With a black and teal 473mL can that feels like an homage to Futurama, Zap! Sour IPA is a 5.5%, 28 IBU brew from Burlington, Ontario’s Nickel Brook Brewing Co. Brewed with flaked oats and a trio of popular IPA hops (Simcoe, Cascade, and Citra), the beer is yellow-gold in colour, under an effervescent white foam.
Zap! has a tart, citrus
nose and a turbo-charged lemony flavour. There is a nod toward a citrus
bitterness at the back end, but this beer’s primary focus is its sour
sizzle. I’m no math wizard, but it seems to me that the ratio of
sour:ipa in this sour IPA is a lot closer to 3:1 that 1:1.
Tasty,
refreshing stuff with a tangy kick, Nickel Brook’s Zap! is a tart
treat. I’d like it to be a touch stronger, with a bit more IPA stank,
and less zeal for lemon sour, but the result is a memorable beer that
I’ll buy again.
Rating: 7.0 out of 10.
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