Mad and Noisy Hops and Bolts India Pale Lager

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 6

Pours a huge foamy off-white head and has an amber/coppery appearance. Nice dirty lacing. More malty than hoppy aromas or so it seems. Malty flavours of the toasty and nutty variety. Hops are mainly earthy hops with some notes of floral hops. Seems like malts are taking over here. A bit of an orangey taste in the finish. Smooth mild and creamy mouthfeel. Slightly puckering sensation. Not too bad but really nothing too exciting or innovative.

Aroma: 10 | Appearance: 10 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 10 | Overall: 10

I liked this one alot. Reminded me of Black's Oak Pale Ale. Just the way I like these types of beers, not overly hoppy or bitter, yet still flavourful, although I have never heard of an India Pale Lager, as this beer is advertised as on the Beer Store website. The aroma is like freshly mown grass in a pine forest or a well treed park. Has a really nice head and a great burnt orange/brown-orange colour. The only downfall is the mouth feel, as it can be a wee sticky on the roof of the mouth. Simply amazing.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 6

Hazy amber colour pour from a tallboy can. Decent bubbly head is gone in a couple of minutes and leaves no lace. Grassy with a little citrus in the aroma. Quite tasty for a larger, grainy malt and earthy with a mild hop finish. Crisp and refreshing. Not the bitterness as suggested on the can, nor the chocolate.

Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

If you take away the colour (poured a dark pink grapefruit colour) then this is one bad ass beer. A lot of citrusy hops, some malt, and spices make up the aroma. The be all and end all of this beer is the hoppy flavour found here that you can't find in other lagers, combined with the slight spiciness. A great lager!

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8

Single can from the LCBO (open box of 12). Pours a hazy amber colour with a frothy warm cap, fluffing away quick enough, but leaving some foamy lace. Fruity nose with some citrus and malts. Nice bitterness, creating a smooth dryness in the mouthfeel, still with some wetness to make this easy-drinking. The typical grain of Creemore Springs is there in the taste, mixed with some caramel malts and nice grassy hops in the finish. A pretty nice blend of an IPA and Pilsner that is nothing out of this world, but for an easy-going summer beer, packs a little more punch than most.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 5

473can
5.3% ABV
Maple Leaf Square LCBO Outlet (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
June 29, 2013
The beer pours a grapefruit pinkish-red with a 1" tan coloured cap. The aroma is grainy malt, and vomit. The can says "Not for the faint of hops' but I smelled none. Mouthfeel was light to medium bodied with average carbonation. The flavour is better than the aroma with grainy mnalt and a slight hop bitterness, still not as bitter as the description on the can would suggest

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

On tap: A hazy orange-amber ale with a rocky 2 finger white cap. Moderate carbonation. Nose has citrus, fruit and some yeast funk over grainy tones. Medium-light in body, with a fruity-citrusy dry character. Flavour has biscuit malts, ale malt wetness is in check, succulent fruitiness from a warm fermentation and bitter citrus tastes in the front - goes to a fast bittering dry finish with a light bitter aftertaste. Smooth and mellow from cold lagering. I don’t know if this is an IPA by any stringent application of style guidelines but it is a very decent, drinkable IPA hybrid, with all the traits you look for in a quaffable ale - balanced bittering fruitiness, dry finish - very nice effort by this patriarch craft brewer.