Brewed at: Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Type: India Pale Ale
7% A/V
First Impression
This can looks sadly like a low quality ripoff of another Ontario craft brewers packaging theme... Anyone familiar with the Flying Monkey brewers' funkadelic packaging? I digress... let's see. This was a gold medal winner at the 2011 US Open Beer Championship? Mmm hmm. Hazy reddish copper liquid beginning to stake a legitimate claim to some degree of quality...
First Sip
Okay I take it back. I take back all the nasty things I've said about Nickelbrook. In public. Behind closed doors. Muttered into my pillow whilst sleeping. My past experience from this brewer has been somewhat atrocious. But this is possibly the finest IPA I've had. And that is saying something as I like and frequently consume this malted motif.
Halfway
Gorgeous citrusy grapefruitiness and the belly warmth of 7% alcohol are making this a one man party. And the amount of sedimentary yeast is awesome. It's providing a kind of dirty, in your face, arrogance to this amazing beer. Like when a big name Hollywood rock star type goes on Letterman with ripped jeans and a t-shirt.
Bottoms Up
The only question that this has left me with is WTF is going on with the rest of the Nickelbrook line up? Clearly somebody over there knows something about brewing! Okay Nicklebrook well done you've finally made me understand how my high school teachers must've felt. "He's a nice boy. If only he'd apply himself..."
Get on it! And fix your packaging. Honestly.
And for those of you who are inspired to try it, remember to smell it. Stick your nose right in a snifter style glass of this stuff and breathe deeply. My friends, THAT is hops.
99/100
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