Artificial Paradise India Pale Ale

A recently released offering from the 2019 Canadian Brewery of the Year, Hamilton’s Clifford Brewing Co., Artificial Paradise India Pale Ale is a 6.8% ale. Sold in 473mL cans, AP is brewed with oats and a trio of hops: Citra, Galaxy, and Simcoe. It’s a hazy, dull gold ale that pours with an extremely sudsy white head.

AP has a mild nose, with some tropical notes. The beer has mango and pineapple flavour notes, some solid sweetness, and a back end that tends toward some resinous bitterness.

I thought Artificial Paradise was an elegant hazy IPA. A bit stronger than the mean for the style, the beer is has a grand balance of sweet and bitter, and almost nothing to be critical of.

Rating: 9.0 out of 10.