IPA V
Burdock - Kensington Market
- From:
- Burdock - Kensington Market
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 8%
- Score:
- +6 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.24 | pDev: 7.31%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jun 29, 2017
- Added:
- May 14, 2016
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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Another aromatic juice-bomb?
Simcoe, Mosaic, El Dorado
Fifth iteration of our IPA series with Vermont Ale Yeast
Clean finish and smooth mouthfeel as always
Simcoe, Mosaic, El Dorado
Fifth iteration of our IPA series with Vermont Ale Yeast
Clean finish and smooth mouthfeel as always
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by MasterSki from Canada (ON)
4.14/5 rDev -2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.14/5 rDev -2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Bottle from the brewery. Served in a Bellwoods snifter.
A - White foam settles to a near-complete cap, collar, and a few specks of lace. Attractive golden body with good clarity.
S - Juicy alright! Very tropical and melony, but the El Dorado is reined in enough to not smell like Jolly Ranchers. Fairly neutral malt imparts a touch of sugary sweetness. Notes of tropical fruits, berries, and a touch of pine. Perhaps a hint of alcohol in there as well; 8% is on the higher side for an IPA.
T - The taste is a bit more understated, with a heavier emphasis on the Mosaic hops, with some lemon, blueberry, and passion fruit notes. Malt is again of the neutral, bready persuasion. Alcohol is better hidden here.
M - Soft, creamy body with pleasant medium-low carbonation. No real heat considering the listed 8%. Dry, crisp, finish.
D - I've generally enjoyed Burdock's pale ales over their IPAs, but this one is closing the gap. Nice beer, although I wish it were closer to 6% for pragmatic reasons. Still, was pretty easy to crush a bottle with co-workers this afternoon.
May 20, 2016A - White foam settles to a near-complete cap, collar, and a few specks of lace. Attractive golden body with good clarity.
S - Juicy alright! Very tropical and melony, but the El Dorado is reined in enough to not smell like Jolly Ranchers. Fairly neutral malt imparts a touch of sugary sweetness. Notes of tropical fruits, berries, and a touch of pine. Perhaps a hint of alcohol in there as well; 8% is on the higher side for an IPA.
T - The taste is a bit more understated, with a heavier emphasis on the Mosaic hops, with some lemon, blueberry, and passion fruit notes. Malt is again of the neutral, bready persuasion. Alcohol is better hidden here.
M - Soft, creamy body with pleasant medium-low carbonation. No real heat considering the listed 8%. Dry, crisp, finish.
D - I've generally enjoyed Burdock's pale ales over their IPAs, but this one is closing the gap. Nice beer, although I wish it were closer to 6% for pragmatic reasons. Still, was pretty easy to crush a bottle with co-workers this afternoon.
Reviewed by Rukeli76 from Canada (ON)
3.9/5 rDev -8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.9/5 rDev -8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
500ml bottle bought at the bottleshop on the first day of availability. "Another aromatic juice-bomb?" asks the description on the website. Hops are Simcoe, Mosaic, El Dorado. Vermont Ale is the yeast.
Pours a somewhat cloudy yellow pale ale colour. Active carbonation. A half an inch or so of head that isn't retained long. Lots of lacing.
Fruity hop aromas: berries, citrus, apricot.
Bracingly bitter up front. Theres's some oniony Simcoe funk in addition to the Mosaic berries and El Dorado citrus and apricot I got on the nose. Some fruity yeast esters too.
Prickly carbonation. Lingering bitterness.
A solid American IPA that's firmly in the juicy "East Coast" camp. The hop profile is not exactly for me at the moment (strangely enough, I think I might be developing an aversion to Simcoe even though it's an element in some of my all-time favourite hoppy beers) but there's no doubt that a lot of thought went into the design and execution of this. I regret only having had version I and now V of Burdock's IPA, so I'll be sure to keep an eye open for the release of version VI.
May 14, 2016Pours a somewhat cloudy yellow pale ale colour. Active carbonation. A half an inch or so of head that isn't retained long. Lots of lacing.
Fruity hop aromas: berries, citrus, apricot.
Bracingly bitter up front. Theres's some oniony Simcoe funk in addition to the Mosaic berries and El Dorado citrus and apricot I got on the nose. Some fruity yeast esters too.
Prickly carbonation. Lingering bitterness.
A solid American IPA that's firmly in the juicy "East Coast" camp. The hop profile is not exactly for me at the moment (strangely enough, I think I might be developing an aversion to Simcoe even though it's an element in some of my all-time favourite hoppy beers) but there's no doubt that a lot of thought went into the design and execution of this. I regret only having had version I and now V of Burdock's IPA, so I'll be sure to keep an eye open for the release of version VI.
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