Grand River Pugnacious Pale Ale

Brewed by Grand River Brewing
Style: American Pale Ale
Cambridge, Canada

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker, Tulip

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This IPA poured a cloudy medium amber colour with a soapy, white head. To the nose there are scents of grass, citrus, earth and hay. First sip was slightly watery with flavours of grass/citrus hopps, hay and cereal. Finish is bitter with grassy hop flavour lingering.

Bouteille 500ml. De couleur orangée et légèrement voilée. Nez de grains de céréales sucrés, moyen de fruits (agrumes, notes de cantaloup) et de pain, moyen de houblon herbeux aux notes florales aisni qu’avec des notes de miel et de caramel doux. Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen-doux ainsi qu’une texture légèrement huileuse. Moyen goût fruité (agrumes, traces de cantaloup et de melon d’eau) accompagné d’une légère amertume de houblon floral aux notes herbeuses (herbes mouillées) lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût de grains de céréales moyennement sucrées avec un léger goût de pain ainsi que des notes de caramel doux et de beurre puis l’amertume de houblon se fait plus herbeuse en finale (herbes mouillées, traces de foin). Post-goût moyen, légèrement amer de houblon herbeux et floral avec des notes fruitées (zeste d’agrumes).

500 ml bottle. Pours an almost clear, pale orange amber with a short lasting white head. Taste is malty, light caramel. Light earthy, herbal, piney hoppiness. Too subtle for my liking...Light to medium bodied. Alright...

Faint hoppy aroma. Cereals, malts and citrus flavors with strong, lasting bitter aftertaste. Pours a hazy orange amber with small receding head. Cask conditionned? Feels like my palate’s been attacked by evil underworld worker trolls. Despite that, good stuff man... Good stuff.

Draught at C’est What, Toronto
Hazy amber color, small head. Simple Ale, tasty, with some malt and cereals, but also lightly rancid; correct bitterness, with mild hop resins in the final.

pours murky amber with a decent off-white head, some retention. toasted and light caramel malts, some pine and citrus. bread, cereals - hint of sweetness, grassiness. and this big earthiness, unbalanced. average carbonation, med body - heavy for an apa, decent citrusy finish.

bottle picked up durig my day trip to America’s Hat. amber hue with minimal head. Light grapefruit nose. Buscuit and light caramel washed away with bitterness and grapefruit, orange. a bit of buttery dyacial. medium body

500 ml bottle from lcbo, Elora. A clear amber with a thin head. Aroma of malts, floral hops and yeast or bread. Taste a little sweet, some malt, caramel and hoppy, bitter finish. Quite pleasant.

Rusty reddish hazy pour with a nice clingy white head. Draft at Gigs in London. Somewhat weak scent of citrus and fresh cut grass. Wet and refreshing. A bust of flavours at first that slowly mellows to almost nothing in the finish. It has just a touch of that pale ale bite right in the middle. Very subtle despite the name. Best beer I’ve had so far tonight.

Bought from Grand River Brewery retail store. Poured from 500 ml bottle. Poured medium gold, slight copper haze with small frothy head. Citrus-like hops aroma. Smooth mouthfeel, with medium to heavy bitterness. Frothy head lasted the entire glass, with decent lacing.