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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