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¡Hopsta La Vista!
Longslice Brewery
- From:
- Longslice Brewery
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- English IPA
- ABV:
- 6.5%
- Score:
- 81
- Avg:
- 3.52 | pDev: 11.36%
- Reviews:
- 14
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jul 05, 2020
- Added:
- Aug 11, 2014
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 10
No description / notes.
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Ratings by Cramshawbar:
Reviewed by Cramshawbar from Canada (ON)
3.5/5 rDev -0.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -0.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Never seen this one before and, judging by this page, it must be relatively new.
My first sip was out of the can, then I poured. The can actually held the aroma and flavours better, but no matter, I poured. Whatever head there is, dissipates. The nose is pleasant.
It starts out with a nice bitterness, combined with citrus, but after just a few minutes in the glass, it all falls away and becomes somewhat watery and bland.
What a shame.
Not bad, but really, what did the brewery bring to the plate, other than a snappy name? Nothing new, nothing old, just another IPA you will not remember by taste.
Nov 12, 2015My first sip was out of the can, then I poured. The can actually held the aroma and flavours better, but no matter, I poured. Whatever head there is, dissipates. The nose is pleasant.
It starts out with a nice bitterness, combined with citrus, but after just a few minutes in the glass, it all falls away and becomes somewhat watery and bland.
What a shame.
Not bad, but really, what did the brewery bring to the plate, other than a snappy name? Nothing new, nothing old, just another IPA you will not remember by taste.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by EricPhilpott from Canada (ON)
3.93/5 rDev +11.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.93/5 rDev +11.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
For some reason I wasn’t expecting much, but was pleasantly surprised. A solid IPA with nice color and balanced flavor. A great way to celebrate my 150th recorded beer on Beer Advocate!
Aug 11, 2019Rated by eberesford from Canada (ON)
3.46/5 rDev -1.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.46/5 rDev -1.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Copper coloured Big and Malty - lots of toffee and caramel balanced by herbal hops.
Oct 05, 2018Reviewed by Phyl21ca from Canada (QC)
3.34/5 rDev -5.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.34/5 rDev -5.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Can: Poured a clear dark amber/copper color ale with a large off-white foamy head with some retention and lacing. Aroma of caramel malt with dry floral hops with light sugary notes is OK. Taste is a mix of caramelized malt with some dry bitter hops with light resinous notes. Body is full for style with good carbonation. I find it hard to truly enjoy those old-school English style IPA with all the NEIPA floating around.
Jan 30, 2018Reviewed by TerryW from Canada (ON)
3.65/5 rDev +3.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.65/5 rDev +3.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Big malts for a hoops brew. Not a full on in your face hop bomb, so a little odd in that sense. Rusty with a big head, soapy lace. Different for the prominence of the malts, but a little too sweet overall.
Oct 26, 2017Reviewed by Jeffo from Netherlands
3.53/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.53/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Got this one at the LCBO in Waterloo
From a 16oz can into a pint glass
APPEARANCE: Pours a 2 finger, medium-thicker looking, creamy, off white head with excellent retention. Clear dark rust orange in color with no carbonation evident. Definitely darker for the style. Head slowly fades to a full wisp and clings to the glass. A splotchy wisp and ring remain leaving some decent lacing down the glass. Darker look is actually rather nice.
SMELL: Pale and caramel malts, honeydew melon, mandarin, watermelon, with notes of toffee as well.
TASTE: Caramel, toffee and melon sweetness up front. Fairly malt forward for the style. Toffee and melon at the swallow with a bolder and lingering finish of caramel, sweet pale malts, toffee flavors, bitter hops, some grapefruit and sweet melon.
PALATE: Medium body and medium carbonation. Creamy on the palate, goes down fine and finishes a bit mouth-coating for the style. A touch of bitterness lingers.
OVERALL: This is definitely darker and more malt forward for the style. The sweet malt character is nice, however, and the hop character works well with the malt base. Tasty stuff. It’s not what we expect from the style nowadays, and if you’re looking for a dry hop bomb, pass on this one, but for what it is, it’s well made and enjoyable.
Sep 27, 2017From a 16oz can into a pint glass
APPEARANCE: Pours a 2 finger, medium-thicker looking, creamy, off white head with excellent retention. Clear dark rust orange in color with no carbonation evident. Definitely darker for the style. Head slowly fades to a full wisp and clings to the glass. A splotchy wisp and ring remain leaving some decent lacing down the glass. Darker look is actually rather nice.
SMELL: Pale and caramel malts, honeydew melon, mandarin, watermelon, with notes of toffee as well.
TASTE: Caramel, toffee and melon sweetness up front. Fairly malt forward for the style. Toffee and melon at the swallow with a bolder and lingering finish of caramel, sweet pale malts, toffee flavors, bitter hops, some grapefruit and sweet melon.
PALATE: Medium body and medium carbonation. Creamy on the palate, goes down fine and finishes a bit mouth-coating for the style. A touch of bitterness lingers.
OVERALL: This is definitely darker and more malt forward for the style. The sweet malt character is nice, however, and the hop character works well with the malt base. Tasty stuff. It’s not what we expect from the style nowadays, and if you’re looking for a dry hop bomb, pass on this one, but for what it is, it’s well made and enjoyable.
Reviewed by pootz from Canada (ON)
3.43/5 rDev -2.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.43/5 rDev -2.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Can - pours an orange - light copper hazed ale in the glass with a decent off white cap that reduces but lasts. Medium body,,, Aroma is sweet malt over floral- piney tones, Smooth drinking - flavor is malty with decent bitter balance, some minor complexity in the mid palate but it is faint...clean fruity-bittering finish . I can’t help but think this is a good ale on tap fresh but the canned version sublimates a lot of the freshness.
Aug 19, 2017Reviewed by Jesterr44 from Canada (ON)
3.79/5 rDev +7.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.79/5 rDev +7.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
I enjoyed this beer, but for the style, to me it's just about average for what's in the marketplace these days. The good: a nice look; pours amber orange with a nice fluffy off-white head, clear at first & then some nice cloudy resins come from the bottom of the can. Also good: almost no astringent bitterness in the taste. The malt backbone is solid & smooth, which gives this beer a nice full mouthfeel. The not-as-good: The flavour which comes with the hops is nice; some grapefruit & floral, but a little less full & complex than I'd like. Also - the back end of the sip almost seems a little watery, while some of the better IPAs out there provide a more complete flavour throughout a long sip. In the end, I'd definitely have it again, and it's a crap-ton better than a macrobrew, but it also doesn't quite make the must-have list.
May 27, 2017Reviewed by polloenfuego from Canada (NB)
3.42/5 rDev -2.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.42/5 rDev -2.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Quick: looks nice upon pour, a little golden copper with a finger or two of head. Smell is heavy Malta and then hops. Taste is malt forward with a hoppy but mild finish. Feel is alright, but is lacking something, it's just blah.
Certainly not the best beer out there. Misses the mark in my opinion.
Apr 22, 2017Certainly not the best beer out there. Misses the mark in my opinion.
¡Hopsta La Vista! from Longslice Brewery
Beer rating:
81 out of
100 with
43 ratings
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