Grandstand

Grandstand is a people-pleasing IPA from the excellent beer whisperers at Toronto’s Left Field Brewery. Named in honour of “baseball’s common grounds”, Granstand contains a style-slight 6.2% alcohol and comes in 355mL cans. The beer is a sunny, slightly hazy gold, with a fluffy and durable white head. With an aroma rich in mango and other tropical fruit, Grandstand smells great. Its flavour is  also pleasant, though perhaps a bit less boisterous than the nose. It has juicy mango notes over top of a sticky bitter finish.

I’ve had better beers from Left Field; however, I’ve yet to have a bad brew from one of the finest breweries in Toronto’s east end. This one is nice, but not exceptional. Understrength, this is about as sessionable as an IPA gets, but it lacks the crunch I crave.

Rating: 7.0 out of 10.