Friday 24 January 2020

Devil’s Punchbowl India Session Lager


Hamilton’s Clifford Brewing Co. makes my favourite regularly available Ontario porter. On the other end of the colour spectrum, they’re also the driving force behind Devil’s Punchbowl India Session Lager, a highly carbonated 4.8% dry-hopped brew sold in slick and stylish 473mL cans.

Devil’s Punchbowl is a straw gold lager with a slight haze and a hefty crown of vivid white suds. It has white wine and tropical fruit tendencies in the nose and a flavour that treads the same waters. The beer has a sharp initial note that is both florally hoppy and quite grainy. The back end is laced with citrus notes.

The drawback of Devil’s Punchbowl is the mouthfeel, which is a little thin and overly smooth—I was hoping for a bit more of the intersection of pale lager crispness and dry-hopped zest. However, the flavour is definitely agreeable—extremely so. I bet if I was drinking this beer on a sunny Saturday afternoon in August, I’d have a different tune than today, a dismally cold December Wednesday night. Long story short: I’ll definitely buy this stuff again and it’ll continue to be tasty.

Rating: 8.0 out of 10.

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