Old Yale Sergeants IPA

Brewed by Old Yale Brewing Co
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Chilliwack, Canada

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Opaque orange with a big rocky off white head that slowly settles. Fresh aroma of citrus floral hops. Moderately bitter citrus floral hop taste backed by mild caramel malts, some spruce and earth. Average carbonation, light-medium body, moderately hopped. Long lightly bitter finish. Nice mild easy drinking IPA. LBW (Lagerboys Be Wary)

Bouteille 660ml, courtoisie d’un contact de Victoria, BC. De couleur ambrée-dorée et légèrement voilée. Nez de houblon citrique (pamplemousse), floral et légèrement herbeux, malté de caramel sucré aux notes terreuses avec des notes de butterscotch et de fruits (agrumes sucrées, traces de pêches). Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen et une texture huileuse. Goût moyennement amer de houblon floral, citrique (pamplemousse), légèrement terreux et aux petites notes résineuses (une amertume qui dure toute la gorgée) avec un léger goût fruité sucré (agrumes sucrées, petites notes de pêches) et épicées (poivre doux) lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût malté de caramel moyennement sucré avec léger de butterscotch et de de miel puis en finale l’on retrouve une amertume de houblon légèrement plus sèche, plus résineuse et aux notes herbeuses. Post-goût long et légèrement sec, moyennement amer de houblon floral, citrique aux notes résineuses et herbeuses avec un léger goût fruité (zeste d’agrumes). (2006)

This smells way better than it tastes. Rye and caramel aroma. A touch of citric hoppy note. Taste is malty with bit of tangy tongue feeling. Not much body to it.

Citrusy aroma - orange, lemon. Some herbal notes in there as well. Body is relatively light, hop forward - lots of citrus, not a lot of malt presence. Finish is bitter and herbal. Okay.

A nice beer to see if you like IPA’s. Not too hoppy. A good all around drinkable beer.

Last can of 6 that I bought yesterday. Clear standard amber with a small white dissipating head. Sweet orange and lemon aroma, warm caramel and doughy pumpkin seed bread. the taste is relatively mild and very easy to drink with the more malty and less hoppy set up. Caramel, weak grapefruit, orangy, decently balanced spice that fits well in this mellow state. Malty. Good carbonation and a dulling soft bitterness. Very drinkable but not all that hoppy.

355ml can. Clear golden pour with a large and dense white head. Nose has a deep caramel note with light background citrus notes, trace of pine hops as well. Taste is big caramel malts, mild orange peel, mild piney hop flavours. Bitterness levels fall into the "mild" range. Overall a nice sessionable brew that feels more British in origin as opposed to West Coast. Alcohol level is a bit lighter than I like in my IPAs. Hop levels can’t compete with other things floating around local shelves right now, but this is nice.

650ml bottle pours a pale amber color with a 2 finger off-white head that retains well and leaves a thin spotty lacing as it settles. Aroma is light pine and citrus with some caramel malts. Taste is bold citrus and pine hop bitterness balanced nicely with a caramel malty sweetness. Light to medium in body with some decent carbonation. Overall, this is quite a nice IPA and definitely worthy of a fine tasting experience.

Pours out a beautiful orangey amber witha finger of yellowish, sticky head. The nose is sweet, resinous, piney and lightly malted with a bit of toffee and caramel. The taste has an English hop flavour with a ton of bitterness for East Kent Golding. Sweet mid palate with a resinous smack and pine taste lingering through the finish. I wish this was 6.5% ABV and hoppier. Love the high hop content for a beer brewed with English hops.