Solace
Common Good Beer Co.

 

 

Just bought a can today at the LCBO in Ontario Canada 473ml at 6.7% 30ibu.
Poured into glass with a 2 finger head leaving a lace as you drink it. Hazy color
Lots of tropical fruit flavours well balanced not overpowering with a very low bitterness level making it very easy to drink.
Nice looking can looks like a turtle reaching out for a beer .
Scarborough proud says on can I should stop in at this brewery I drive by sometimes but I would definitely buy this beer again because it was very easy to drink and enjoyable.
Cheers

can from LCBO - pours a light gold hazed ale in the glass with a 2 finger white cap....aromas stone fruit, citrus, some pine over boiled grains.....soft rounded balanced character.... flavor has malts and hops in balance...short dry finish with a lingering bitterness....nothing extraordinary about this NEIPA except its rounded mellow soft-on-the-palate delivery...a well conditioned NEIPA...a good sipper

473 mL can from the LCBO; listed at 6.7%, dated Feb 22 2023 and served barely chilled.

Pours a turbid golden-amber colour, topped with at least two inches of billowing, foamy white head; within five minutes, it has been eroded down to a creamy collar and patchy, sudsy cap. Beautiful lacing, too - looks great so far. Pure orange juice on the nose, with notes of ripe peach, pineapple and mango also coming through clearly; there's also hints of wheaty, bready malts and mandarin orange.

The flavour profile is similarly sweet & juicy: I'm getting orange, apricot, pineapple and mango at the forefront, with hints of passion fruit and grapefruit not far behind. Mildly spicy, slightly bitter back end with citrus and tropical fruit dissipating into the aftertaste; not sure if it's hop burn, the 6.7%, or a little of both, but it does warm the throat a bit. On the fuller side of medium-bodied, with moderate carbonation that lends some bite to this brew's smooth, juicy mouthfeel. Good drinkability for its strength, but one can per night is enough for me.

Final Grade: 4.07, an A-. Solace is a quality hazy IPA that successfully distances itself from the pack, at least in terms of its Ontario competition. The visuals and aroma are what stood out the most, but it's also a tasty little number - I'd rank this up there with other domestic stand-outs, say, those from Collective Arts or the GLB Tank Ten IPAs. It's a beer I plan to buy again, and would encourage other hazy IPA lovers to do the same.

473 ml can served cold into a pint glass. LCBO purchase for around $3.95CDN. Canned January 24, 2023. Listed at 6.7% ABV.

Appearance - Hazy golden brew with multiple fingers of frothy white head. Good staying power and reasonably dense foam cap. Some sparse lacing clings to the glass.

Smell - Lots of tropical notes, citrus with stone fruit. Candied mango, peach, pineapple, some candied pineapple and a juts a hint of grapefruit are most prominent. Definitely leans on the (very) sweet side aromatically.

Taste - Not as sweet a sthe nose, but still leaning that way. Peach, mango and pineapple are most prominent with less of the candied aspects of the latter two fruits. Juicy tasting with fairly low bitterness. Nice wheat malt backbone.

Mouthfeel - Medium-full bodied, creamy, well carbonation and quite crushable.

Overall - Really a rather solid NEIPA, with great and intense aromatics, very solid flavors and one of the more enjoyable and repeatable new IPA's I've tried in the last 12 months.

 

July 15 2023

 

 

 

Draft at the brewery
Light creamy head with medium retention, very hazy golden honey colour

Nose big tropical and stone fruit, a bit of citrus, peach, apricot, mango, tangerine, light malt

Taste mostly stone fruit, big apricot, little peach and mango, mild citrus, mild creamy malt and flaked proteins, medium to lighter bitterness, drier finish hops turning spicy with medium higher bitterness

Mouth is med bod, medium to lower carb, soft and a bit juicy

Overall pretty good NEIPA