The majestic lion, the ferocious tiger, the imposing bear. National animals that had Dorothy, the Tin Man and the Scarecrow shaking in their boots, or ruby slippers, as the case may be. * Certainly worthy mammals to adorn any coat of arms and represent the strength of a nation. What no one ever heard the Tin Man worry about, or anyone else for that matter, was…the beaver. Canada’s national symbol of resolve, fortitude and ingenuity, basically an elbows up rodent.
The majestic beaver!
Our brasseur de l’heure is none other than the Quebec based brewer, Le Castor. Enter the COMDB Translation Department for a grade school translation, and you may not be surprised to know that following the lengthy and somewhat digressive segue, “le castor” translate to “the beaver” in English.
This particular brew is their tip of the tankard to the famous Yakima hops growing area, the Washington state hop producer.***
A deep golden semi-clear vibrant pour. With an ever so slight slip of a bright white head. A light stone fruit aroma, it has a refreshing nose. First taste yields lotsa fruit, a stone fruit citrus festival, up front and all the way through. Sweet, with mild hops and a very slight bitterness. Definitely not balanced, it’s a fruit forward, backward, and all points in between IPA. A super juicer as in puree juicy, with a bit of hoppy bitters and that’s all she wrote. They say multiple hop varieties have been used, but with the full frontal fruitfest it may be Simcoe as the dominant hop.
A good solid simple IPA for juice lovers, maybe a bit on the sweet side. It started out OK but by the end it was a bit too much fruit and sweet for me.
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