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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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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
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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 mabel (2590), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Mar 18, 2007  
[225-20060304] Tap @ Volo (Toronto, ON). Faint wafts of grassy hops and yeasty bread and light apple wine. Clear, orange amber body with many small bubbles and a foamy off-white head. Flavour has bitter grassy hops and a bit of yeast (noticeable after warming up). Medium body, light gravelly. Comes together eventually to a sweet finish.


 DocLock (4648), Lower Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Mar 6, 2007  
Bottle from Hopdog. Turbid orangy coppery color, with 2-finger off-white head. Aroma of heavy spices, florals, hops, citrus. The taste is very tart, with big spicy hops and citrus fruit. The oxidation ring is very brown, which leads me to believe that this one may have "turned" a bit, which would explain the extreme tartness. Nonetheles, this one was enjoyable.


 robinvboyer (1428), Sturgeon Falls, Ontario, Canada
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Jan 30, 2007    Updated: Apr 12, 2008
orange, amber color. some hops in the aroma, but its faint, more malt than i would expect from an IPA, the bitterness is there, but i’m missing the floral citrus of the hops i would come to expect. i think this beer has gone downhill over the years, I’ll stick with the tankhouse in the Toronto area.


 DuffMan (2751), the land of bitumen, beef & beer, Alberta, Canada
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/513/20
Jan 19, 2007  
Dark orange amber with predominantly vegetal aroma. Vaguely fruity hop character with subtle malt and a kicking bitter finish. I didn’t find this as packed full of hoppy goodness as some others who rated it in years gone by... I wonder if it has changed over time?


 JorisPPattyn (5167), Antwerpen, Belgium
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/515/20
Dec 21, 2006  
Short-lived amberish head over foxy-amber beer. Very fresh, flowery hops nose with a touch of limepeel, lunaria, nectarine and garden herbs. Rather British hops flavour (despite it being Chinook...), quite bitter, with a touch of astringency in the finish; flowery, tad metallic finishing. Quite refreshing, smooth, but on the negative side, a bit light, short of empty finish, even if that’s not really a screaming shame at 5.5 % ABV. Quite good, if a tad bitter IPA. Which probably means its not unlike the historical originals - if only it were as alcoholic and malt-backed as those probably were. Txs to Canada’s most famous beerwriter!


 tomthompson89 (1474), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Dec 12, 2006  
loved this beer a few years ago was soo impressivly hopped, is still good and highly drinkable but miss the old days, will drink it any time its offered but wish for a return to old form


 VeloVampire (489), Parkdale, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/516/20
Dec 2, 2006    Updated: Jul 8, 2008
341 ml bottle - Pours a deep copper with diminishing white head. Aroma grapefruity and piney hops with a nice malt balance. The malt profile has been accentuated and the beer now has a much more balanced taste than before. Where the hops once dominated, there is now a harmony with the malt. Flavour is lots of pine with juniper, cardamom and some breadiness as well. Chocolate malt can be faintly noted in the long bitter finish, as well as a biscuity undertone. Sort of like Corporal Punishment-light (not in any way a bad thing).


 probstk (1028), Nepean, Ontario, Canada
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Nov 24, 2006  
Lot code: K 246. What happened to this beer? It is a lovely, malty product that exhibits decent balance, with a good deep maltiness and decent hop character, but it is NOT the punishingly hoppy brew that I recall from several month ago. I left a few bottles with my brother and I hope that he has not discarded them. I want to compare this product to what I have in memory and hopefully vindicate the brewery!!



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