North Of 41
Hop City Brewing Co.
- From:
- Hop City Brewing Co.
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- American Blonde Ale
- ABV:
- 4.4%
- Score:
- +4 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.78 | pDev: 2.65%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Sep 17, 2021
- Added:
- Mar 12, 2021
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by taxandbeerguy from Canada (ON)
3.6/5 rDev -4.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.6/5 rDev -4.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
473 ml can served cold into a snifter. LCBO purchase for around $3.25 CDN. Can't tell the canning date.
Appearance - clear, rich golden brew with nearly two fingers of dense white head. Reasonably good retention, lots of bubbles and the slightest bit of haze.
Smell - Clean and fairly sweet. Some caramel and suggestions of vanilla with some broad based grainy aromas lurking in the background.
Taste - Very light in flavor, a generally sweet bready flavor with just a touch of caramel. Pinch of pepper in there somewhere adds complexity. Certainly not too sweet nor too bitter although lacking in intensity.
Mouthfeel - Medium-light bodied, with lots of light crisp carbonation. Turns out gassy but pairs well with the light flavors.
Overall - A better than expected blonde ale from a brewery that has disappointed me a couple times before. North of 41 is light, sufficiently flavorful and a no-frills attached type of light ale that is a nice easy quaff on a summer patio and is a nice reminder not to take this all so seriously.
Sep 17, 2021Appearance - clear, rich golden brew with nearly two fingers of dense white head. Reasonably good retention, lots of bubbles and the slightest bit of haze.
Smell - Clean and fairly sweet. Some caramel and suggestions of vanilla with some broad based grainy aromas lurking in the background.
Taste - Very light in flavor, a generally sweet bready flavor with just a touch of caramel. Pinch of pepper in there somewhere adds complexity. Certainly not too sweet nor too bitter although lacking in intensity.
Mouthfeel - Medium-light bodied, with lots of light crisp carbonation. Turns out gassy but pairs well with the light flavors.
Overall - A better than expected blonde ale from a brewery that has disappointed me a couple times before. North of 41 is light, sufficiently flavorful and a no-frills attached type of light ale that is a nice easy quaff on a summer patio and is a nice reminder not to take this all so seriously.
Reviewed by Tony787 from Canada (ON)
3.81/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.81/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
I bought a can today at the lcbo in Ontario 473ml at 4.4%.
poured a 2finger head into glass that leaves a lace as you drink it.
taste is light malts and citrus with a little lemon.
overall an easy drinking blonde ale.
cheers.
Jun 18, 2021poured a 2finger head into glass that leaves a lace as you drink it.
taste is light malts and citrus with a little lemon.
overall an easy drinking blonde ale.
cheers.
Reviewed by Pmicdee from Canada (ON)
3.92/5 rDev +3.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.92/5 rDev +3.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Pours a clear gold colour with a medium sized head atop. The smell is grainy with a hint of lemon. The taste is very good for a blonde ale. Usually pretty bland bit this one seems fruity and a bit more hoppy than usual. Quite nice actually.
June 12 2023
Mar 27, 2021June 12 2023
Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)
3.75/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.75/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
473 mL can from the LCBO; coded B12 1 (Feb 12 2021) and served slightly chilled.
Pours bright and effervescent, its golden yellow-hued body crowned with more than an inch of fluffy, foamy white head that recedes down to a lumpy, half-inch cap that lasts for quite some time. An even coat of beautiful lacing is also left behind - let me just say, this is a gorgeous beer. Its aromas of peaches, graininess, citrus and tropical fruit are subdued yet enticing.
A respectable blonde - fruitier than average, with light hints of apricot, apple, orange and melon accompanying its grainy, slightly bready pale malt backbone. Finishes with gritty grain husk and a touch of very mildly grassy, pithy hop bitterness, with a grainy aftertaste that quickly fades to off-dry. Light in body, with middling carbonation levels that supply a little bit of spritz to this blonde ale's mouthfeel; fantastic drinkability.
Final Grade: 3.75, eking out a B+. I don't really expect a whole lot out of a blonde ale, which might have something to do with why I was so pleasantly surprised by North of 41°. The underlying blonde is fine, but it's the Citra hops that do the job of sprucing the whole thing up, resulting in a fruity, refreshing quaff that would work splendidly as a lighter spring/summer thirst quencher. I liked this more than I was expecting to, and while I wouldn't say it's anything to write home about, it may just be Hop City's most sessionable offering to date.
Mar 24, 2021Pours bright and effervescent, its golden yellow-hued body crowned with more than an inch of fluffy, foamy white head that recedes down to a lumpy, half-inch cap that lasts for quite some time. An even coat of beautiful lacing is also left behind - let me just say, this is a gorgeous beer. Its aromas of peaches, graininess, citrus and tropical fruit are subdued yet enticing.
A respectable blonde - fruitier than average, with light hints of apricot, apple, orange and melon accompanying its grainy, slightly bready pale malt backbone. Finishes with gritty grain husk and a touch of very mildly grassy, pithy hop bitterness, with a grainy aftertaste that quickly fades to off-dry. Light in body, with middling carbonation levels that supply a little bit of spritz to this blonde ale's mouthfeel; fantastic drinkability.
Final Grade: 3.75, eking out a B+. I don't really expect a whole lot out of a blonde ale, which might have something to do with why I was so pleasantly surprised by North of 41°. The underlying blonde is fine, but it's the Citra hops that do the job of sprucing the whole thing up, resulting in a fruity, refreshing quaff that would work splendidly as a lighter spring/summer thirst quencher. I liked this more than I was expecting to, and while I wouldn't say it's anything to write home about, it may just be Hop City's most sessionable offering to date.
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