Howe Sound Brewing Co. – Hopraiser West Coast IPA

Howe Sound Brewing Co. - Hopraiser West Coast IPA Review

Rating

4 out of 5
Appearance
3.5 out of 5
Aroma
3.9 out of 5
Flavour
4.2 out of 5
Mouthfeel

Total

3.9
3.9 out of 5

Overview

  • Brewery: Howe Sound Brewing Co.
  • Beer Style: India Pale Ale
  • Pros:

    A nice balance of malt tones with northwest hop flavour

  • Cons:

    Not as much bitterness from the hops as you may expect

  • Conclusion:

    A big flavoured, low bitterness west coast IPA

Howe Sound Brewing Co. - Hopraiser West Coast IPA ReviewHowe Sound Brewing Co. – Hopraiser West Coast IPA  Review

In the line of Howe Sound Brewing’s west coast inspired beers comes the Hop Raiser, n big and piney, India Pale Ale. From the 1.0 litre bottle this beer pours as a cloudy amber-orange colour with one fairly thin finger of lacing head. An aroma of toasted malt, caramel, pine and a big northwest hop bitterness. The hop tones take a front seat in a big an aromatic IPA. The body is quite big with a creaminess to it. The flavour has a surprisingly strong malt tone and a distinct sweetness that leads into the true northwest hop flavour. For being a fairly hop-forward beer the bitterness is rather subdued leaving a nice balance of malt to bring out the complexities and unique flavour of BC Beer. The Hopraiser is not the biggest IPA on the market but is a great representation of BC’s authentic west coast flavour.

 

Alcohol – 6.0%
Size – 1000ml
IBU – 50
howesound.com

 

Howe Sound Brewing Co. - Hopraiser West Coast IPA Review Howe Sound Brewing Co. - Hopraiser West Coast IPA Review

Tags: howe sound, ipa

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Dustan Sept

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