Beau's Beaver River I.P.Eh?

Jeff has liked some other recent offerings from Beau's, but the Beaver River I.P.Eh? More like, "Meh."

"A little disappointed with this one," he said. "While the copper colour and big rocky head looked great, there's not much of an aroma to speak of. On an American IPA, I expect a hoppy nose and what I get with this is a mild sweetness.

"Tastewise, there's a good caramel in there, but only some subdued citrus flavour - too bad. There's some bitterness but it's not overpowering - doesn't seem like 60 IBUs.

"I think the beer is just poorly labelled - it drinks rather well, but I don't think of a big, aggressive American IPA. I think it works better as a pale ale or APA, in spite of the higher IBUs."