Born This Way Nano IPA

A Pride Month offering from Muskoka Brewery, Born This Way Nano IPA is a 3.8% light beer. Sold in 473mL cans, the beer, a member of Muskoka’s Moonlight Kettle Series, comes from Bracebridge, Ontario. A portion of the proceeds from each can sold for to The Get REAL Movement.

Born This Way is a yellow-gold ale. It pours with a fluffy white head and has an aroma that walks a line between citrus and floral. For such a low alcohol offering, the flavour is pretty robust, but you’d never mistake it for a full-strength IPA. It has a taste profile that moves from faintly sweet to faintly bitter, with passion-fruit and orange notes. The back end is bitter, but only just. The finish is crackling dry though, and that really works.

Born This Way is a nice little IPA. It’d be extremely session-friendly, but flavourful enough to hold interest. Really, it delivers on almost exactly what It set out to do. I might ask for the flavour to be a bit more interesting, but if you’re looking for a low-octane ale with some verve, this might just be the ticket.

Rating: 8.5 out of 10.