Rare Specimen
Collective Arts Brewing
- From:
- Collective Arts Brewing
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- Hazy Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- 8%
- Score:
- +4 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.13 | pDev: 4.84%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Nov 17, 2025
- Added:
- Dec 08, 2024
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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Collab with Superflux. Galaxy, Citra, Clayton amplifier hop oils.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Ratings by GoHabsGo:
Rated by GoHabsGo from Canada (ON)
4/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
May 17, 2025
4/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
May 17, 2025
More User Ratings:
Rated by Pmicdee from Canada (ON)
3.75/5 rDev -9.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev -9.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Nov 16 2025
Nov 17, 2025
Reviewed by Rukeli76 from Canada (ON)
4.16/5 rDev +0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.16/5 rDev +0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
This has held up exceptionally well considering it was brewed five months and is now basically on clearance at a 16% discount. I wish I'd tasted it fresh.
May 16, 2025
Reviewed by talisen-crw from Canada (ON)
4.25/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
At my lady Pamela's house; canned and chilled, 473mL, from The Roundhouse Centre LCBO in nearby Windsor. My eighth beer from the Hamilton, Ontario brewery.
Mar 23, 2025
Reviewed by taxandbeerguy from Canada (ON)
4.26/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.26/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
473ml can served cold into a goblet. Purchase from the brewery. Canned December 5, 2024.
Appearance - Hazy pale straw with some gold. A finger plus of foamy white head and plus staying power.
Smell - Big fruity notes, some stone fruit, with elements of passionfruit, pineapple and a weedy dankness that permeates everything. Aromatics are fairly intense.
Taste - Semi sweet to start with some fleshy tangerine and some traces of pineapple. Then some dank weediness comes in with a hint of overripe mango. Bitterness is pretty low, and this overall is fruity and juicy.
Mouthfeel - Low carbonation, medium bodied and ABV is well disguised. Juicy and pretty crushable.
Overall - Unsurprisingly a collab between one of BC best IPA brewers and a consistent Ontario brewery made for a delightful treat. Hoping Superflux will collab with CA again or perhaps a couple of other local breweries (Bellwoods? GLB? Badlands?) as the results would inevitably be as awesome as this Rare Specimen.
Dec 08, 2024Appearance - Hazy pale straw with some gold. A finger plus of foamy white head and plus staying power.
Smell - Big fruity notes, some stone fruit, with elements of passionfruit, pineapple and a weedy dankness that permeates everything. Aromatics are fairly intense.
Taste - Semi sweet to start with some fleshy tangerine and some traces of pineapple. Then some dank weediness comes in with a hint of overripe mango. Bitterness is pretty low, and this overall is fruity and juicy.
Mouthfeel - Low carbonation, medium bodied and ABV is well disguised. Juicy and pretty crushable.
Overall - Unsurprisingly a collab between one of BC best IPA brewers and a consistent Ontario brewery made for a delightful treat. Hoping Superflux will collab with CA again or perhaps a couple of other local breweries (Bellwoods? GLB? Badlands?) as the results would inevitably be as awesome as this Rare Specimen.
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