Scotch Irish Sgt. Majors IPA

341ml bottle
5.5% ABV
I tried this beer on May 26, 2008 at "Smokeless Joe’s" in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The beer poured a translucent reddish-brown colour with a thin white head, that was bubbly. The aroma was malty with some caramel and spicy hints, with a slight hoppy hint. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with medium carbonationn, and a dry bitter finish. The flavour was full of citrusy and grapefruity hoppiness, with a little malty tinge. A very good beer, although I would have liked more of a hoppy aroma.

I like west coast ipas thus enjoyed this one. pours amber colour with minimal head. Taste of citrus and hops. slight bitter aftertaste. Prefer this to durham hop addict in the canadian ipa category.

Bottle from Cracked Kettle. Orange color. Melon and pineapple in the aroma. Firm grassy, citric hopbitter flavor with sweet Cantaloup melon. Firm grassy hopbitter aftertaste. Balance is lacking just a bit, but flavors and aromas are nice.

On tap at Castle on King. Amber-orange (in dim lighting) with a modest white head. Sweet aroma of flowers, cherry, almonds - noticeably nutty. Flavour has pine and grapefruit. The malts are definitely shoved out of the way. Earth is present. Feels ’heavier’ in taste than most other IPA’s I’ve had. Medium to heavy body with a creamy texture. Leaves a dry mouth and lingering hops. Tasty, but I’d hoped for more complexity.

Bottle from Cracked Kettle. Nice orange colour. Big head. Hoppy nose. Strong hoppy flavour. Some malt, caramel, chocolates. Also quite bitter. Nice prickly finish.

Pours a clear amber with an obscene amount of dense, frothy, off-white, root beer float-like head. A third of the bottle yields a full glass of foam on a gentle pour. You had better have a book on-hand or something else to do while you wait for this one to settle. On the nose are: fruity hops, bubblegum and caramel malt. Light to medium-bodied and slick (almost flat) with a dry, bitter finish. The flavor is of fruity, floral hops and bubblegum, finishing abruptly bitter. This tastes like a blend of a German hefe and a British IPA.; interesting but a bit odd. It certainly delivers on hop bitterness but almost at the exclusion of any balance, whatsoever. It’s unique, but it’s not really my bag.

At the LCBO. Had it about 6 months ago and was not impressed but this one went down much better. Nice hoppy aroma, clear reddish orange with a foamy white quickly disappearing head. Hoppy dry with just the right bitterness. Very similar to the US IPAs except light on flavour.

Not a lot of aroma. Amber colour, virtually no head. Lots of hop taste, enjoyable.