Mill Street Brewery Tankenstein American IPA at 5% ABV (On tap at Mill Street Brewpub YYZ, reviewed 12-Jan-2016)
Appearance: clear pale amber with one finger of fluffy ivory head, good retention and lacing. (4/5) Aroma: caramel, resiny pine, citrus, grainy malt. (6/10) Taste: moderate-high sweet, moderate-high bitter. (6/10) Palate: medium body, moderate carbonation, off-dry slightly sweet and sticky finish. (3/5)
Not terrible, but a fairly pedestrian malty A/IPA. There’s lots of hop character going on, but for me it feels like it’s, if not actually drowned out by the malt, at least fighting the malt for dominance. Bit of an odd duck, in that all the elements are there, but they just don’t seem to come together effectively, and it doesn’t feel all that well-balanced. I waffled on scoring the aroma and flavour components for this one, and if anything I’m being somewhat generous here – in a bad mood, I could potentially drop the total score by a half to a full point. (13/20)
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