Problem Bears Black IPA

A beer with one of my favourite names in the world of Ontario craft brewing, Problem Bears Black IPA is a 7.2% brew from Virgil, Ontario’s Silversmith Brewing Company. The beer comes in a 650mL bottle with a pair of snarling bruins on the label.

A dark brown ale with amber highlights and a layer of cream head, it has a sticky resin and pine nose. The flavour has loads of evergreen with some grapefruit elements and a whisper of brown sugar. The back end is gratifyingly bitter and admirably full.

Black IPAs aren’t over-represented in Ontario, so it’s great to find a solid one like Problem Bears. Flavourful, potent, and ably-named, this beer is rad. Really good stuff.

Rating: 9.0 out of 10.