Lazy Tiger
Wellington Brewery
- From:
- Wellington Brewery
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 3.6%
- Score:
- +7 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.6 | pDev: 3.89%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Sep 04, 2024
- Added:
- Jul 05, 2024
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Rated by Pmicdee from Canada (ON)
3.65/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.65/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Sept 4 2024
Sep 04, 2024
Reviewed by TheHammer from Canada (ON)
3.41/5 rDev -5.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.41/5 rDev -5.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Well, it's Labour Day and I didn't go to the Tiger-Cats game today, so I guess this beer feels appropriate to drink today.
Appearance: Poured with a single finger of head that retained exceptionally well and produced some lacing. The body is an opaque IPA Yellow the shows some signs of solid carbonation.
Smell: Grapefruit hops and citrus lime and orange dominate the nose with hints of straw malt in the background. It doesn't smell IPA hostile, so I think this is an intention to be a lighter New England vibe going for it.
Taste: So this unique, it's a lighter IPA and it comes across as someone who wanted to split the difference between a regular IPA and a New England IPA and lighten the whole thing up. Starts with straw malt with a grapefruit hint as it dips into a seltzer note, before the grapefruit returns with I think a gooseberry note that builds and peters off.
Mouthfeel: The seltzer gap in the middle of the beer really does the beer a disservice here. The carbonation is sudsy but that it has nothing to work off of in the middle of the beer, it comes across as too aggressive. Aftertaste is pretty much non-existent as well, which is surprising given the bitter grapefruit.
Drinkability: On the lighter side of medium body. I mean its light and easy to drink which is a problem I normally have with IPA but this is too light. There's just not enough umph on this to be interesting for me to want this instead of lager.
Final Thoughts: I guess if you had to have hops, but wanted to drink light beer, this would be for you. I just don't see many people who would be walking that line though. It's not for me.
Sep 02, 2024Appearance: Poured with a single finger of head that retained exceptionally well and produced some lacing. The body is an opaque IPA Yellow the shows some signs of solid carbonation.
Smell: Grapefruit hops and citrus lime and orange dominate the nose with hints of straw malt in the background. It doesn't smell IPA hostile, so I think this is an intention to be a lighter New England vibe going for it.
Taste: So this unique, it's a lighter IPA and it comes across as someone who wanted to split the difference between a regular IPA and a New England IPA and lighten the whole thing up. Starts with straw malt with a grapefruit hint as it dips into a seltzer note, before the grapefruit returns with I think a gooseberry note that builds and peters off.
Mouthfeel: The seltzer gap in the middle of the beer really does the beer a disservice here. The carbonation is sudsy but that it has nothing to work off of in the middle of the beer, it comes across as too aggressive. Aftertaste is pretty much non-existent as well, which is surprising given the bitter grapefruit.
Drinkability: On the lighter side of medium body. I mean its light and easy to drink which is a problem I normally have with IPA but this is too light. There's just not enough umph on this to be interesting for me to want this instead of lager.
Final Thoughts: I guess if you had to have hops, but wanted to drink light beer, this would be for you. I just don't see many people who would be walking that line though. It's not for me.
Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)
3.73/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.73/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
473 mL can from the LCBO; dated May 28 2024 and served slightly chilled.
Pours a foggy pale yellow colour, sporting just over an inch of tight, foamy white head that seeps away at a casual pace. A little over five minutes later, I'm left with a generous collar of froth encircling a creamy cap; a ring of lace half an inch has also been deposited onto the glass. Fresh yet understated aroma of lemon, lime, white grape and crackery, wheaty malts, with hints of grassy hops. So far, I'm impressed.
The flavours are a little more pedestrian. I'm getting grapefruit peel, lemon and a hint of lime zest, with minor hints of white grape skin and wheaty malt sweetness; lemon-lime citrus dissipates into a dry aftertaste. Light in body, with aggressive carbonation, at least initially - it prickles the palate with its tiny bubbles early on, exhausting itself, which results in a smoother mouthfeel later on. Kind of thin, but at 3.6% that's hard to avoid.
Final Grade: 3.73, a B grade. Wellington's Lazy Tiger Little IPA starts off strong, but after a few sips the reality of the situation begins to set in: it's an ultra light session IPA, and the flavour profile makes that fact relatively obvious. That's not to say that the flavours are weak - I mean, compared to a regular IPA they are, but by session IPA standards they're about what I've come to expect. On the plus side, it looks and smells great, and the mouthfeel is spot on for this type of beer. So while I wouldn't call this an exciting beer, it's well-crafted and better than average for a session IPA - worth trying if you have an interest in lighter pale ales.
Aug 24, 2024Pours a foggy pale yellow colour, sporting just over an inch of tight, foamy white head that seeps away at a casual pace. A little over five minutes later, I'm left with a generous collar of froth encircling a creamy cap; a ring of lace half an inch has also been deposited onto the glass. Fresh yet understated aroma of lemon, lime, white grape and crackery, wheaty malts, with hints of grassy hops. So far, I'm impressed.
The flavours are a little more pedestrian. I'm getting grapefruit peel, lemon and a hint of lime zest, with minor hints of white grape skin and wheaty malt sweetness; lemon-lime citrus dissipates into a dry aftertaste. Light in body, with aggressive carbonation, at least initially - it prickles the palate with its tiny bubbles early on, exhausting itself, which results in a smoother mouthfeel later on. Kind of thin, but at 3.6% that's hard to avoid.
Final Grade: 3.73, a B grade. Wellington's Lazy Tiger Little IPA starts off strong, but after a few sips the reality of the situation begins to set in: it's an ultra light session IPA, and the flavour profile makes that fact relatively obvious. That's not to say that the flavours are weak - I mean, compared to a regular IPA they are, but by session IPA standards they're about what I've come to expect. On the plus side, it looks and smells great, and the mouthfeel is spot on for this type of beer. So while I wouldn't call this an exciting beer, it's well-crafted and better than average for a session IPA - worth trying if you have an interest in lighter pale ales.
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