Is there a better Canadian IPA than....

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  1. liamt07

    liamt07 Pooh-Bah (2,657) Jul 26, 2009 Canada (ON)
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    Your two personal favourite IPAs in Canada are those that you've rated 3.64 and 3.43? Geez man...
     
    #61 liamt07, Mar 30, 2013
  2. jmk

    jmk Savant (1,021) May 8, 2008 Illinois
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    I was in town and at the Distillery District Mill Street location on Thursday. Paradise IPA was on tap and the store had bottles to go. The server described it as a West Coast IPA. I found it to be a tropical fruit/flower bomb, lots of perfumed mango, but I did still enjoyed it.
     
    #62 jmk, Mar 30, 2013
  3. TheHammer

    TheHammer Pooh-Bah (2,244) Feb 15, 2009 Canada (ON)
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    What can I say, it's not my fav style, but I try to keep an open mind regardless, hence the probably not for everyone.
     
    #63 TheHammer, Mar 31, 2013
  4. 4ster

    4ster Savant (1,177) Aug 17, 2012 Canada (ON)

    While it has already been said, you generally can't go wrong with ones from BC... the WestCoast just understands (and loves) their hops! :slight_smile:. Whether or not they have the most amazing ones, there is certainly enough of them. Heading East, Half Pints makes a couple of really good IPA's, I was greatly impressed with their Little Scrapper this past summer, and I hear their Humulus Ludicrous is quite good. Out here, I liked the Mad Toms over Smashbomb, and Dunham makes a couple of decent ones....
     
    #64 4ster, Apr 15, 2013
  5. Whatup14

    Whatup14 Initiate (0) Apr 16, 2013 Canada (QC)

    #65 Whatup14, Apr 17, 2013
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  6. canucklehead

    canucklehead Initiate (0) Mar 7, 2003 Canada (BC)

    Noticed that even average bars in Vancouver have craft on the menu and most restaurants. On tap fresh Fat Tug is hard to beat but I still think that Fearless from Dead Frog was the best IPA I have had in bottles in a long time. Hop Therapy from Russell is better than CC DIPA due to huge nose and mouthfeel.
     
    #66 canucklehead, Apr 18, 2013
  7. Rutager

    Rutager Initiate (0) Oct 18, 2010 Canada (BC)

    Yeah, I'd have to say Hop Therapy is my fav at the moment. Great stuff.
     
    #67 Rutager, Apr 18, 2013
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  8. canucklehead

    canucklehead Initiate (0) Mar 7, 2003 Canada (BC)

    I also have to pimp Coal Harbour's Powell IPA as the best British IPA I have tasted in Canada.
     
    #68 canucklehead, Apr 20, 2013
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  9. JasonLovesBeer

    JasonLovesBeer Initiate (0) Mar 27, 2013 Canada (BC)

    It seems everywhere I go for dinner has Fat Tug on tap. It's a most excellent thing to have happen. Driftwood's distribution of FT is huge!
     
    #69 JasonLovesBeer, Apr 22, 2013
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  10. decimator

    decimator Initiate (0) Jun 1, 2009 Canada (ON)

    Being in Ottawa we don't have everything but we do have it pretty good. Quebec & Ontario have different selection of beer (same with wine). I still have plenty of beers available to me that I have yet to try.
     
    #70 decimator, Apr 27, 2013
  11. rodrigueZflyingf0x

    rodrigueZflyingf0x Initiate (0) Jun 11, 2012 Canada (BC)

    I, too, am very pleased with this. I went into a dive bar with some buddies to watch a hockey game last week and noticed they had a Fat Tug sign on the door. I asked the waitress for a jug and she kind of gave me the stink eye and said, "You like that stuff!?" You're god damn right I do!
     
    #71 rodrigueZflyingf0x, Apr 27, 2013
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  12. demcorhip

    demcorhip Pundit (989) Jul 24, 2006 Canada (ON)

    Greg Nash has made a few ass kicking ipa's. Can't see why his current ipa's wouldn't be the same.
    Hart and Thistle...
     
    #72 demcorhip, Apr 28, 2013
  13. Surfscience

    Surfscience Initiate (0) Jul 30, 2011 Canada (QC)

    For solid Quebec IPA's I think McTavish in Memoriam by Trou de Diablo wins. Its labelled as inspired by West Coast Pale Ales but I think the hop profile puts it solidly in the IPA catagory.

    http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/13605/70349
    Good beer, particularly in a market deprived of non-belgian style IPAs
     
    #73 Surfscience, Apr 28, 2013
  14. ricochet173

    ricochet173 Initiate (0) Jul 6, 2011 Canada (QC)
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    I thought Leo's was pretty good, but yesterday I got my hands on a couple of bottles of La Catapulte... oh man... one of the best I've ever tasted!
     
    #74 ricochet173, Apr 28, 2013
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  15. unibroue4ever

    unibroue4ever Zealot (541) Oct 20, 2010 Canada (QC)

    IMO best Bottled IPA ever made in Québec...
     
    #75 unibroue4ever, Apr 29, 2013
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  16. Ivanhoes_Backpack

    Ivanhoes_Backpack Initiate (0) Mar 15, 2012 Canada (NB)

    I agree with you man, out of the Maritimes anyway. But I'd count it. If not I'd take their Citra One-Hop... mmm.
     
    #76 Ivanhoes_Backpack, May 3, 2013
  17. kjyost

    kjyost Initiate (0) May 4, 2008 Canada (MB)

    7% is not (any longer) an Imperial.... :slight_smile: DIPAs start at 8%!
     
    #77 kjyost, May 3, 2013
  18. sdm9465

    sdm9465 Initiate (0) Dec 23, 2011 Canada (NS)

    As of late 2011 he is at the Rockbottom Brew Pub: http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/19739

    Still some ass kicking ipa's though.
     
    #78 sdm9465, May 3, 2013
  19. sdm9465

    sdm9465 Initiate (0) Dec 23, 2011 Canada (NS)

    Had my first Citra last night and I agree it's very tasty. Much better than Comet.
     
    #79 sdm9465, May 3, 2013
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  20. LarryAppleton

    LarryAppleton Initiate (0) Dec 1, 2012 Canada (QC)

    Where did you buy bottles of Catapulte? Thx
     
    #80 LarryAppleton, May 4, 2013
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