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A taste of Wild Rose IPA

Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 | Beer | 2 Comments

Craig, a friend of mine, returned to his native Calgary recently and graciously brought back some Wild Rose IPA for Erik and I.  We traded him a delicious Old Yale Sergeant’s IPA, which I though was pretty fair.  Craig, despite being from Calgary and being a flames fan, is a good man.  He is a fellow beer enthusiast and married to Alex, one of my oldest friends from way back to elementary school.  Craig hadn’t heard of Wild Rose Brewery before, but I’d recently read about them in Taps magazine and so tipped him off.  Wild Rose is one of the more celebrated craft breweries from Alberta and so I was rather excited to give them a try.

I found the Wild Rose IPA (100% Wild by Volume) to be rather similar to the Granville Island Brockton IPA we’ve recently been writing about.  It was good, but not outstanding (kind of like the Flames).  The Wild Rose IPA was pleasantly hoppy, less so than Brockton, and also better balanced.  The malt flavor was more detectable in the Wild Rose IPA, which I enjoyed.  I would have loved to try more of Wild Rose’s brews, but consider myself lucky that Craig thought of us at all.  If I end up in Calgary in the future, I’ll definitely stop by to try more of their lineup, and hopefully a seasonal too.  I find that a brewery’s seasonal brew is usually where they shine brightest.  Thanks Craig.

Cheers,

Chris

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