Today's beer: A.D.D. Imperial IPA by Yukon I discovered this beer while looking for the Canada Day beer by Innis & Gunn. While I didn't find it, I did find two of the Yukon brewery's A.D.D. series. This is number 3 in the series.
Imperial IPA pours a cloudy yellow/copper colour in the glass with a small head that quickly dissipates. A sniff revealed the smell primarily of hops, but there was also the smell of citrus and grass present. As with most IPAs, there is a huge taste of hops. There is also a light taste of grass, which is fairly unique to this variaty. Due to the large amount of hops, the IPA starts quite bitter, but mellows as you swallow. There is also a faint taste of orange. This is a crisp and refreshing beer. There is a low amount of carbonation, but as I have oft said, carbonation levels don't make a beer good or bad. With the large amount of hops, I couldn't drink more than one of these a day.
I have to quote what's on the canister: "You don't need to buy this. In fact, you should just put it back on the shelf. They'll eventually return it to Whitehorse where we can crack it open, and our brew gang will drink it for you. We take our normal IPA - Ice Fog and load it up with extra hops and a ton of malt to make a hoppy brew that makes us smile, then laugh and eventually do silly things we are not going to talk about. So give us a had - PUT IT DOWN!"
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May your glass always be full of good beer!
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