Granite Brewery IPA

Brewed by Granite Brewery (Toronto)
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Toronto, Canada

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Cask at Bar Volo. Golden colour, cloudy with little to no head. Aroma of citrus and hops. Flavour is mildly bitter with a decent amount of hops. Decent summer beer but nothing special.

A good leave, although it isn’t super bitter or really all that hoppy for an IPA. Not bad, but doesn’t match the style well for me. On tap

On cask at the Toronto location, clear yellow color, with a small white head, light floral hop, resinous, piney, fruity, citrusy nose with some lemon, grapefruit, orange rind notes with some mild toasted, caramel malt, toffee, kind of tea leaf accents in the aroma follows through on a medium-bodied palate with a juicy flowery hop, leafy, grassy character, with some resinous, citrusy, grapefruit skin flavours with some toasted, caramelized grainy cereal malt undertones, leading towards a juicy, hoppy, leafy, resiny bittering finish.

Very good. A little bit of biterness that you expect from an IPA. Nice golden colour. Finished very nice. Recommended.

Cask at the brewpub (free Father’s Day pint!). Pours a nearly clear gold with smallish sized soapy white head. Mild aroma with caramel and resiny/citric hops. Hopping is more pronounced in the flavour with tea-like backbone. Dry bitterness in finish. Ok but not one of the Granite’s best.

Glass, 3-ounce, draught, at the brewery, savoured on September 16 2009; eye: golden with an orangey hue, no effervescence, ho head, no lacing; nose: resinous hops, grapefruit, orange, slight malt; mouth: resinous hops, grapefruit, orange, slight malt, light caramel, short finale in resinous hops, mildly bitter, slightly sweet, average carbonation, medium body, lightly grainy, light astringency; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Verre, 3 onces, en fût, bue à la brasserie, savourée le 16 septembre 2009; oeil : dorée avec une teinte orangée, pas d’effervescence, pas de mousse, pas de dentelle; nez : houblon résineux, pamplemousse, orange, très léger malt; bouche : houblon résineux, pamplemousse, orange, très léger malt, léger caramel, finale courte en houblon résineux, moyennement amère, très légèrement sucrée, carbonatation moyenne, corps moyen, légèrement granuleux, légère astringence; en résumé : bien

Pours a deep gold- light copper with a thin head. Aroma is on the herbal and grassy side with hints of earth and toasty crackery and light carapils sweetness. Flavor is more woodsy, earthy and leafy with grass and herbs- with a slight phenolic spiciness and an ok toasty malt backbone. Somewhat easy drinking. Weird hop usage just didn’t quite do it for me.

Another Granite beer I’ve had and somehow not rated!!! On cask at brew pub. App: golden body, frothy ’cask’ head, zero visible carbonation. Aroma: hops, toffee, wood, vanilla, perfume and a hint of brandy. Flavour: quite sharp, battery-ish, malt, hops, perfume, very light mouth-feel. Wood & bamboo through and through. Served a little warm (even for cask) enjoyable but nowhere near as good as their Hopping Mad.

Cask on tap at Bar Volo, recommended by Julian. Ochre colour, slightly cloudy with light tan foamy head and good lacing. Nice hoppy aroma. Very nice hoppy sweet flavour with slight bitter. Nice lingering aftertaste.

On tap at the brewery. The color is a hazy honey with a thin ti no head very fast. It was cask so not to much punch to it, rather dull. The taste is of hops and a bitter finish.

Cask @ brewpub, Toronto. Slightly hazy peach-toned golden frothy head, scattered lacing. Floral hops. Yeasty and fruity aromas. Friendly cask mouthfeel. Sweet entry, rounding to a complex earthy middle and a lingering delightfully earthy hoppy bitter finish. Yum.