Altar Ego IPA
Silversmith Brewing Co.
- From:
- Silversmith Brewing Co.
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- Hazy IPA
- ABV:
- 6.5%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.71 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Dec 17, 2025
- Added:
- Dec 17, 2025
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Part of our Ecclesia Series, this IPA pours a radiant yellow with orange hues and a lasting white head. It delivers a captivating aroma of tropical fruits and citrus zest. The taste is a well-balanced fusion of juicy fruitiness and subtle tenacious pine. Smooth and creamy on the palate, leaving a silky yet refreshing finish. 35 IBU
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)
3.71/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.71/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
473 mL can from the LCBO, included in Silversmith's Winter Mix Pack; no packaging date. Served barely chilled.
Pours a hazy pale golden colour, with more than two fingers of fluffy, soapy white head erupting from the surface. It seeps away at a casual pace, caking the glass with a messy coat of lace as it's reduced to a sudsy cap and collar; looks great so far. Muddled citrus and tropical fruit notes on the nose: passion fruit, grapefruit and orange peel, with hints of mango and nectarine, as well as some pungent floral hops.
Not bad; the flavours are balanced, though maybe a little too subtle for their own good. I'm getting understated hints of stone fruit, passion fruit and grapefruit over a backdrop of bready, wheaty malts. Finishes piney and floral, with some resiny, pithy bitterness that lingers into a mildly warming aftertaste. Medium-full in body, with light carbonation and a soft, fulfilling mouthfeel that improves this pale ale's drinkability.
Final Grade: 3.71, a B grade. Silversmith's Altar Ego is a serviceable hazy IPA, though I feel like the fruity hop characteristics could stand to be kicked up a notch. Taken together with the piney hop notes, I think it's fair to look at this as a hybrid IPA - and that's not an inherently bad thing, but it does make for a sort of wishy-washy, jack-of-all-trades pale ale that I didn't find particularly impressive or memorable. I'll give this another chance at some point, but for the time being I can only give it a 'meh'.
Dec 17, 2025Pours a hazy pale golden colour, with more than two fingers of fluffy, soapy white head erupting from the surface. It seeps away at a casual pace, caking the glass with a messy coat of lace as it's reduced to a sudsy cap and collar; looks great so far. Muddled citrus and tropical fruit notes on the nose: passion fruit, grapefruit and orange peel, with hints of mango and nectarine, as well as some pungent floral hops.
Not bad; the flavours are balanced, though maybe a little too subtle for their own good. I'm getting understated hints of stone fruit, passion fruit and grapefruit over a backdrop of bready, wheaty malts. Finishes piney and floral, with some resiny, pithy bitterness that lingers into a mildly warming aftertaste. Medium-full in body, with light carbonation and a soft, fulfilling mouthfeel that improves this pale ale's drinkability.
Final Grade: 3.71, a B grade. Silversmith's Altar Ego is a serviceable hazy IPA, though I feel like the fruity hop characteristics could stand to be kicked up a notch. Taken together with the piney hop notes, I think it's fair to look at this as a hybrid IPA - and that's not an inherently bad thing, but it does make for a sort of wishy-washy, jack-of-all-trades pale ale that I didn't find particularly impressive or memorable. I'll give this another chance at some point, but for the time being I can only give it a 'meh'.
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