Mad Tom IPA
Muskoka Brewery
- From:
- Muskoka Brewery
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- American IPA
Ranked #2,934 - ABV:
- 6.4%
- Score:
- 87
Ranked #23,848 - Avg:
- 3.86 | pDev: 12.95%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 146
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 10, 2026
- Added:
- May 26, 2011
- Wants:
- 24
- Gots:
- 147
SCORE
87
Very Good
87
Very Good
Inspired by late night stories around the fire, Muskoka Mad Tom will instantly grab your attention. Dry-hopped with Chinook and Centennial hops, this IPA has a vibrant aroma, depth of flavour, and crisp citrusy undertow like no other. So brace yourself, and crack one open for old Mad Tom. This is an awakening in craft beer that gets more enticing with every sip.
62 IBU
62 IBU
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Reviewed by JamFuel from Sweden
4.21/5 rDev +9.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.21/5 rDev +9.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Pours a semi clear amber with thick head.
Smell is fruity with notes of pine, peach, green tea and citrus with some floral hints.
Taste is fruity with a solid bitterness and notes of pine, citrus, peach, black tea and a bit of caramel with some floral hints.
Mouthfeel is medium, sticky and well carbonated.
Overall, a very nice, old school IPA.
Mar 10, 2026Smell is fruity with notes of pine, peach, green tea and citrus with some floral hints.
Taste is fruity with a solid bitterness and notes of pine, citrus, peach, black tea and a bit of caramel with some floral hints.
Mouthfeel is medium, sticky and well carbonated.
Overall, a very nice, old school IPA.
Reviewed by DraftMonger from Denmark
3.21/5 rDev -16.8%
look: 5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 3.25
3.21/5 rDev -16.8%
look: 5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 3.25
Toronto 12/7 2018. 47,3 cl can from a very depressing shopping experience in The Beer Store. They seriously need to loosen up. Guy with a bowler hat looking mad and slightly nervous while carrying a barrel (of beer I assume).
Pours slightly hazy golden yellow with a medium-sized white head. Settles as a 1 cm thick layer of frothy foam climbing up the side of the glass.
Aroma is not particularly strong. Stuffy refrigerator, caramel, with citric notes of grapefruit.
Low carbonation. Slightly thick, velvet Soft, creamy texture. A little flat.
Flavor has a fairly strong sweetness for this style of beer. Followed by a light bitterness. Aftertaste is sweet caramel with a light touch of bitterness. Lingering.
This is a fine and well tasting beer. But a tad too sweet to fit the bill for a IPA.
Feb 17, 2026Pours slightly hazy golden yellow with a medium-sized white head. Settles as a 1 cm thick layer of frothy foam climbing up the side of the glass.
Aroma is not particularly strong. Stuffy refrigerator, caramel, with citric notes of grapefruit.
Low carbonation. Slightly thick, velvet Soft, creamy texture. A little flat.
Flavor has a fairly strong sweetness for this style of beer. Followed by a light bitterness. Aftertaste is sweet caramel with a light touch of bitterness. Lingering.
This is a fine and well tasting beer. But a tad too sweet to fit the bill for a IPA.
Reviewed by talisen-crw from Canada (ON)
4/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
At my lady Pamela's house; canned and chilled, 473mL in a pint glass. From the IPA Mixer boxset at my favourite LCBO at Tecumseh Mall in nearby Windsor. Canned December 4/24. My 10th beer from the Bracebridge, Ontario brewery, and 6th for 2025. With Sundae the cat...
Dec 21, 2025
Rated by spanny from Canada (ON)
4/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Really good IPA.
Apr 15, 2023
Rated by Jroc1999 from Canada (ON)
4.28/5 rDev +10.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.28/5 rDev +10.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
My favorite IPA!
Jan 09, 2023Reviewed by White_Dragon from Canada (ON)
3.69/5 rDev -4.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.69/5 rDev -4.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
A solid choice. Bitterness is forward but not overpowering, it is still smooth… a classic. Pours a nice golden hue, bit clearer that they’re hazed and confused but similar… decent head, minimal lacing. A decent easy to drink west coast ipa.
The bitterness actually comes forward as you drink this beer and it lingers some may consider this unpleasant. It’s all right I’m just gonna knock that score back a little bit for me though.
Dec 17, 2022The bitterness actually comes forward as you drink this beer and it lingers some may consider this unpleasant. It’s all right I’m just gonna knock that score back a little bit for me though.
Reviewed by Seejae from Ohio
3.67/5 rDev -4.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.67/5 rDev -4.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Pours a clean golden orange. I get mostly malt upon the nose, a bit floral, but wort as well. This reads between an American and an English IPA. The malts seem to much in play., It’s plenty hoppy. I wouldn’t say the malts break through completely, but they are there. Feel it’s not a true West Coast. Drinkable, but not progressive in any way.
Apr 18, 2022
Reviewed by InspectorHound from Canada (ON)
3.38/5 rDev -12.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.38/5 rDev -12.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
Look: Pours a copper colour, with a one finger tightly bubbled white head. Very bright. The head dissipates slowly leaving substancial lace and patches of foam at the 5 minute mark.
Smell: Dank and earthy with pine and a distinct malt undertone.
Taste: Doughy, white bread, with a gritty tea middle. Finishes sweet with plenty of caramel in the aftertaste. There is a little hint of a cilantro like taste in this beer.
Feel Medium bodied and mouth filling. Somewhat sweet and cloying on the end.
I found it an unbalenced and overly bitter drink. It earns a C+
Aug 19, 2021Smell: Dank and earthy with pine and a distinct malt undertone.
Taste: Doughy, white bread, with a gritty tea middle. Finishes sweet with plenty of caramel in the aftertaste. There is a little hint of a cilantro like taste in this beer.
Feel Medium bodied and mouth filling. Somewhat sweet and cloying on the end.
I found it an unbalenced and overly bitter drink. It earns a C+
Reviewed by swim from Canada (ON)
3.9/5 rDev +1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.9/5 rDev +1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
L: Translucent dark orange amber, some creamy head and a lot of bubbles
S: Slightly sweet floral stonefruit and doughy malt with a hint of resiny pine
T: Balanced fruitiness and citrus pith balanced with doughy malts with more pronounced resiny pine on the finish and a lingering slight bitterness
F: Light but thick and a little foamy and oily, somewhat drying
O: A tasty but not over the top IPA with a bit of a warmer and more mellow flavour.
Nov 23, 2020S: Slightly sweet floral stonefruit and doughy malt with a hint of resiny pine
T: Balanced fruitiness and citrus pith balanced with doughy malts with more pronounced resiny pine on the finish and a lingering slight bitterness
F: Light but thick and a little foamy and oily, somewhat drying
O: A tasty but not over the top IPA with a bit of a warmer and more mellow flavour.
Reviewed by Tony787 from Canada (ON)
3.82/5 rDev -1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.82/5 rDev -1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
bought a can at the lcbo in Ontario 473ml
poured a 2 finger head good carbonation and the taste was hoppy and citrus with some bitterness.
over all it's a good IPA beer.
cheers
Nov 02, 2020poured a 2 finger head good carbonation and the taste was hoppy and citrus with some bitterness.
over all it's a good IPA beer.
cheers
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