6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Has a hoppy smell with some earthiness. Smells a little of caramel as well, though I can’t detect any sweetness in the taste.Actually promises more in the smell than the taste delivers, though the taste isn’t bad by any means. Hoppy and bitter. Bottle.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Mar 2012
at 09:24
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Smells a little tinny at first, which is odd considering it comes from a bottle. Later a honey malt aroma takes over. Taste is a little bitter, but body is pretty light. Bottle from lcbo
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Mar 2012
at 17:41
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Well, it looks like the LCBO now has this in a 6-pack and at a 6% ABV. Pours a clean deeper amber colour with a big frothy off-white head that has great retention and dirty lacing. Great fresh nose of hop, but not too killer (hints of grapefruit and pine needles) with a nice grainy malt background. Very smooth mouthfeel, well-balanced between the dryness and silky wetness. Starts on a bitter note, but finishes slightly dry with the grain lingering (and a bit of bitterness). A great Canadian IPA that has balls and really shows what hop can do.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Mar 2012
at 21:34
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Hard hops, hard smell. Full of bitter flavours, almost poison with bitter florals and permeating scents. I’m not sure how much more of an IPA I taste in this supposed double - it’s India but not Nirvana,by any means. Had half a glass thanks to dude at bar freshly arrived from Ontario farm. Things are like that. At the Rhino.
Tried
on 26 Feb 2012
at 01:43
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bomber from the LCBO. Pours a clean deep amber colour with an off-white frothy head that goes down slowly and leaves good lace. Aromas are all-over, with some roasted malts, some sweet ones, some alcohol, some dark fruits and something that smell weird... like food gone bad (soya sauce-like). I can see slight residue around the opening of the bottle, so not sure if some air got in, as some of the brew got out. Not as bitter as I expected. Hard to concentrate on the taste (as the smell is really repulsing me). I still gave it a decent note (as the rest of the scent is good). Goes down quite easy and the lingering aftertaste is actually really (well-balanced between the dryness and bitterness). The roasted malt comes out way after, and this comes and saves this one for me.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Feb 2012
at 21:34
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Taste pretty much just like an IPA, not sure if the black part adds anything. Some interesting hops smell. I would still prefer the smash bomb over this one, however. Bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Feb 2012
at 11:22
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
(bottle) clear dark amber colour with small tan head; aromas of citrus, tropical fruit; rich balanced flavour, very nice
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Feb 2012
at 15:28
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Dull amber. Caramelly aroma. Bland amber ale taste with only a hint of hops. Invoking hops in your beer name but only have 18 miserly IBUs = abject fail.
Tried
on 20 Jan 2012
at 22:40
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
(Bottle from LCBO) Served at ~12 degrees in a nonic pint. Pours an amber colour with a thin head that does not last. Aromas of citrus, particularly grapefruit, and other tropical fruits. Passion fruit stands out but there is more going on, not too much pine from the hops though. On the palate there is nice hint of acidity with the grapefruit flavour and a roundedness from other fruit flavours, a bit of pine but again not too strong. Caramel malts lend some sweetness but not a malt-forward beer. Hop bitterness is fairly strong though not bracing throughout, and on the finish it dries down nicely. A bit of malt graininess in the finish too. Light to mid-weight body, over-carbonated for my taste with a bit of a soda-pop taste/sensation as a result. Very sessionable IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jan 2012
at 14:49
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle at tasting, pours a hazy golden with a small white head. Aroma and flavour of floral and grassy hops, citrus and bready malts. Pretty decent but uninteresting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jan 2012
at 11:46