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Vancouver Island Brewery opened in a tiny warehouse just outside of Victoria, BC in 1984. In 1995 they moved to larger facility located right in Victoria proper. From a modest couple of beers in the first couple of years to seven regular beers now. This is more of a traditional British styled IPA rather than a Westcoast style.
It has a clear golden colour with a tan coloured head, which dissipates quickly leaving nice lacing.
The hops are very apparent in the aroma, the floral, bitter and citrus notes all there. A little maltiness is also there.
The citrus comes through at the start, with the maltiness and floral notes coming in next with the floral notes changing to bitter notes with the maltiness fading away and leaving the bitterness to linger with a touch of the citrus coming back on the finish.
This is a nice big IPA while it is an English styled IPA the west coast flavour is apparent in the distinctive hop character of the local hops used. This is a great IPA to try, if you like IPAs this is a winner.
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