Canoe IPA

Brewed by Canoe Brewpub
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Victoria, Canada

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

Nose of honey biscuit and floral fruity hops. Somewhat peefumey but leaning towards the english style for sure. Pours golden nice frothy head. Flavors of biscuit honey and fruoty hops. A little earthy and floral. Smooth and nice bodied at 4.8%. Good solid drinker.

GCBF 2010. Hazy bright golden colour. Hop dominated aroma and flavour of pine and citrus pith. A tasty IPA despite the surprisingly mild ABV.

Pours a clear golden-copper with a thin layer of foam and great lacing. Aroma is very buttery, but not unpleasantly so. Flavour is quite pleasant: lightly fruity malt, Goldings and/or Northern Brewer hops (turns out it is Cascades, but I’m really not getting the citrus). More English than Pacific Northwest, but significantly more pleasant than the more recent Anglo-IPAs that I’ve had. Lightly creamy body, good carb, lingering finish. Well done!

(Draught) Nose is somewhat buttery with a backing of hops. Flavour is nicely hopped though hollow - much like the IPAs of Northern New York State, this beer is overly sweet and possibly using the wrong hop for this style. A honey-maple residue backed by a soapy glass. Flavour is intensely bitter and overly sweet.