Aviator Bicoastal IPA
Muskoka Brewery
- From:
- Muskoka Brewery
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 6.5%
- Score:
- +3 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.81 | pDev: 3.67%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 11, 2026
- Added:
- Apr 18, 2025
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Mad Tom is traversing the country as he seeks to merge the best qualities of a West Coast & East Coast IPA into one hop-fastic beer. Find a fusion of tropical fruit notes undercut by resiny pine fiavcurs thanks to Eclipse, Chincok, and Centennial hops. With a restrained bitterness, this Bicoastal IPA strikes a balance between the two styles effortlessly like a pilot nevigating through clear skies.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Rated by Pmicdee from Canada (ON)
3.99/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.99/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Aug 3 2025
Aug 04, 2025
Reviewed by CAMRAhardliner from Canada (ON)
3.86/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.86/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Pours a beguiling glowing orange with a chunky, quickly dissipating head. Heady pine aromatics and grapefruit hop notes dominate in the nose. The taste is a throwback reminiscent of the pine tar, grapefruit IPAs of the early oughts. Lots of pine and evergreen eucalyptus notes with some tropical hops in the back. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with high carbonation. The finish is moderately bitter with lots of old school pine PACNWest hop character.
A nice old school IPA with a less common hop character.
Jul 01, 2025A nice old school IPA with a less common hop character.
Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)
3.75/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
473 mL can from the LCBO; dated Mar 21 2025 and served barely chilled.
Pours a muddled orange-amber colour, equipped with a two-inch cap of pillowy, soapy white head that takes its sweet time to dissipate. Multiple rings of lace adorn the glass afterwards, with a frothy collar and sudsy cap lasting on - looks fantastic thus far. Piney, spicy hops and resin on the nose, complemented by notes of orange, grapefruit, pineapple and bready, wheaty malts.
Not bad, but not exactly memorable, either. It features a citrus-heavy profile of grapefruit, orange and lemon peel, with bready malts and lightly caramelized sugars also coming through. Piney, resiny bitterness and floral, spicy hops dominate the back end, with grapefruit pith, orange peel and resin lingering into the aftertaste. Medium-full in body, with low carbonation and a soft, fluffy mouthfeel that aids this pale ale's drinkability. Even still, one serving per night is plenty for me.
Final Grade: 3.75, squeaking out a B+. It's unusual, at least in my experience, for an India pale ale with such restrained bitterness to also feature piney hops so heavily - but that's Aviator Bicoastal IPA for ya. It's a worthwhile experience, but the compromise that this beer makes is inherently self-sabotaging: it's a jack-of-all-trades that excels at nothing, leaving me kinda dissatisfied no matter which way I look at it. The juicy flavours that I'd want out of a New England IPA are absent, and it also lacks the bracing bitterness of a proper West Coast IPA. I think I'd prefer either Muskoka's Mad Tom or their Hazed & Confused over this, depending on my mood.
Jun 17, 2025Pours a muddled orange-amber colour, equipped with a two-inch cap of pillowy, soapy white head that takes its sweet time to dissipate. Multiple rings of lace adorn the glass afterwards, with a frothy collar and sudsy cap lasting on - looks fantastic thus far. Piney, spicy hops and resin on the nose, complemented by notes of orange, grapefruit, pineapple and bready, wheaty malts.
Not bad, but not exactly memorable, either. It features a citrus-heavy profile of grapefruit, orange and lemon peel, with bready malts and lightly caramelized sugars also coming through. Piney, resiny bitterness and floral, spicy hops dominate the back end, with grapefruit pith, orange peel and resin lingering into the aftertaste. Medium-full in body, with low carbonation and a soft, fluffy mouthfeel that aids this pale ale's drinkability. Even still, one serving per night is plenty for me.
Final Grade: 3.75, squeaking out a B+. It's unusual, at least in my experience, for an India pale ale with such restrained bitterness to also feature piney hops so heavily - but that's Aviator Bicoastal IPA for ya. It's a worthwhile experience, but the compromise that this beer makes is inherently self-sabotaging: it's a jack-of-all-trades that excels at nothing, leaving me kinda dissatisfied no matter which way I look at it. The juicy flavours that I'd want out of a New England IPA are absent, and it also lacks the bracing bitterness of a proper West Coast IPA. I think I'd prefer either Muskoka's Mad Tom or their Hazed & Confused over this, depending on my mood.
Reviewed by talisen-crw from Canada (ON)
4/5 rDev +5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +5%
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 my favourite LCBO at Tecumseh Mall in nearby Windsor. My fifth beer from the Bracebridge, Ontario brewery, and first for 2025.
Apr 24, 2025
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