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10 Point India Pale Ale
Lake of Bays Brewing Company
- From:
- Lake of Bays Brewing Company
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- English IPA
- ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- 81
- Avg:
- 3.56 | pDev: 10.11%
- Reviews:
- 28
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jun 29, 2017
- Added:
- Apr 30, 2012
- Wants:
- 3
- Gots:
- 21
Originally developed as a celebratory ale for owner Darren Smith’s wedding, our ambition was to create the most full-flavoured and balanced IPA on the market. Into the lab we went, coming out with a modern-day British-style India pale ale that stands proud of its hoppy heritage.
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Ratings by IdeaSpeeder:
Reviewed by IdeaSpeeder from Canada (ON)
3.73/5 rDev +4.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.75
3.73/5 rDev +4.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.75
Serving Type - 750ml bottle, poured into a pintglass
Appearance - Light brown/amber colour. Two fingers of fluffy white head. Moderate retention with magnificent lacing.
Smell - More malt than hop aroma here. Caramel/crystal malt, some light hop bits, and some earthy tones. Hop's are pretty subdued for the style. What is there has hints of citrus and pine...not cascadian but I don't think but along those lines.
Taste - Medium body, light carbonation. Smooth and creamy finish.
Sep 21, 2013Appearance - Light brown/amber colour. Two fingers of fluffy white head. Moderate retention with magnificent lacing.
Smell - More malt than hop aroma here. Caramel/crystal malt, some light hop bits, and some earthy tones. Hop's are pretty subdued for the style. What is there has hints of citrus and pine...not cascadian but I don't think but along those lines.
Taste - Medium body, light carbonation. Smooth and creamy finish.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by MichaelGennings from Canada (ON)
4.63/5 rDev +30.1%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.63/5 rDev +30.1%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
473ml can. 6% alc. 45 IBUs. Packaged Feb. 2, 2017.
Poured into a glass. Nice off white head. Amber coloured beer. Nice citrus and pine hop notes.
Medium bodied. Pleasant citrus and pine hop taste. Light malted barley taste on the finish. Decent lacing on the glass.
This is a very enjoyable IPA. I would buy it again.
May 06, 2017Poured into a glass. Nice off white head. Amber coloured beer. Nice citrus and pine hop notes.
Medium bodied. Pleasant citrus and pine hop taste. Light malted barley taste on the finish. Decent lacing on the glass.
This is a very enjoyable IPA. I would buy it again.
Reviewed by CAMRAhardliner from Canada (ON)
3.93/5 rDev +10.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.93/5 rDev +10.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pours deep mahogany with a rocky, chunky head that lasts a long time. Toffee and woody, herbal, lemony hops in the nose. Raisin bread and caramel maltiness at the forefront in the taste with a sturdy accompaniment of spicy, herbal English hops (must be Fuggles and Goldings in this). The mouthfeel is full bodied with creamy carbonation. Moderate to light bitterness and some toasty notes in the finish.
A nice English IPA - definitely a paragon of balance, even compared to modern examples of the style. Malts out front, but still balanced and enjoyable. Worth a try, especially if you like British IPAs, bitters and pale ales.
Sep 17, 2016A nice English IPA - definitely a paragon of balance, even compared to modern examples of the style. Malts out front, but still balanced and enjoyable. Worth a try, especially if you like British IPAs, bitters and pale ales.
Rated by Erik-P from Canada (BC)
2.9/5 rDev -18.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
2.9/5 rDev -18.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
Guessing this is an old can.. getting no hop aroma or taste. Not having great luck picking up ipas in alberta so far!
Jun 28, 2016Reviewed by Borbly from Canada ()
3.83/5 rDev +7.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.83/5 rDev +7.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Pours a deep amber body with a decent white head. The scent brings up a fair bit of citrus hops and bold malts, typical for a B-IPA. The taste is large on bittering hops with an accent of citrus hops and nice malt, making for a very nice taste. The body is fairly good, though the bittering is slightly overwhelming. Overall a nice beer though.
Mar 25, 2016Reviewed by Jeffo from Netherlands
3.05/5 rDev -14.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
3.05/5 rDev -14.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
Got this one at the LCBO back home this summer.
From a 750 into a snifter
APPEARANCE: Pours a 2+ finger, looser, foamy, off-white head with decent retention. Clear burnt umber orange with lower levels of carbonation evident. Head fades to a full foamy cap and leaves some foamy lacing on the glass. A ring remains leaving some dots of lacing on the glass as it empties.
SMELL: Pale malts, caramel, light toffee, melon, some floral notes and grassy hops. Medium strength.
TASTE: Caramel and toffee sweetness with floral hop notes up front. A touch of melon at the swallow with a medium finish of caramel, melon sweetness, a bit of grassy hops and some bitter floral notes lingering on the palate. Quite a bit of bitterness hangs around for a while.
PALATE: Medium body and medium levels of carbonation. Creamy enough, smooth going down and finishes a touch dry. Bitterness lingers.
OVERALL: This was okay but not really my style of English IPA. There was plenty of floral bitterness to balance the hefty sweet malt bill, but it was a little light on the fruity character that often comes with the style. Instead, there was a lot of grassy and floral notes. A nice beer all around but not quite my style.
Dec 20, 2015From a 750 into a snifter
APPEARANCE: Pours a 2+ finger, looser, foamy, off-white head with decent retention. Clear burnt umber orange with lower levels of carbonation evident. Head fades to a full foamy cap and leaves some foamy lacing on the glass. A ring remains leaving some dots of lacing on the glass as it empties.
SMELL: Pale malts, caramel, light toffee, melon, some floral notes and grassy hops. Medium strength.
TASTE: Caramel and toffee sweetness with floral hop notes up front. A touch of melon at the swallow with a medium finish of caramel, melon sweetness, a bit of grassy hops and some bitter floral notes lingering on the palate. Quite a bit of bitterness hangs around for a while.
PALATE: Medium body and medium levels of carbonation. Creamy enough, smooth going down and finishes a touch dry. Bitterness lingers.
OVERALL: This was okay but not really my style of English IPA. There was plenty of floral bitterness to balance the hefty sweet malt bill, but it was a little light on the fruity character that often comes with the style. Instead, there was a lot of grassy and floral notes. A nice beer all around but not quite my style.
10 Point India Pale Ale from Lake of Bays Brewing Company
Beer rating:
81 out of
100 with
97 ratings
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