IPA - Columbus & Chinook
Bellwoods Brewery

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From:
Bellwoods Brewery
 
Ontario, Canada
Style:
American IPA
ABV:
7.2%
Score:
Needs more ratings
Avg:
4.1 | pDev: 8.54%
Reviews:
2
Ratings:
7
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Oct 30, 2018
Added:
Mar 04, 2017
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  1
This IPA is the result of one of our most massive dry-hopping rates to date. Chinook & Columbus work together to create pleasant herbal and fruity aromas with a highly resinous finish.
Recent ratings and reviews.
 
Rated: 3.79 by peensteen from Canada (ON)

Oct 30, 2018
 
Rated: 4.92 by DaPan from Canada (ON)

Jun 18, 2017
 
Rated: 4.08 by Simon212 from Canada (ON)

Mar 18, 2017
 
Rated: 3.87 by Sammy from Canada (ON)

Mar 10, 2017
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Reviewed by MasterSki from Canada (ON)

4.14/5  rDev +1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Bottle from the brewery. Served in my Kuhnhenn tulip.

A - Big white foam settles to a solid cap, thick collar, and splotchy lacing. Hazed golden body.

S - Very piney and citrus-heavy. Lemon, grapefruit. Hop-heavy, with a very neutral, crackery malt backbone.

T - Quite bitter and retro. Reminds me of West Coast IPAs circa 2009; Ruination or Poor Man's DIPA. Not much alcohol. A bit more malt, but again, heavy on the pithy grapefruit and lemon, pine, and dank. A bit of astringency in the finish.

M - Medium body, juicy, with moderate carbonation. Dry finish, with lingering oily hop resin on the tongue and teeth.

D - This is actually a really good IPA, just a totally retro one. As someone with more...context(?)... than most reviewers, I can totally appreciate this for its merits, but it seems wildly out of place in the world of tropical, juicy, aromatic IPAs. Are West Coast palate wreckers doomed to the same fate as East Coast DIPAs or English IPAs? Is beer teleological? Wasn't expecting a beer to rouse so many deep thoughts. In any case, I easily crushed a 500ml bottle.
Mar 08, 2017
 
Rated: 4 by yancot from Canada (ON)

Mar 04, 2017
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Reviewed by jrenihan from Canada (ON)

3.88/5  rDev -5.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Nose is a mix of pine and citrus (orange, grapefruit). Flavour is pretty classic west coast IPA: fairly bitter, grapefruit and pine flavours, some caramel backbone. Medium to full bodied, a bit on the heavy side. The taste comes across as a bit of a throwback, as New England styles and newer hop varietals have become so common that the Columbus/Chinook combo is actually a bit surprising.
Mar 04, 2017
IPA - Columbus & Chinook from Bellwoods Brewery
Beer rating: 4.1 out of 5 with 7 ratings