2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
UPDATED: JUN 7, 2004 9/18/03Maybe there was a mistake by the bartender in mislabeling this beer or the brewer might have forgotten to ad hops...the second most dispointing Canadian IPA since Alexander Keith's.More of a sub par pale ale than a IPA.3/4/5/3/12
Re-rated 6/4/04 Mondial
Cask: Deep golden in color with a small white lacing around the rim. Perfumy floral aroma. Grassy hop flavor with a slight acidity.
4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
beautiful floral hop nose. leaves lots of lace. first sip brings beautiful flavors of apples, oak, slightly bitter but extremely floral hops. more of a softest APA I can recal then an IPA but a great beer. Light, packed with hop flavor, not an IPA but very nice.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
(Draught) Orange with no head. Hoppy orange with passion fruit nose. Hoppy, orange flavour. Smooth and delightful finish. Love to have again.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask conditioned. Amber in colour. Aroma is hoppy with some grapefruit. Flavour is hoppy, bitter, fruity, slight roastness. Finishes with a nice bitterness.
3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
I have had little experience with cask IPAs so forgive me; this was just too flat and still for me (yes, I know the carbonation is supposed to be less on cask); it seemed the malt and thick body overwhelmed the hops at the front, though they come through somewhat again. I wish I'd been able to have a second one, though; I believe it might have improved. Provisional rating, I need more cask experience!
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Big hop bitterness. Not much else in terms of the hop profile. Definitely lacking balance but this can be ok with this style. More hop additions are required for my liking to round things off. Anyways, this was an edgy beer that was not affraid to be very bitter, but like a few other beers i’ve had here, it was overly hopped on the front end of the boil.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Clear amber, fluffy head with fine bubbles. Aroma of grapefruit, resinous hops, caramel with some roastiness. Roasted malt sliding to grapefruit zest.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: OCT 14, 2005 Grapefruity hops in a long lasting and friendly bitterness…Some toastiness in the background…A smooth English IPA for those long sessions...
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