Northern Glow
Lake of Bays Brewing Company
- From:
- Lake of Bays Brewing Company
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- Brut IPA
- ABV:
- 4.3%
- Score:
- +3 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.58 | pDev: 8.66%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Feb 27, 2021
- Added:
- Oct 25, 2019
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Pmicdee from Canada (ON)
3.98/5 rDev +11.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
3.98/5 rDev +11.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
Pours a light gold colour with visible bubbles and a small head. Smell is quite hoppy and bitter. Taste is bitter too, with some cereals in the background. Tickley mouthfeel and very dry.
Oct 28 2021
Dec 15, 2019Oct 28 2021
Reviewed by taxandbeerguy from Canada (ON)
3.68/5 rDev +2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.68/5 rDev +2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
473 ml can served cool into a weizen glass. LCBO purchase for around $3.50 CDN. Canned October 18, 2019.
Appearance - Pours a near crystal clear, golden color and capped with two and a half fingers of loose and sticky white head. Good spiderweb lacing around the glass and a plethora of bubbles.
Smell - Lots of hops, orange pith and grapefruit mostly with subtle bit of lemon. A slight floral undercurrent there as well.
Taste - Fairly watery, grapefruit and orange do show here again, but it's watered down, not nearly as bold as the nose. A little to bitter for the sake of being bitter in the aftertaste as well.
Mouthfeel - Medium-light bodied, good spritzy carbonation and very dry finish.
Overall - Better than expected and the nose, especially initally is quite good. The taste is just a bit too watered down, but I appreciate the effort these guys give in trying a variety of new and interesting styles, even if they're not quite as good as the best the local market offers.
Nov 26, 2019Appearance - Pours a near crystal clear, golden color and capped with two and a half fingers of loose and sticky white head. Good spiderweb lacing around the glass and a plethora of bubbles.
Smell - Lots of hops, orange pith and grapefruit mostly with subtle bit of lemon. A slight floral undercurrent there as well.
Taste - Fairly watery, grapefruit and orange do show here again, but it's watered down, not nearly as bold as the nose. A little to bitter for the sake of being bitter in the aftertaste as well.
Mouthfeel - Medium-light bodied, good spritzy carbonation and very dry finish.
Overall - Better than expected and the nose, especially initally is quite good. The taste is just a bit too watered down, but I appreciate the effort these guys give in trying a variety of new and interesting styles, even if they're not quite as good as the best the local market offers.
Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)
3.69/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.69/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
473 mL can from the LCBO; dated Oct 18 2019 and served slightly chilled. I'm a little surprised that they didn't market this as a 'session brut IPA', given its rather modest alcohol content.
Pours a clear, pale golden-yellow colour, topped with one finger of loose, soapy white head that degrades within the next several minutes; a wide, frothy collar is its eventual remnant, with a sloppy, meandering swath of lace also having been deposited - looks good to me. The nose is fruity and intriguing - I'm getting notes of melon, apricot, pear and white grape, as well as suggestions of wheat husk, lemon, grainy pale malts, citrus pith and a vinous note that sort of reminds me of champagne.
Not bad, but those fruity aromas do not transfer into the flavour profile with much efficacy. Instead, it tastes mostly of grainy pale malts and wheat, with hints of stone fruit, white grapefruit and white grape coming through by mid-sip, transitioning towards a grassy, pithy, resiny bitterness as it continues. The champagne yeast is most noticeable towards the back end and into the aftertaste, which is decidedly dry. Light in body, with assertive carbonation that prickles and prods the palate continuously, remaining active well into the course of the glass. Reasonably drinkable - I could feasibly drink a few of these in a row, but the truth is that I don't really like the beer enough to want to do that.
Final Grade: 3.69, a B grade. This is only the fifth brut IPA I've reviewed to date, so I'd be lying if I claimed to be an expert on this style... but Lake of Bays' Northern Glow seems to be about as faithful an interpretation as I've seen so far. The spritzy mouthfeel and dry character are pretty much exactly what I would've expected from a brut, so they did a good job in that respect - but at the end of the day, there's too little fruit and/or citrus hop flavour for this to meet my IPA needs. Whether that's an issue with the beer itself or the style in general is debatable: try this brew for yourself and see what you think of it.
Nov 20, 2019Pours a clear, pale golden-yellow colour, topped with one finger of loose, soapy white head that degrades within the next several minutes; a wide, frothy collar is its eventual remnant, with a sloppy, meandering swath of lace also having been deposited - looks good to me. The nose is fruity and intriguing - I'm getting notes of melon, apricot, pear and white grape, as well as suggestions of wheat husk, lemon, grainy pale malts, citrus pith and a vinous note that sort of reminds me of champagne.
Not bad, but those fruity aromas do not transfer into the flavour profile with much efficacy. Instead, it tastes mostly of grainy pale malts and wheat, with hints of stone fruit, white grapefruit and white grape coming through by mid-sip, transitioning towards a grassy, pithy, resiny bitterness as it continues. The champagne yeast is most noticeable towards the back end and into the aftertaste, which is decidedly dry. Light in body, with assertive carbonation that prickles and prods the palate continuously, remaining active well into the course of the glass. Reasonably drinkable - I could feasibly drink a few of these in a row, but the truth is that I don't really like the beer enough to want to do that.
Final Grade: 3.69, a B grade. This is only the fifth brut IPA I've reviewed to date, so I'd be lying if I claimed to be an expert on this style... but Lake of Bays' Northern Glow seems to be about as faithful an interpretation as I've seen so far. The spritzy mouthfeel and dry character are pretty much exactly what I would've expected from a brut, so they did a good job in that respect - but at the end of the day, there's too little fruit and/or citrus hop flavour for this to meet my IPA needs. Whether that's an issue with the beer itself or the style in general is debatable: try this brew for yourself and see what you think of it.
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