When I think of Toronto’s Godspeed Brewery, I typically think of expertly crafted lagers and quirky styles, but Shizumu is a straight up West Coast IPA. The 6.9% ale is clear, bronze-coloured, and pours with a thin layer of off-white foam.
Shizumu has old-school American IPA aromatics, with a crunchy blend of citrus and evergreen. The flavour treads a similar path, with pine and grapefruit notes in the starring roles, and a metallic undercurrent. The beer is quite bitter, manifested as citrus and resin at the finish.
To my mind, Shizumu is a Godspeed take on the West Coast IPA—not bombastic or obvious, but a subtle rendition that is technically sound.
Rating: 8.5 out of 10.
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