Monday 7 January 2019

Portage India Pale Ale


Woodstock, Ontario is the birthplace of Portage India Pale Ale. It’s a 5.6% alcohol IPA from Upper Thames Brewing Co. Sold in 473mL cans, the beer is ruddy gold with a thick eggshell head.

Portage has an aroma that paces between citrus and malt. The flavour is principally malty, with a leafy, resinous hop finish and a citrus undercurrent.

This beer was less bitter than I’d have liked and considerably understrength for an IPA. It has a nice flavour—I particularly like the hempen hops/malt/citrus combo. However, I found the deviations from the style distracting.

Rating: 7.0 out of 10.

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