If you buy a sixer of 341mL bottles of True North All Natural Inukshuk
IPA, allow me to give you a free tip: the thin cardboard six-pack holder
is garbage and if you're not particularly cautious, you're gonna lose
your beer and your mind.
That said, Inukshuk IPA,
from Magnotta Brewing in Vaughn, Ontario, is a decent enough India pale.
It's fairly low-test, at just 6.5%, but it definitely looks the part,
with a handsome brass colour, hazy, with a thick layer of white head.
The nose is a tad confusing, with some pilsner-like notes beneath an
evergreen and grapefruit top note. Taste-wise, Inukshuk IPA starts
sweetly, with some pleasant ale malts, before ending on a marginally
bitter note, assisted by a modest hops profile.
Inukshuk
IPA is, as full-size IPAs go, close to a session beer. It's
lower-than-average strength makes it relatively easy to consume, and
it's mild flavour assists in the task. However, for these very same
reasons, it is not an elite or upper tier IPA. It could use a touch more
booze and considerably more direction to get near that level. Still, if
I saw this stuff on tap at a pub, I'd gratefully revisit it.
Rating: 6.5 out of 10.
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