Collective Project: IPA No. 20
Collective Arts Brewing

16oz can. Poured out a slightly cloudy, golden orange color with a small, bubbly, white head of foam. It left sudsy trails of lace on the glass. It smelled of orange, pineapple, sweet caramel and some resin. Sweet citrus taste with some pineapple, toasted caramel and a sharp, bitter bite.

 

 

 

 

 

Pours hazy orange with a frothy, huge head that coats the glass in lace. The aroma is of tangerine, tropical fruit, citrus hops with biscuity malts in there too. Layers of tropical, grapefruit, pineapple, orange hops in the taste. Light, clean malt ballast in the background. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with creamy carbonation. Medium bitterness and plenty of hop fruityness in the long finish.

This is a fantastic IPA with a unique hop profile - Citra in every way imaginable. Excellent stuff.

 

A-Light yellow straw color with a good level of white head
S-There is a pungent sulfur aroma that is unpleasant. Bizarrely enough when I walked out onto the patio, the sulfur aroma disappeared and was replaced with a tropical fruit bomb of mango, pineapple and cantaloupe…strange
T-Sweet upfront with a layer of citrus acidity and ripe tangerine flavour that ends with no real bitterness but a quenching orange juice aftertaste
M-Medium body and low end carbonation. This beer is juicy and has a velvety mouthfeel
O-Very nice brew, the sulfur is unfortunate…perhaps because the beer was canned 7 weeks ago?

Appearance - Pours a hazy, light marigold hue with two fingers of foamy white head.

Smell - Citrusy hops (orange, grapefruit), tropical fruits (mango, cantaloupe), bready malts, notes of caramel sweetness.

Taste - Bold flavours of citrus and tropical fruits (as mentioned above, but a little sharpness like passion fruit), moderately bitter Citra hops, along with bready malts and a touch of caramel-like sweetness.

Mouthfeel - Medium bodied with moderate carbonation. Slightly sticky on the palate.

Overall - Very refreshing and easy to drink NEIPA from the Collective Arts team. Not too overtly juice forward, which makes it very sessionable.

16 oz can.

Pours a cloudy bright yellow color with almost no head. Barely any retention or lacing. Looks like a hot, frothy piss.

Strong grapefruit aromas. A little pineapple, mango and passion fruit. Not bad.

Taste follows the nose: Grapefruit, orange, pineapple and passion fruit with a bit of mango. Again, not bad.

The feel is medium bodied with moderate carbonation. A little oily. Not terrible.

Overall, this is solid. There's really nothing special or standout about it. But worth a try.

 

 

Pours a rather boring pale yellow with no head, just a ring and some lacing. The pleasant nose is of tropical fruit, mostly mango. Smooth feel. The carbonation is a bit too strong, but the taste is nice enough. Citrusy notes with some black pepper lurking at the end. Somewhat oily.
The carbonation really overwhelms things here, but it's a decent beer to purchase, as long as it's not more than two. Thankfully the Cryo doesn't ruin things here like it does in so many others.

473 ml can served cool into a pint glass. Canned January 20, 2022 and purchased for $4.75

Appearance - Light golden color with orange highlights. Fairly hazy and capped with a small white head.

Smell - Loads of citra hops (obviously), orange melon and mango are all prominently featured.

Taste - Middling sweetness, lots of citrus, orange, mango and graepfruit again.

Mouthfeel - Medium bodied, modest carbonation fits the flavor profile nciely.

Overall - A good brew, middle of the pack from CA's IPA numbered series, but definitely worth a try.

Pours a light yellow colour with a dense white head. The smell is bitter and hoppy and citrusy. I get a lot of orange, mandarin, tangerine etc. flavours. Nicely carbonated. One of their better numbered IPAs
Feb 10 2022

 

 

473 mL can from the LCBO; dated Jan 20 2022 and served barely chilled. Subtitled "Citra Four Ways", which is one sure way to grab my attention.

Pours a hazy straw yellow colour, producing more than a finger of soapy, frothy white head that recedes within a couple of minutes or so. Its remnants include a sudsy collar and a modest speckling of lace - looks fine to me, but the aroma is where things start to get interesting. There's grapefruit, lemon and lime, with lesser hints of honeydew, passion fruit and gooseberry. Bonus props are in order, because I've been stuffed up lately and I could still smell the Citra goodness easily enough.

It's pretty tasty, but nothing too fancy - tangerine, cantaloupe and tropical fruitiness, with hints of grapefruit and berries later on. More citrus and tropical fruit juiciness carries through the finish and into the aftertaste, with some low level pithy bitterness and hop acidity rounding out the profile. Medium in body, with moderately low carbonation that softly prickles the surface of the palate; feels smooth and fluffy in the mouth. Very easy to gulp back - I think I could enjoy a few of these in a row, which is not true of most NEIPAs.

Final Grade: 4.1, a worthy A-. No. 20 is a solid IPA, perhaps even a great one if you're fanatical about this hop, or citrusy hops in general. I feel as if the aroma might've raised my expectations unrealistically - Citra is a beautifully aromatic hop, but its weaknesses in the flavouring/bittering department can become apparent in single hop situations. Really though, I'm making a mountain out of a molehill, as I'd still take No. 20 over 90% of the other Ontario NEIPAs you can find these days. Try this one ASAP while it's still at its peak.