Ontario Pale Ale
HogsBack Brewing Company
- From:
- HogsBack Brewing Company
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- English Pale Ale
- ABV:
- 5.5%
- Score:
- +1 rating needed
- Avg:
- 3.28 | pDev: 12.8%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Mar 10, 2016
- Added:
- May 24, 2015
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 2
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by RQuigley from Canada (ON)
4.2/5 rDev +28%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.2/5 rDev +28%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
This tasting was opened as my Day 13th of beer in my Beer Advent Calendar for 2015. This is the 2nd year my wife has made me one of these and it is a great to open a beer every day.
Number 13 - 473ml can - 5.5% - 40IBU
Hogs Back Ontario Pale Ale from Hogs Back Brewing. It’s a great English Pale Ale (EPA) style. It has a nice finish with a caramel and hope touch rq @RorQuig
Dec 13, 2015Number 13 - 473ml can - 5.5% - 40IBU
Hogs Back Ontario Pale Ale from Hogs Back Brewing. It’s a great English Pale Ale (EPA) style. It has a nice finish with a caramel and hope touch rq @RorQuig
Reviewed by taxandbeerguy from Canada (ON)
3.46/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.46/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
473 ml can served at fridge temperature into a Amsterdam bone shaker snifter glass. Purchased for under $3 CDN.
Appearance - orange and amber coloured beer with some red hues. Decent finger plus of white head is poured with good retention. Small ring of lace is left behind after the head recedes.
Smell - quite mild some grain with dark fruit interspersed. Prune, plum and a few leafy hops make an appearance.
Taste - again some dark fruit with a solid malt base. Plenty of grains and mild sweetness from prune, fig and caramel. Pretty tasty and flavourful EPA.
Mouthfeel - smooth with lower carbonation and a steady but filling body. Modest carbonation.
Overall - A solid if unspectacular English pale ale; good flavor profiles through, although nothing original to the style. Worth trying at least once in case it catches your fancy.
Jun 14, 2015Appearance - orange and amber coloured beer with some red hues. Decent finger plus of white head is poured with good retention. Small ring of lace is left behind after the head recedes.
Smell - quite mild some grain with dark fruit interspersed. Prune, plum and a few leafy hops make an appearance.
Taste - again some dark fruit with a solid malt base. Plenty of grains and mild sweetness from prune, fig and caramel. Pretty tasty and flavourful EPA.
Mouthfeel - smooth with lower carbonation and a steady but filling body. Modest carbonation.
Overall - A solid if unspectacular English pale ale; good flavor profiles through, although nothing original to the style. Worth trying at least once in case it catches your fancy.
Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)
3.39/5 rDev +3.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.39/5 rDev +3.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
473 mL can from the LCBO; packaged Apr 17 2015 and served slightly-chilled.
Pours a translucent orange-amber colour, generating one finger of loose, soapy, off-white head that quickly deteriorates, leaving behind only a thin, foamy collar. Some wisps on the surface and a few blebs of lace are the only other remains. As for the aroma, I am getting a lot of red apple skin and juice, with notes of buttery pear, toasted grains and caramel, with some earthy, lightly floral undertones beneath it all.
An enjoyable English-style ale. Flavours of pale grains and lightly toasted bread blend nicely with a mixture of caramel and orchard fruit sweetness. Red apple is the one that really comes to mind, with maybe a touch of brown pear - both soon being overcome by leafy, floral hop bitterness that lasts through to the finish. The aftertaste lingers for a few seconds; a bit earthy and dirty. Light-medium in body, with moderate carbonation levels that gently agitate the tongue, and a mouthfeel that comes off quite smooth. One thing I can't take away from this beer is that it is extremely drinkable, especially considering the 5.5% abv - it's rare for me to finish a beer before the review, but I managed to do that here.
Final Grade: 3.39, a passable B-. This is the second can of HogsBack Ontario Pale Ale I've cracked open in as many days, and on both occasions I've found it to be a serviceable, if somewhat forgettable brew. I was drinking a Durham Signature Ale earlier tonight and I am definitely noticing a bit of overlap - fans of that old Ontario standby will definitely want to consider giving HogsBack's pale ale a serious look, as will English 'real ale' fans in general. I prefer their Vintage Lager, but this is at least worth a try.
Jun 12, 2015Pours a translucent orange-amber colour, generating one finger of loose, soapy, off-white head that quickly deteriorates, leaving behind only a thin, foamy collar. Some wisps on the surface and a few blebs of lace are the only other remains. As for the aroma, I am getting a lot of red apple skin and juice, with notes of buttery pear, toasted grains and caramel, with some earthy, lightly floral undertones beneath it all.
An enjoyable English-style ale. Flavours of pale grains and lightly toasted bread blend nicely with a mixture of caramel and orchard fruit sweetness. Red apple is the one that really comes to mind, with maybe a touch of brown pear - both soon being overcome by leafy, floral hop bitterness that lasts through to the finish. The aftertaste lingers for a few seconds; a bit earthy and dirty. Light-medium in body, with moderate carbonation levels that gently agitate the tongue, and a mouthfeel that comes off quite smooth. One thing I can't take away from this beer is that it is extremely drinkable, especially considering the 5.5% abv - it's rare for me to finish a beer before the review, but I managed to do that here.
Final Grade: 3.39, a passable B-. This is the second can of HogsBack Ontario Pale Ale I've cracked open in as many days, and on both occasions I've found it to be a serviceable, if somewhat forgettable brew. I was drinking a Durham Signature Ale earlier tonight and I am definitely noticing a bit of overlap - fans of that old Ontario standby will definitely want to consider giving HogsBack's pale ale a serious look, as will English 'real ale' fans in general. I prefer their Vintage Lager, but this is at least worth a try.
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