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Grand River Brewing - Curmudgeon IPA
Submitted by Bruce Ticknor on Wed, 03/23/2011 - 18:33
Brewery Name:
Beer Style:
American IPA
Serving Style.:
500 ML Bottle
Alcohol Content:
6.5% ABV
Where Purchased?:
L.C.B.O
Grand River Brewing - Curmudgeon IPA
A full creamy light tan coloured head on a clear, dark red/copper coloured beer.
Aroma of pine and grapefruit citrus with hints of honey and bread dough.
Feel is nice and full, creamy and rich.
Taste is a great blend. On the bottom end you have a good malt base with hints of honey, berries and bread dough, just a touch of cocoa or coffee. Solid but not heavy. Lot's of bright hop flavours to balance out the malt, pine, grapefruit and a bit of apricot and apple.
The finish is long and lingering and well blended. Slightly dry and bitter but the malt sweetness lasts as well. This is a very well balanced beer from the first sip to the lingering finish.
Leaves me wanting more.
By the way, it went really well with some home smoked salmon from my brother.
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Fullers London Pride
Click on the Title to Comment on this review.| reviewed by: John H.  | Serving Style: 20 ounce glass Where Purchased: The Crows' Nest Beer Rating: |
Pleasant smoky aroma. Have never come across a smell like that in an ale. Flowery with a bit of citrus flavor. Nice clean bitter after taste. Another great blend of hops and malt, (or bitter and sweet). All in all another great beer, not quite as good a blend as the Fullers ESB.
This is what Fuller's has to say about this beer:
"London Pride is a smooth and astonishingly complex beer, which has a distinctive malty base complemented by a rich balance of well developed hop flavours from the target, challenger and northdown varieties in the brew. At 4.1% a.b.v in cask (4.7% a.b.v in bottles)London Pride is an ideal session-strength premium ale."
