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Scotch Irish Sgt. Majors IPA

Percentile
85
overall
Brewed by Heritage Brewing Limited
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)

Carleton Place, Canada

bottling
unknown

on tap
available

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1683.47/5.03.45/5.05.5%70.6Shaker, Tulip
Commercial Description:
Sgt. Major's I.P.A is a robust, "west-coast" style I.P.A. with a tasty white-grapefruit/spice/resin flavour and aroma, making the ale wonderfully refreshing. Its bitterness (68 I.B.U.) is obtained throught the use of copious amounts of Chinook hops. The malts are pale, crystal 60,and chocolate. Available on draught year 'round and soon in 6 packs (bottles) at the LCBO.
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 aracauna (2374), Georgia, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/512/20
May 20, 2005  
It’s an attractive beer, with a clear medium amber (almost copper body) topped by a dense, thick soapy head. The aroma is actually more malt than hops in my sample, and the malt carries a distinct resemblance to saltine crackers. There’s a bit of Christmas tree needles from the hops. The flavor is more of that cracker malt mixed with a bitterness that doesn’t seem to meld with the malt very well. The beer seems a bit out of whack to me. The hops are definitely in the IPA range for the bitterness, but seem to be lacking in hop aroma and flavor other than bitterness.


 jah noth (1015), Rochester, New York, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/104/58/20
Apr 30, 2005  
Acidic aroma reminiscent of tomato sauce. Light amber in appearance with little head to speak of. To me this beer tastes all wrong - strange malt combinations - chocolate and crystal are not doing it for me, and the bitterness sort of clashes. Not very enjoyable. Thanks to radiomgb for the sample.


 beerbuzzmontreal (2911), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/516/20
Apr 29, 2005  
Pours a slightly hazy caramel/golden body with a thin white head. Whoa, as soon as I put my nose on top of the glass pine needles hop from the beer into my nostrils, wow, am I smelling Pine-Sol ?, I smell some citrusy hops too, so this beer’s aroma is piney and citrusy hops all the way , cool. I just had the first sip and it feels like piney hops happily jumping in my throat, and I like it, some citrusy hops follow, also to balance the hops there’s a decent malt base that gives out a sweet flavor of caramel, moderate but lasting bitter finish. Light to medium body with an oily texture and soft carbonation. An ontario microbrewery going west coast for its IPA, strange but the result is remarkable.


Chugalug (29), Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/510/20
Apr 20, 2005  
Holy Hanna! Look out for the bitterness on this one! Sheesh! I felt like I had just ate a bowl of hops for breakfast! A real treat for Ontario hopheads looking for a local beer to get their fix!


 GonZoBeeR (2160), ste-Eulalie, Quebec, Canada
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/516/20
Mar 26, 2005  
Aroma:hops and bitterness.... Appearance:clear amber with god head... Flavor:big bitterness with a small taste of caramel.....


 OKBeer (1159), Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/513/20
Mar 21, 2005  
341 ml bottle. Pale amber colour with a frothy and creamy off-white head. Bread, light caramel, and green, leafy hop aroma. Bready and toasty malts with a piny and resinous bitter finish. Medium bodied smooth and refreshing, but a bit on the dry side.


 JohnBarleycorn (390), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/516/20
Feb 23, 2005  
Amber with a slight infusion of red. An interesting cornucopia of fruit scents escape the glass – it’s like the burst of fruit aromas you get after popping off the lid on a can of fruit salad. Low carbonation. Extremely bitter flavour – there’s enough hops in here to preserve the beer for a trip around the world, not just a trek to India. Long, bitter finish matures into some interesting fruity and woody nuances. Very challenging and very pleasing. An extreme IPA that feels as good doing a hand-plant on the halfpipe.


 mustang3 (254), Whitby, Canada
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/515/20
Feb 4, 2005  
From a bottle. Pours out a nice copper colour with a 1 finger white head. Strong hoppy nose. In the taste I got mostly resiny pine and spice with little grapefruit. There is good malt balance a pleasing bitter aftertaste.



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