Granville Island Brockton IPA

Brewed by Granville Island (Brewery - MolsonCoors)
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Kelowna, Canada

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Bottle (12oz) shared with HogTownHarry & garthicus -- c/o GregClow. Pours a slightly hazy copper-gold with an average size mostly-lasting frothy off-white head. Aroma: Pretty decent, it’s sweet and hoppy, a bit resiny and citrusy. Lightly hoppy flavour, fruity and with a dry bitter finish. Average bodied. Pretty good, reasonably well done.

341ml bottle. Pours clear pale amber, obviously filtered, but has a good sized head that leaves some nice lacing. Aroma is not strong, but a reasonably pleasant mild hop. Taste is a moderate piney, floral hop with kind of generic malt backing. Body is sorta light, but not thin. Fresh and refreshing. Overall, this is kind of what I imagine a macro IPA would be if it actually still was an IPA. Not special, but not bad or offensive.

Clear copper orange with a thin white head and lace. Faint aroma. Weak flavour. Malt finish with a tangy syrup texture. Not great.

Draft at Bridges. Amber with light head. Hoppy to taste and smell but not outrageous. Slightly doughy with a citrus finish. Nothing much else. Basic beer.

Amber gold, sparse white head. Grassy citrus hop aroma. Taste is well hopped up front. Light, fizzy and citrusy. Clean bitter finish. Effervescent and easy to drink makes it: LF (Lagerboy Friendly)

341mL bottle poured a golden orange color with small white head and some lacing. Aroma is predominately hops. Taste is light sweet malt and moderate hoppy finish which lingers awhile. Body is medium and carbonation is lively. Overall, this is a decent IPA, but not as nice as some of the American IPA’s I have tried.

Draught at Whet, Granville Island, Vancouver
Golden color. Aroma of caramel, a bit mushy. Dry and lean mouthfeel, some caramel flavor, correct bitterness (without discernable hop qualities). Not an American IPA, but probably also not an English one, just a Bitter or Amber Ale.

Draught@Granville Island taproom
Deep golden color, small white head, lace. Light woody hoppy aroma. Medium-bodied. Sweetish, honeyish-hoppy (fruits, grass) flavor. Short finish. Certainly too little IBUs for being a good NW IPA.

Bottle from Granville taster pack. 6%. Clear dark amber pour with a weak, white head that bubbles away to a ring. Aroma is strong with hoppy overtones, toasted malt Taste is more of the same, dry hops and roast malts dominating the flavour, with a hint of sweetness. Finish is dry, but balanced and satisfying. Delicious.

Deep amber beer. Aroma is fairly hoppy. The flavour is quite crisp with a firm malt character. Light grapefruit flavour with a lingering hoppy bitterness. A nice mild IPA.

4 ounce sample draft at the brewery Taproom in Granville Island, Vancouver for $5.75CAD 3-beer sample.