LAKE EFFECT IPA BY GREAT LAKES BREWERY
- STYLE: American IPA
- ABV: 7%
- IBU: 80
- COUNTRY: Canada
- REGION: Toronto, ON (Etobicoke)
- BREWERY: Great Lakes Brewery
Appearance | Hazy orange with a pillowy/meringue white head.
Smell | Hops, citrus, grapefruit, pine, and grass.
Taste | Hops, bitter, grapefruit, citrus, pine, zest, fruit (mango), orange peels, grass, and grain.
Aftertaste | Bitter (light), citrus, and dry.
Overall | From the Tank Ten Series, Lake Effect IPA is a recent addition to LCBO shelves. The haze within the glass, provides insight into the name of the product: it looks like the bottom of a lake. This is a fantastic IPA from Great Lakes Brewery (not so surprising, afterall Mike Lackey is the Hopfather in Ontario.) A fellow craft beer blogger described this as a ‘Double Crazy Canuck’, The Brew Head would have to agree with him. It’s a refreshing IPA for the winter, but it will warm you up with memories of summer. What a cruel joke, GLB. The bitterness is there but not forceful. This is a easily dangerous session brew at 7%. Yet another great brew from Great Lakes Brewery and Tank Ten Series. It would be a welcoming addition to the regular line-up.
LCBO Inventory | $5.95 |650ml
4 Pints / 5 Pints
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