Happy Tails
The Collingwood Brewery
- From:
- The Collingwood Brewery
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 4.5%
- Score:
- +4 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.68 | pDev: 8.7%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 17, 2025
- Added:
- Nov 06, 2022
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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Hazy Session Ale
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by talisen-crw from Canada (ON)
3.75/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
At my lady Pamela's house; canned and chilled, from the University Ave. West LCBO in nearby downtown Windsor. My first beer from the Collingwood, ON brewery.
Feb 17, 2025
Rated by Pmicdee from Canada (ON)
4.04/5 rDev +9.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.04/5 rDev +9.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Oct 31 2024
Jan 07, 2023
Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)
3.79/5 rDev +3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.79/5 rDev +3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
473 mL can from the LCBO; dated Oct 24 2022 and served slightly chilled. Fresh beer and a donation to a worthy cause - sounds like a win-win to me.
Pours a relatively clear sunny golden-blonde colour, with nearly an inch of smooth, foamy white head gathered atop. It lasts for three or four minutes, receding at a steady pace until only a tight collar and an islet of film remain, with a full coat of even lace draped onto the glass in the process. It smells of tangerine and tropical fruits: papaya, perhaps, with hints of fruity bubble gum, floral hops and a wisp of mintiness.
It's a pretty solid session ale - I'm tasting wheaty, almost crackery sweetness, with Mosaic and Sabro hop flavours flitting across the taste buds throughout the sip. Tangerine, apricot and peach, with hints of tropical fruit; finishes with some floral, mildly pithy hop bitterness that dissipates quickly, leaving behind an off-dry aftertaste. Light in body, with assertive carbonation; feels crisp and refreshing, but decidedly on the thin/watery side.
Final Grade: 3.79, a B+. Who's a good beer? Happy Tails is a good beer! Of course, the operative term here is 'good' - not exactly outstanding or amazing, but better than your average Ontario session IPA... or at least, it is in this extremely fresh state. I wouldn't go out of my way for more, but I'd consider buying it again - worth a try if you have any interest in session IPAs, or lighter pale ales in general.
Nov 06, 2022Pours a relatively clear sunny golden-blonde colour, with nearly an inch of smooth, foamy white head gathered atop. It lasts for three or four minutes, receding at a steady pace until only a tight collar and an islet of film remain, with a full coat of even lace draped onto the glass in the process. It smells of tangerine and tropical fruits: papaya, perhaps, with hints of fruity bubble gum, floral hops and a wisp of mintiness.
It's a pretty solid session ale - I'm tasting wheaty, almost crackery sweetness, with Mosaic and Sabro hop flavours flitting across the taste buds throughout the sip. Tangerine, apricot and peach, with hints of tropical fruit; finishes with some floral, mildly pithy hop bitterness that dissipates quickly, leaving behind an off-dry aftertaste. Light in body, with assertive carbonation; feels crisp and refreshing, but decidedly on the thin/watery side.
Final Grade: 3.79, a B+. Who's a good beer? Happy Tails is a good beer! Of course, the operative term here is 'good' - not exactly outstanding or amazing, but better than your average Ontario session IPA... or at least, it is in this extremely fresh state. I wouldn't go out of my way for more, but I'd consider buying it again - worth a try if you have any interest in session IPAs, or lighter pale ales in general.
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