Devil's Punchbowl
Clifford Brewing Co.
- From:
- Clifford Brewing Co.
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- India Pale Lager (IPL)
Ranked #61 - ABV:
- 4.8%
- Score:
- 84
Ranked #32,156 - Avg:
- 3.53 | pDev: 8.5%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jul 21, 2021
- Added:
- Jul 08, 2018
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
84
Good
84
Good
Dry Hopped India Session Lager
35 IBU
35 IBU
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Reviewed by Iamchzh from Canada (NB)
2.74/5 rDev -22.4%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
2.74/5 rDev -22.4%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
Pours a slight hazy pale yellow colour with a white head that quickly disappears. There is a smell of bread crust,citrus and floral,grassy hops. First sip is grainy malty with some floral hop bitterness and a touch of citrus and grapefruit pith. Medium body, good carbonation and finish with a dry lingering bitterness
Apr 29, 2020
Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)
3.7/5 rDev +4.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.7/5 rDev +4.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Tallboy from the LCBO; dated May 22 2019 and served slightly chilled.
Pours pale golden with just a bit of haze, producing half a finger of loose, frothy white head that is not long for this world. Sixty seconds later, only a bubbly collar surrounding a few islets remains; alright, I suppose there're a few flecks of lace, too. The aroma is muted at best - I'm getting a few hints of lemon and grapefruit, as well as some grassy, floral hop notes and cereal grains. It doesn't open up much as the glass warms either.
Not bad - it tastes of grainy, crackery malts paired with a robust, American-style hop bill that imparts flavours of grapefruit, melon and just a touch of passion fruit. The back end is more pithy, with a lightly floral bitterness also coming through, while the aftertaste has a hint of citrus pithiness that doesn't linger for long. Light in body, with aggressive carbonation that prickles the palate continuously throughout the sip, and excellent drinkability once it calms down a bit. I wouldn't have minded seconds.
Final Grade: 3.7, a respectable B grade. Devil's Punchbowl India Session Lager is a good beer that isn't likely to excite most BAs all that much. I'm not discerning any flaws here - I can't say it's not well made, but its hop profile is honestly not very interesting to me, to the point where I'd really rather be drinking either a real IPA or a regular pale lager. As far as ISLs go, this is still probably one of the top five Ontario-made examples I've tried, and definitely worth a try if you enjoy this type of beer. I might pick it up again at some point down the road.
Sep 07, 2019Pours pale golden with just a bit of haze, producing half a finger of loose, frothy white head that is not long for this world. Sixty seconds later, only a bubbly collar surrounding a few islets remains; alright, I suppose there're a few flecks of lace, too. The aroma is muted at best - I'm getting a few hints of lemon and grapefruit, as well as some grassy, floral hop notes and cereal grains. It doesn't open up much as the glass warms either.
Not bad - it tastes of grainy, crackery malts paired with a robust, American-style hop bill that imparts flavours of grapefruit, melon and just a touch of passion fruit. The back end is more pithy, with a lightly floral bitterness also coming through, while the aftertaste has a hint of citrus pithiness that doesn't linger for long. Light in body, with aggressive carbonation that prickles the palate continuously throughout the sip, and excellent drinkability once it calms down a bit. I wouldn't have minded seconds.
Final Grade: 3.7, a respectable B grade. Devil's Punchbowl India Session Lager is a good beer that isn't likely to excite most BAs all that much. I'm not discerning any flaws here - I can't say it's not well made, but its hop profile is honestly not very interesting to me, to the point where I'd really rather be drinking either a real IPA or a regular pale lager. As far as ISLs go, this is still probably one of the top five Ontario-made examples I've tried, and definitely worth a try if you enjoy this type of beer. I might pick it up again at some point down the road.
Reviewed by taxandbeerguy from Canada (ON)
3.68/5 rDev +4.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.68/5 rDev +4.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
473 ml can served cold into a ST. Pauli Girl mug. LCBO purchase for around $3.20 CDN. Review from notes. A nice play on a local phenomenon for naming a beer.
Appearance - Hazy, light straw colored brew. A finger or so of brilliant white head sits on top but fizzles away to nothing in a couple of minutes.
Smell - Some light lemon and leafy hops notes with a solid grain course in behind. A touch of crackeriness. Aromas not super intense.
Taste - Pretty much like the nose, with leafy and lemony hops coming to the forefront and crackery grain in behind. Pretty tasty and pretty drinkable.
Mouthfeel - Light-Medium bodied, expressive carbonation, a touch of astringency on the palate to close.
Overall - A pretty solid lager from these guys out of Steeltown. Worth a try and enhances the scope of their growing portfolio.
Jun 25, 2019Appearance - Hazy, light straw colored brew. A finger or so of brilliant white head sits on top but fizzles away to nothing in a couple of minutes.
Smell - Some light lemon and leafy hops notes with a solid grain course in behind. A touch of crackeriness. Aromas not super intense.
Taste - Pretty much like the nose, with leafy and lemony hops coming to the forefront and crackery grain in behind. Pretty tasty and pretty drinkable.
Mouthfeel - Light-Medium bodied, expressive carbonation, a touch of astringency on the palate to close.
Overall - A pretty solid lager from these guys out of Steeltown. Worth a try and enhances the scope of their growing portfolio.
Rated by Pmicdee from Canada (ON)
3.5/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
May 8 2019
May 09, 2019
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