Jutsu 2.0
Bellwoods Brewery
- From:
- Bellwoods Brewery
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- American Pale Ale
- ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- 91
- Avg:
- 4.2 | pDev: 8.33%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jun 29, 2017
- Added:
- May 21, 2015
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
91
Outstanding
91
Outstanding
In life, Jutsu is all about stealthy ninja techniques (well actually techniques, skills, methods, tricks, or spells according to Wikipedia) but in beer it’s a fantastically balanced pale ale brewed with Simcoe, Centennial, Cascade and Amarillo hops. A clean malt character provides the perfect base for the fruity, juicy hops to take centre stage. Easy drinking with low bitterness. Meet version 2.0!
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Reviewed by Bunman3 from Canada (AB)
4.1/5 rDev -2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.1/5 rDev -2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A very solid APA. Looks great in the glass, smells like a beer that wants to make a memory, and dances the malt/hop line with great aplomb. Thanks again, Coronaeus! This is a lovely beer.
Jun 14, 2015
Reviewed by jrenihan from Canada (ON)
4.11/5 rDev -2.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.11/5 rDev -2.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Perhaps I am in the minority, but I am not sure why this beer needed a second version, as I really liked the first Jutsu. In any event, never a bad thing to have a newish Bellwoods beer.
Like the first one, the nose is great. Soft tropical fruits, rather perfume-like. Flavour is similar, with a nice bitter finish. Malts are pretty low in the mix. Always hard to do a comparison across time, but it seems to me that the pine that was present in the first version is reduced or gone, with the tropical fruits remaining.
I can't say I have a real preference between the two versions. Perhaps I would if trying them side by side. Either version, a really nice pale ale and a great addition to Bellwoods' portfolio.
May 31, 2015Like the first one, the nose is great. Soft tropical fruits, rather perfume-like. Flavour is similar, with a nice bitter finish. Malts are pretty low in the mix. Always hard to do a comparison across time, but it seems to me that the pine that was present in the first version is reduced or gone, with the tropical fruits remaining.
I can't say I have a real preference between the two versions. Perhaps I would if trying them side by side. Either version, a really nice pale ale and a great addition to Bellwoods' portfolio.
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