493 Reviews
A warm day had me hankering* for an IPA. How about a hazy one? Sure why not. So I went camping with Side Launch on the 5th Coast**. This brew poured golden and slightly hazy, not milkshake hazy. Nice mild hoppy aroma with a touch of fruit in there. The first swig had...
Waterloo calls this a Canadian IPA. So that is a Canadian Indian Pale Ale, as in the country India of course, just to be clear. Sounds like a beverage suitable and fitting for an embassy soiree perhaps? Nice amber-like pour with a bright white boar’s head. This is a...
A hazy New England style brew that packs a surprising amount of flavour for a low alcohol beer. This beer suits me perfectly. I do like a hoppy IPA and the New England style is one of my favs. You are getting a great tangy taste with some fruit notes. … I honestly...
On the can it says “hazy, juicy, tropical”. Looks like they took care of my review for me. Yep, that’s what it is alright. It says “this Tasty IPA is on the up and up”*. But is it good? And what’s with the Welly blimp (zeppelin, airship) on the can, flying through a...
This brew poured darker than most IPAs, a bit hazy, and managed to get all worked up into a head full of foam. No bubbles in the beer itself, they were all topside. That excess head was quite possibly my fault as I was eager to quench my thirst and may have rushed my...
It was cloudy when I cracked open this brew, then the sky cleared. Coincidence? Of course it was. I thought of calling this review Cloudy with a Chance of Hops but there are at least three beers with that name so I didn’t want to confuse the issue. So I finished my...
A starter beer? To introduce new beer drinkers to the joys of drinking beer? No. Well, is it an introduction to IPAs? That makes sense, since it is a session IPA. No, that’s not it either. I had to refer to the verbiage on the can to find out that it’s a sports...
I haven’t quite figured out what a gas mask has to do with a shakedown or an awakening, or what a West Coast IPA has to do with a shakedown either. But with a name like “Awakening” I expected a full blown hop fest. This brew poured golden and hazy but no bubbles in...
I finally had the guts to try this one. Nice pour, nice aroma. Bitter not over the top creamsicly taste. Lots of floaty bits settling. In the parlor my partner parlayed that it has the perfect perfume of peaches*. Halfway through I get the aroma of fresh cut hay, or...
At the casino in town which is the local hangout for cranky old men and women intent on losing their kid's inheritance. I actually think there was a counter there for cashing RRSPs. To give you an idea how old the crowd was I felt young there. So I am sampling a...