Brewed using Ethiopian Sidamo coffee from the folks at Planet Bean Coffee, Candle Burner Coffee IPA is a 6.2%, 55 IBU brew from Guelph,
Ontario’s Wellington Brewery. The beer comes in 355mL bottles, from
which it emerges slightly hazy and highly carbonated, with an
unexpectedly light golden colour and a fluffy white crown.
Candle
Burner has a spicy, bitter nose with a hint of roasted java. Unlike the
aroma, where coffee was just a suggestion, CB’s flavour has a surfeit
of bitter bean juice in parallel with some citrus hoppiness that gains
steam as the finish approaches.
Wellington’s
coffee IPA has some character and lots of flavour. It’s not the kind of
beer you’d drink in volume, but the stuff sure is lovely as a one off.
I’d have liked a bit more pop, booze-wise, but the IBU count was on
point.
Rating: 8.5 out of 10.
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