Great Lakes Brewing Audrey Hopburn

Brewed by Great Lakes Brewing (Ontario)
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Etobicoke, Canada

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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In short: A fruity-grassy blond IPA, clean but yeasty, low on malts, refreshing. Very enjoyable session beer.
How: Bottle 22oz, consumed fresh a few days after receiving the bottle from blankboy, thanks a lot Paul.
The look: Cloudy orange-blond body topped by a persistent small white head.
In long: The moderately hoppy noes has bright fruits (clementines, pineapples) as well as some wet grass, dried yellowed grass and floral notes. Most striking feature of the taste is how timid the malt bill is. Discreet dry wheaty crackers, a slightly sweet fruity flavour akin to breakfast juice (pineapples, clementines, apples). A clean bitterness of medium intensity that adds sun dried yellowed grass and dried countryside field flowers to the citrusy hops. I didn’t get the “Belgian” part of this beer described as a Belgian IPA by the brewery, yes it is yeasty but not particularly Belgian in nature, no more Belgian than any unfiltered yeasty “normal” IPA I’ve had. I usually don’t care much for yeasty IPAs with timid malts but somehow I really enjoyed this one, simple, clean, refreshing, bright, highly sessionnable. Audrey Hopburn, funny name, but if Great Lakes makes a wild ale and doesn’t call it Brett Pitt then I don’t understand their naming convention.

Thanks to jercraigs for this. Pours a cloudy golden yellow with a big frothy white top. Aroma is citrus hops with some belgian yeast characteristics. Taste is citrus hop flavour and moderate bitterness. Small dryness of the palate from the yeast gives it the "belgian" characteristic.

cask @bent elbow - a medium oranhy-amber infiltered ale with a puffy off white cap. Medium bodied but a very robust english- styled IPA. Big mlts verge on sweet but are held in check by amle golding hops. Aroma and falvour feature a peach-like fruitness for the yeast and warm fermenting. Long wet finsh with a perfect balance. I’ve had this in several pubs and I’ve always enjoyed it. I hope GLB moves it into a year round draft offering.

Bottle: Poured a medium orangey color ale with a large foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of citrus and piney hops is quite dominant with light floral undertones. Taste is a satisfying mix between some floral hoppy notes dominated by citrus and piney notes. Dry caramel malt is pretty discreet and finish is quite bitter. Body is quite full with good carbonation. Not sure I can pick-up the Belgian style in this IPA but quite enjoyable nonetheless.

650 mL bottle from the brewery. I love the style and I love the brewery, so my expectations are high. Hazy, rusty, orange with a small head. The head quickly fades to a ring, but laces nicely. The aroma is a little resiny; I prefer floral and/or citrus with this style, but maybe that’s just me. The flavour is dominated by the hop bitterness; I’d like to see a little more malt/yeast presence. Not bad though.

Bottle form the brewery. Pours a slightly hazy orange with a bit of fine white head that dissipates quickly. Smell is floral hops, grassy hops, and some citrus, the "Belgian" part doesn’t really come through. Palate is on the lighter side of medium bodied with really strong carbonation. Taste is slightly sweet and fruity at first but then gets bitter quite quickly. The bitter flavour sticks with you quite a bit and lasts a while. Not bad, but missing more of a standard IPA than a Belgian IPA.

Pretty good IPA, had on draft at The Rhino. Cloudy yellow with 1/2" of retained foam. Above average mouthfeel. Good hop aroma. Smooth IPA flavour, bold orange citrus. Lots of lace lines.

Juicy citrus hops balanced with juicy pale fruit, at least until the dryness fatigue sets in. A bit of pot, sulfur and cat pee in the playful hop aromas. Taste has apricots and dried lemon candy, into a dry grassy palate and finish. Dries out the palate because it becomes very leafy. Foggy pale fruit gold look.

Pours cloduy orange with medium lacing. Smells a little of lemon. Starts with some hops and ends pretty smoothly. Bitter finish late in coming - like a delayed effect. High carbonation. Not bad. On tap at Get Well.

Belgian IPA from 750 ml bottle. Aroma is a bit less hoppy than I’d expected. Taste had good sharp spicy bite and mild bitterness.