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Alexander Keiths India Pale Ale

Alexander Keiths India Pale Ale

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A Golden Ale/Blond Ale brewed by
Oland Brewery (Labatt-InBev)

Halifax, Canada

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4092.27/5.02.27/5.05%6.1English pint, Shaker P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Nova Scotia’s most popular beer, Alexander Keith’s India Pale Ale is fully fermented, mellow-aged for smoothness and uses balanced North American flavour and bittering hops to create a unique, malty flavour. Alexander Keith’s India Pale Ale is smooth with a slightly floral hop character and a sweet flavour delivery.

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 yarry (352), Waterdown, Ontario, Canada
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/103/513/20

Mar 6, 2006  
341ml Bottle, 5% a/v. Pours an average looking gold with white bubbles. Smells grainy, tastes sort of average as well. Very macro tasting. Goes down smooth mind you. This is a good beer, but surely not an IPA in my opinion!

 PaulHegedus (120), Brampton, Ontario, Canada
1.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/53/102/56/20
Oct 12, 2008  
IPA what? This is the most notoriously mislabelled beer in the world. It is regularly sold as a premium here in Ontario, though a blind taste test would make it hard to separate from other commercial macros. Bottle: pours golden, clear with almost no carbonation. The head raced to to disappear. The aroma is sour, faint with some weak citrus. Body is thin. In the flavour, there is bitterness, but it does not taste like hops. Bland.


superdude1979 (38), Phoenix, Arizona, USA
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/102/54/102/510/20
Oct 11, 2008  
If I had rated this beer 8 years ago before I had tasted actual good beer this would have gotten a perfect score. Undergrad in Halifax, anyways. This beer has absolutly no hops falvour compared to real IPA beers, probably why it is so popular. I drink this beer out of sheer nostelgia, because there are many better IPA’s out there, though Canada is Lager dominated so any mainstream ale seems to be different.


Sandman2222 (41), Florida, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/56/102/511/20
Oct 4, 2008  
For an IPA it was weak to me, however, for a Pale ale, it was pretty solid. I’d drink more of it if available in the states.


philly911 (1), , Nova Scotia, Canada
does not count click to see why this rating of Alexander Keiths India Pale Ale does not count
5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/520/20
Oct 1, 2008  
If you dont like this beer you probably dont live in Nova Scotia. Most people outside of this province3 likes the taste of this beer but if you know someone who drinks it thats ALL they drink


 KUEric (578), Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/55/102/57/20
Sep 26, 2008  
Ugh. Not the best beer I’ve had in a while. Nothing like a good IPA, little to no hops. A little skunky. Overall just not good.



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