John Sleeman Presents India Pale Ale

Brewed by Sleeman Brewing & Malting Co. (Sapporo)
Style: American Pale Ale
Guelph, Canada

Bottle. Part of Sleeman sampler. Pours golden, looks very much like a lager. Not much aroma on pour. Taste is decent, though lacking the big hop taste of a lot of IPA’s. Some bitter on the finish.

Sleeman IPA 46* purchased in a 6-pack in Madison, WI. Pleasing light copper color. Lacing is light, like a mainstream beer. Aroma is also quite insignificant for an IPA...not a lot of hop odor. However, this beer is really not bad. Definitely not an American Pale Ale; this is more lightly hopped and balanced in the English style. Nonetheless, for what I understand is a mainstream beer, this is really pretty good. Is this beer (the IPA 46*) be listed separately from the Sleeman Presents IPA?

341 mL bottle. Deep gold with a bit of persistent head. Smells like Sleemans - I like Beerguy101’s description of "piney hops" - it works. If you know the "Sleeman’s taste" - this is as good an example of it as you’ll find. Crisp, bitter, but fairly straightforward. Not bad, but I prefer their dark and ale.

This IPA pours a light orange gold color from a 12oz bottle. Medium sized white foamy head. Aroma is slightly piney hops, touch of corn, some cinnamon and honey. A medium bodied IPA. Malts are fruity and sweet, touch of corn and honey. Hops are very mild, touch of pine. Kind of harsh and metallic tasting, there is also a touch of toast, some honey and a touch more cinnamon. Well carbonated. This beer is a total mess, a macro IPA? Mouthfeel is full. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly sweet with a lingering aftertaste of cinnamon.

Tallahassee, Fl, 12 oz bottle - part of varietry pack found at Albertson’s Lquor store. Medium orange pour, sparkling, decent sized white head with thickish lacing.lFaint fruity aroma, hints of spruce. Flavor has a solid, subtle bitterness reminding me more of an English bitter than an IPA. Just a hint of grapefruity tartness - definitely not a West coast IPA. Mouthfeel is slightly stinging. Otherwise a solid effort.

Labeled Sleeman IPA 46* Ale. This impressed me - unmistakable upstate NY/Ontario representation of an EIPA. Good appearance marks - brown bottle, as opposed to the one shown, good bottle shape, nice embossed logo, nice label. Clear orange-tinged gold beer, an inch-tall faintly tan head. Parched malt aroma with whiffs of well-simmered hops. Fairly well-bittered, I like the malt backbone, tangy and dry. Good mouthfeel without getting too heavy. Minor grumbles about some unpleasant bitterness on the backend, but I really dug this one and think that it’s hugely under-rated.

Pours dark golden with a thin foamy Aroma of grassy, flowery hops, smells like noble hops. Taste is sweet grainy malt, grassy hops, Mouthfeel is medium bodied and slightly resinous with soft foamy carbonation. Not too bad.

Initial skunky aroma, could be the clear bottle. Golden colour, bitterness, and and a citrus flavour in the backround. Interesting beer but overpriced.