India Pale Ale
Garrison Brewing Company

India Pale AleIndia Pale Ale
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From:
Garrison Brewing Company
 
Nova Scotia, Canada
Style:
American IPA
ABV:
6.5%
Score:
84
Avg:
3.63 | pDev: 11.02%
Reviews:
1
Ratings:
12
Status:
Active
Rated:
Sep 20, 2016
Added:
May 27, 2014
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  3
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Ratings by djcreepshow:
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Rated by djcreepshow from Canada (NS)

3.5/5  rDev -3.6%

Oct 26, 2014
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4.17 by DoubleMalt from New York

Sep 20, 2016
 
Rated: 3.4 by Lare453 from Florida

Oct 25, 2015
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Reviewed by biboergosum from Canada (AB)

4.11/5  rDev +13.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
341ml bottle, a surprise find in the singles bin of a randomly accessed crappy local liquor store. 10 ratings here, and no reviews yet, WTF? Ok, Maritimers, Daddy's in town for the time being.

This beer pours a clear, bright pale copper amber hue, with three fingers of puffy, loosely foamy, and bubbly ecru head, which leaves some splendid and awkwardly webbed lace around the glass as it evenly subsides.

It smells of sharp orange, white grapefruit, and lemon citrus rind, subtle earthy yeast, heady caramel malt, a further touch of toffee sweetness, a minor hard water flintiness, and peppy leafy, weedy, piney, and certainly perfumed floral hops. The taste is gritty bready caramel malt, still prevalent toffee pudding notes, an edgy blood orange, red grapefruit, and aged lemon fruitiness, and spicy, herbal, and piney hops.

The bubbles are actively engaging in their low-fi frothiness, the body a solid medium weight for the style, and not particularly smooth, but nor do I particularly care at the moment. It finishes well off-dry, that caramel/toffee malt damned if it's going to let those pesky hophead kids get away with their apparent misanthropy.

Wow, when I grabbed this one-off, I had no idea that I would be walking into such a dense jungle of American IPA goodness - big, juicy malt, varied, and interesting (somehow) bitter hops, and a hanging scepter of agreeably warming boozy booze. Yup, this is one innocuous, sneaky palate usurper, it is.
Jan 07, 2015
 
Rated: 2.63 by deonreds from New York

Dec 29, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by DinoBlueShoes from Maine

Nov 20, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by mmurphy525 from Canada (NS)

Nov 15, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by sdm9465 from Canada (NS)

Oct 27, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by Electros from Canada (ON)

Sep 16, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by lgmol from Canada (NS)

Aug 16, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by CurtisD from Canada (NB)

Jun 18, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by TheSevenDuffs from Canada (ON)

Jun 06, 2014
India Pale Ale from Garrison Brewing Company
Beer rating: 84 out of 100 with 12 ratings