Bandit Brewery’s Nova IPA had me worried. I bought four cans of the 10.1% brew and immediately set one aside for review purposes, as is my usual practice when buying a new beer. Drank the others over the Christmas holidays. When I decided to type up my thoughts on Nova, my review beer was nowhere to be found. Woe! Dismay! Had I lost it? Drank it? As I say, 10.1%, so it’s not outside the realm of possibility that I got drunk, sucked it back, and forgot. And then, one day, like a miracle, I found the missing 355mL can of Torontonian ale in a corner of my fridge—what joy! Still relatively fresh, too.
Nova is a hazy orange-gold grog. It pours with a thin cap of white suds and packs a bombastic citrus and tropical aroma. The beer is extremely sweet and considerably boozy, though there is a layer of resin and citrus bitterness at the back end.
Don’t get me wrong—this is not a timid beer. Still, for an ale stronger than 10%, it is a pretty approachable potion. A bit too sweet for me, but otherwise agreeably flavoured, Nova is a party in a can.
Rating: 8.5 out of 10.
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