Mill Street IPA

Brewed by Mill St. Brewery
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Toronto, Canada

Golden-red colour. Very woody hop nose with some caramel. Dry, woody IPA with lots of centennial and cascade. Solid caramel backbone. Dry, slightly herbal, woody finish.

A reddish amber IPA with a thin off white head. A nice restrained hops in aroma, light caramel notes. In mouth, a nice light IPA, herbal, a bit light than expected. On tap at Smokeless Joes, March 23, 2009.

On-tap first week at the brewpub. Good head and lace on golden-orange body. Off-aroma, like a washroom. Bitter grapefruit concentrate taste, not bad, but a whole pint is too much mostly because of aggressive carbonation, which also detracts from an otherwise smooth mouthfeel. Mediocre for its style.

Draught. At the Mill Street Brewpub. Poured bright clear refractive copper with a decent creamy head. Lightly malty aroma, medium herbal hops. Taste is very malty with some bitter herbal hops in the finish - not really an IPA, NorAm or UK, but a decent ale. Decently thick body, mildly bitter and carbonated - very quick finish, some hops in the aftertaste, but just okay. It’s an odd-looking IPA, and more of a pale really - an enjoyable quaff.

On tap at Brew Pub
Aroma: mildly hoppy nose, sweet malt character behind, hints of spice. Aroma was not typical to IPA , a bit subdued
Appearance: amber with small thick creamy head.
Mild, smooth medium full bodied. Spicy bitter hops. Character of this bitter ale was more of British counterparts than North American. Pleasantly warming, clean with hop presence long lasting. All this in full bodied wrap.

Draught at the brewpub. Copper amber body, with a small off white head. Strong hop aroma is lightly minerally and earthy. Similar flavour to the aroma, fairly bitter with notes of earthy green hops with some well balanced supporting malt. Average palate. A very solid English style IPA, but it is not super exciting and makes me wonder why bother when they already make the Tankhouse which is in similar territory, albeit leaning more towards the American style of hopping. Looking at the other ratings it seems to be all over the map as to whether or not there is citrus mentioned... Hmmmm... Maybe they are tweaking the recipe?

Growler from the brewery courtesy of tupalev -- thanks Jeff! Pours a clear bright orange-copper with an average size diminishing creamy off-white head. Aroma of mild herbal hops and caramel malt, a little spicy -- nice but a bit too mild. Spicy herbal hops come through much more in the flavour, nicely backed by caramel malt along with a hint of grain and a decent long bitter finish. Nice medium body. A simple IPA but it’s pleasant and easy to drink, it’s certainly better then many of the other so called "IPAs" we have here.

Cask@Miil Street Brewery Brewpub, Toronto. Darkish brown/reddish beer with a plainly hopped aroma, and a strongly hopped, roasted and dry flavour. Overall a nice well hopped beer.