Garrison Imperial I.P.A.

Brewed by Garrison Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Halifax, Canada

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Tasted in Toronto. Picked up in Halifax. Damn, I love this f’ing town. It is a city built and developed fro Ed Heffernan. Christ, I am Irish. Christ. Nice wicked bitter flavour, bile and liver juice and such. Really wonderful. Like suckingling the mender from a swollen cows livers juices. So wonderful. I have had some more bitter IPAs, but certainly not from Halifax. Good Job boys.

A gorgeous muddy orange body with a huge orange head, wonderful retention. Nose is delicious: caramel, fresh pine, lemon and orange zest, coriander, tons of hops, dried apricot. Taste is piney hops, yeast, nutmeg, banana, coriander, wormwood, a good bitterness finish, but not overwhelming, smooth and oily. Very powerful and tasty brew at only 7% ABV

Pours a reddish amber with an almost creamy white head. On the nose its citrus, hoppy, grapefruit. Taste is big grapefruit, citrus hops but not to bitter. At 7% a great IPA yay Nova Scotia! $5.99 for 500ml bottle.

Brown bottle, 500 ml, bottled on Feb 17 2010, savoured April 19 2012; eye: caramel with an orangey hue, semi-opaque, nice effervescence, tiny sheet of off-white head, average lacing; nose: resinous hops, pine; mouth: resinous hops, pine, malt, nice astringency, light caramel, finale in resinous hops with presence of malt, full body, average carbonation, rather bitter, slightly sweet, harsh texture; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune,500 ml, embouteillée le 17 février 2010, savourée le 19 avril 2012; œil : caramel avec une teinte orangée, semi-opaque, bonne effervescence, petite couverture de mousse blanc cassé, dentelle moyenne; nez : houblon résineux, pin; bouche : houblon résineux, pin, malt, bonne astringence, léger caramel, finale en houblon résineux avec présence de malt, corsée, carbonatation moyenne, plutôt amère, très légèrement sucrée, texture rugueuse; en résumé : bien

(500mL from LCBO) Pours a hazy amber with an inch of dense whitish head that left a little lacing. Aroma a blend of citrusy hops flavours, a bit of pine and a fairly strong caramel malt note underneath, a little grainy. In the mouth a bunch of citrusy hops present initially, followed up by pine resin and caramel malt flavours letting just a bit of sweetness through. Dries down rapidly with bitter, astringent hops and a bit of a metallic tang (from the lack of filtration?). Mouthfeel medium-full, sticky, soft carbonation, little detectable alcohol. A good IPA but not up to US standards, a little muddled and not as fruity as I like.

Pours a hazy light orange with a medium mostly diminishing light tan head. There was some sediment in the bottle so that made its way into the glass as well. Inviting aroma, medium intensity with a nose of malty, hoppy citrus, with a bit of earthy aromas as well, kind of muddy. Fairly intense with medium aftertaste, and a medium body. Bitterness starts off strong with the floral pedal-like hops flavor common in IPA’s. Mildly acidic tasting with a citrus of orange and grapefruit. Round thin texture with a rich well balanced complex quality. Appreciated.

pours hazy golden-orange with a decent off-white head, good retention and lacing. nose of citrus, lemon, grapefruit, sweet caramel malts. light to medium body - slightly lacking, average to soft carbonation, short to medium long grapefruit finish. more than decent brew.

Dominance des conifères avec une pleine amertume. Malt mielleux en arrière plan avec un corps savonneux. Fini assez sec.

bottle. Poured hazy orange-amber with a dense off-white head. Fresh aroma of citrusy hops. Medium-full bodied mouthfeel with a dry palate. Rich herbal hop flavour, citrusy grapefruit, pine, peppery. Finish is very dry, sticky and astringent.

Unclear orange of color with a white head. An aroma of grapefruit, pine and citrus. A flavor with a lot of citrus, grapefruit and pine. A lot of hops!

Pours a caramel color with nice creamy head and wonderful lacing...aromas of pine cones. On the palate a coffee boutique..almost espresso like..with a dried fruit sweetness. Awesome hoppy finish...very nice ipa.