Grand River Curmudgeon IPA

Brewed by Grand River Brewing
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Cambridge, Canada

500 ml bottle from the brewery, served cold in a Scotch Irish taster glass. Bottle On DEC 10 2009.

App.: Clear brownish-amber with a small white head. Aroma: Very earthy and British, some burnt sugar, dark toast/biscuit, a little vegetal, some very faint floral notes, a little meaty. Palate: Medium body, restrained carbonation. Flav.: Quite earthy and sternly British, there is an odd, slightly unpleasant vegetable/funk, some lighter green notes, less of the malt characteristics, still meaty; dry with nice bitterness and a light burnt sugar finish.

Not my favourite from GRB. The bitterness is great but the aromas and flavours aren’t impressing me.

Deep copper, thin lasting white head, good lacing.
Aroma is of caramel, apples, floral hops, toasty.
Flavour is moderately bitter, good caramel sweetness, floral, some spice.
Bitter mouth, med/light body, mod carb.
Finishes long and lightly bitter, caramel continues.


Needs more citrus, quite chalky.


500ml bottle obtained in a trade with TheJester, thanks Andy.

Opened on June 19, 2009.

Bottled on March 20, 2009.

Brown bottle, 500 ml, bottled on June 20 2009, gift from Steve Gamble (thanks!), savoured on September 29 2009; eye: amber with a golden hue, no effervescence, creamy beige head that turns into a sheet in the middle of which lays an island of melting ice cream, good lacing; nose: vegetable juice, light hops, light grain, light grain dust, light pine; mouth: resinous hops, vegetable juice, resinous hops again, astringency, light pine, dry finale in resinous hops with presence of vegetable juice, medium body, average carbonation, light astringency, mildly bitter, a bit watery; overall: interesting FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 500 ml, embouteillée le 20 juin 2009, cadeau de Steve Gamble (merci !), savourée le 29 septembre 2009; œil : ambrée avec une teinte dorée, pas d’effervescence, mousse beige crémeuse qui se transforme en une couverture au centre duquel se trouve un îlot de crème glacée fondante, bonne dentelle; nez : jus de légumes, léger houblon, léger grain, poussière de grain, léger pin; bouche : houblon résineux, jus de légumes, houblon résineux, astringence, léger pin, finale sèche en houblon résineux avec présence de jus de légumes, corps moyen, carbonatation moyenne, légère astringence, moyennement amère, un peu aqueuse; en résumé : intéressante

Light butterscotchy nose, but not diacetyl if that makes sense. Don’t get much in the way of hops. Golden pour, not much in the way of foam. Light grainy malt with a nondescript bitterness that rounds it out. Lightly dry finish.

500ml via Clint. Bottled May 11 2009. Clear orangish golden color with little head. Nose is apricot fruit leather,biscuit, and cedar sawdust. All very faint though. Bitter hoppiness with very dry characteristics. Bob points out paper and I fully agree. I guess that is the sawdust that I got on the nose.

500 ml bottle - thanks clint!! Clear light orange with bubbly white head; honey, wheat and grassy hops; sugary too; light bodied with grainy bitterness; flavor is very light and plain; dry though

500. thanks, scrizzz! pours a crystal clear medium amber. light filmy gray head. earthy, woody nose. creamy medium body with modest carb. earthy, woody mid palate. mild finish.

500 ml bottle from HogTownHarry! Nose of citrus and light pine with some caramelized sugar and yeast. Cloudy orange with a medium, lightly lacing creanm colored head. Flavor is caramel with the bitterness kicking in after a few seconds. Finish is bitter. Nice English style IPA!