Cheeky Banter
Brewsters Brewing Company & Restaurant - Eleventh Avenue

8oz glass at Beer Revolution YEG Oliver Square. I suspected (due to the name), asked the weekend staff, and was surprised to get the answer that this is indeed supposed to be an English IPA.

This beer appears a hazy, medium golden yellow colour, with one finger of puffy, finely foamy, and somewhat bubbly off-white head, which leaves a decent array of painted lace around the glass as things quickly progress.

It smells of bready and crackery pale malt, mild domestic citrus rind, some hard water flintiness, and further leafy, weedy, and floral green hop bitters. The taste is gritty and grainy caramel malt, white crackers, still hard to parse citrus notes, some flinty stoniness, and more leafy, herbal, and grassy noble hoppiness.

The carbonation is adequate in its palate-assuring frothiness, the body a solid middleweight, and generally smooth, with just a touch of hop acridity making a small dent in the surface veneer at this point in the game. It finishes trending dry, the hops challenging the lingering malt's stature.

Overall - this comes across as an agreeably amped-up version of the style, with the old-school seeming hops bearing the extra load quite well. It hasn't inspired any of the titular experience, as such, but it's a holiday here, and the afternoon is still young.