Wednesday, 8 April 2020

Hamilton Haul--High Grade

My first experience with Fairweather Brewing Co. was their flagship IPA, High Grade. Sold in pretty 500mL bottles, HG clocks in at 6.8% and is billed as being juicy, dank, and tropical. This Hamiltonian ale has a hazy look, a dull gold hue, and a covering of sudsy off-white head.

HG has a lush, tropical fruit aroma, rich in pineapple and passion fruit notes. It also has a sticky, resinous quality. The flavour, which is ample, has OJ and piña on the front end, and a modestly bitter back end.

This is a solid hazy IPA—flavourful, stanky, and very nice. It’s balanced between sweet and bitter in a way that is often missing from over-sweet hazies. Definitely recommended.

Rating: 8.5 out of 10.

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