Buckerfields Extra IPA

Brewed by Swans Hotel - Buckerfield Brewery
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Victoria, Canada

Pours a hazy orange with a good, off-white head. Aroma is too sweet to be an IPA, though it’s at least pungent. The caramel malts dominate this brew, shoving the hops to the background. It has a good, thick mouthfeel, and a nice bitter citrus-rind aftertaste, but it’s lacking in balance.

Draft at The Alibi Room. A rather drab, uninspired IPA. Syrupy, hoppy without managing to be even remotely aromatic, malty and passable. Really was not enjoyable next to the vastly better Mirror Pond I had immediately before. Shame unto those IPAs that cannot stand up to an APA, no matter how well made.

Good hopped aroma emitted from the clear, amber body, capped by a creamy white head. Nice bitter taste with an equally sharp mouth. Best Swan’s beer I’ve had.

Glass, 5 ounces, draught, at the pub, savoured on April 29, 2009; eye: amber, clear, average effervescence, tiny ring of tan head, light lacing; nose: lots of resinous hops, grapefruit, orange, malt; mouth: lots of resinous hops, grapefruit, orange, good presence of malt, light caramel, finale all in resinous hops, good astringency, medium body, rather bitter, lightly sweet, average carbonation, slightly harsh texture; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Verre, 5 onces, en fût, bue sur place, savourée le 29 avril 2009; œil : ambrée, claire, effervescence moyenne, petit anneau de mousse fauve, légère dentelle; nez : beaucoup de houblon résineux, pamplemousse, orange, malt; bouche : beaucoup de houblon résineux, pamplemousse, orange, bonne présence de malt, léger caramel, finale tout en houblon résineux, bonne astringence, corps moyen, plutôt amère, légèrement sucrée, carbonatation moyenne, texture légèrement rugueuse; en résumé : bien

Thanks to my brother for bringing a bottle of this back with him from BC--Poured a caramel-copper body with a caramel nose and a thin white head. Subdued hoppiness that comes across as mildly citrus in finish. Sticky on the tongue with some grapefruit and pine finish. Easy drinking.

Light citrus, floral hops over caramel and grainy malts and light butterscotch in the nose. Hazy burnished copper coloured body is topped by a low but lasting large bubbled off white head that laces really nicely. Caramel flavour is quite strong and joined by light butterscotch. Bitterness is surprisingly restrained. Citrus hops are mostly only apparent in the aftertaste. Butterscotch becomes stronger as it warms. Medium body with creamy smooth texture and moderate carbonation. Tulip glass. Allowed to warm from fridge temperature. Bottle (Brewery Creek, Aug-01).

orange amber, very nice hoppy aroma, citrus oil and resin. The palate is really quite sticky with some sickly-sweet malt leading into a generous hop presence, all resin and bitter grapefruit. This became more of an effort to drink as time went on, mostly due to the syruoy malt structure.

Amber with a white head. Aroma is mildly hoppy with caramel, and malt. Taste is hoppy with a dry grapefruit and light alcohol.