3.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Full bodied, heavy India Pale Ale texture but one that is full of flavour.
3.1 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
bottle. Poured clear copper, thin white head with decent lacing. Light grassy hop aroma. Average body and carbonation. Flavour is more sweet malt than bitter hops, notes of caramel and earthy hops. Medium bitter finish.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Draught at Draft House, Tower Bridge, London. Golden beer with a small offwhite head. Hoppy grassy aroma. Hoppy swimming pool flavor with some sweeter notes. Not the best IPA.
1.3 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 4/20
pours golden with an orange tint, ok-head. is it written IPA on the bottle? lightly hopped just like all the other sleeman offerings - herbal, and classic sleeman yeast. same cerealy-malty backbone, lacking a little. just boring and so not an IPA.
2.6 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Yet another Canadian ale masquerading as an IPA (I’m looking at you Alexander Keith’s). Pours a nice burnt orange with a thin ring for a head. Aroma of grassy hops but it is very faint. Taste was metallic with undertones of hops and a bit of malt. Almost totally lacking in hop profile. This isn’t even an English style IPA. Have always loved the bottles but the beer inside is so often mediocre.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
This beer was original introduced in 2005 as Sleeman second beer from the old recipe book. These John Sleeman Present beers would only last a year on the market and another style would come out the next year. I never saw this one until recently. Now, we will see if Sapporo changed it. Pours a golden-amber colour with a slightly off-white frothy head that stays a while and has dirty lacing. The nose is hoppy, but not over-the-top like some micros. Mildly bitter taste with notes of grain and hop. Nothing too crazy here, but a nice refreshing IPA that is better than Alexander Keith’s and is easy to drink.
1.3 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 5/20
Why is this in a clear bottle? it smells dank and more cream of corn like than a beer with hops. style wise....terrible. Mouth: wow, watery. I’d never mistake this as an IPA in a blind tasting for sure. I ask: where is the flavour kick that i’d expect from and IPA...or an ale for that matter. I’ve already written too much about this terrible waste of beer. glad to see that it isn’t classed as an IPA on this website.
1.4 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 5/20
UPDATED: APR 22, 2011 341ml bottle. Pours a light honey colour with white head that leaves a hint of lace. Faint citrusy, sprucy hops with underlying cereal grain on the nose. Sweetness up front that follows through the whole experience and watery like all other Sleeman products. Awful adjunct laden grossness on the finish that lingers forever...in a bad way.
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