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Paddock Wood Loki IPA

Friday, February 26th, 2010

I had the opportunity to taste this specialty brew by Saskatoon’s Paddock Wood Brewery.  It’s good, very good even.  Assuming of course you like beer, and more specifically the super bitter and hoppy India Pale Ale Style of brews.  If you put together that IPA stood for India Pale Ale, and thought to your self “mmm, I do like Alexander Keith’s” this beer is not for you.  This beer is a real IPA, for the indoctrinated hop head.

What I liked about it:

  1. Hoppie – I love the taste of hop flowers in my beer.  This one does not dissapoint.  I would consider it a double IPA or Imperial IPA myself based on the intense flavour.
  2. Bitter – 1 and 2 kind of go together here.  It’s a pleasant and strong bitterness.  It hits hard, and fades nice and slow leaving you with a sensation as close as a man can get to the female orgasm.  Well, done.
  3. Smells like fowers – I like that.
  4. Sweet – has a caramel or toffee sweetness to it, everything seems to be in a good balance making this strong hoppie beer very palatable.

To sum up for those that have had the odd blast of other local IPA’s, I’d say it is on par with Regina Bushwakker’s brew Trephination Double and Winnipeg Half Pint’s Humulus Ludicrous.  If that dosen’t mean anything to you, check them out when you get a chance.  All the beer I’ve mentioned so far are seasonal, so you should drink them when you can find them.

That brings me to my next point, where did I have such a great beer.  I managed to get some off the tap at Beer Bros 1821 Scarth Street, Regina.  No telling how long they’ll have it in stock, but today is probably a good day for you to head down and give it a try.

Update May 27th, 2010

I took Tim Kramer’s advice left in the guest book, and went to the fainting goat restaurant last night.  Loki was indeed on tap.  I had it with the Duck Kabobs, an unbelievable pairing for this beer.  I’ve had fantastic wine pairings before, but I’ve always found beer pairings a bit of a joke.  Not so in this case, the beer and duck really played off each other, and there was definitely a flavor synergy.

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