, lemon and grapefruit citrus, cream and cooked veggies. First taste was very sharp with hopps, creamy mouthfeel and bitter as bitter gets. Flavours of spruce, citrus and pine sap make this ale a real mouth number. Finish is bitter as hell with a light tea flavour lasting after the hopps subside.

Bottle @ Home. Pours hazy golden with a offwhite head. Aroma of bready malt, caramel, kiwi, grapefruit, pine. Taste is malt, caramel, grapefruit, pine. Medium body, soft mouthfeel and carbonaion, long lasting bitter finish. 250811

Bottle from Brewery Creek, Vancouver
Hazy red-amber color; medium head. The aroma of hop is very piney. The body is lean; good toffee flavor, some caramel too, with low sweetness, followed by strong bitterness (maybe too much), resiny; and there is some lack of sugars overall. Aggressive.

Bouteille 500ml, courtoisie de SlovakSniper. De couleur ambrée foncée et voilée. Nez de houblon citrique (pamplemousse), moyennement résineux, légèrement herbeux et aux petites notes terreuses, malté de caramel sucré, moyennement fruité (agrumes, faibles notes d’abricots) et avec des traces de biscuits. Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen avec une texture légèrement résineuse et aux petites notes huileuses. Goût amer de houblon citrique et aux notes résineuses (une amertume présente toute la gorgée) accompagné d’un moyen-léger goût fruit. (agrumes) lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût malté de caramel sucré aux notes terreuses (quelques traces de rôti) avec des notes de biscuits puis en finale l’amertume de houblon revient en force en se faisant asséchante, plus herbeuse et légèrement plus résineuse. Post-goût long et un peu sec, assez amer de houblon citrique, légèrement résineux et aux notes herbeuses, avec un léger goût fruité (zest d’agrumes) et avec de faibles petites notes d’alcool.

Cloudy amber,lasting white head.Nose of citrus hops,carmel,light alcohol.Citrus/bitter hop profile,big long hop finish. Needs more malt backbone