This issue of Broskies on Brewskies, we’re covering three different beers for Hopcity brewing company in Brampton, Ontario. All of the Hopcity brews are affordable and come in different brightly coloured cans.
First up is the Hopcity Hopbot IPA. The Hopbot is nicely bitter and malty. First thoughts were not terrific, but after a few sips, everything melds nicely together. Hoppier than mainstream IPAs, Hopbot is a strong beer, at 7.1%. As expected, the dominant taste is hops, but at the bottom of the glass, many flavours working together make it one of the better IPAs we’ve had. We give this one three stars out of five, would try again but would not go out of our way to find.
Second is the Hopcity Big Mouth Tap Room Pale Ale, which is quite a mouthful. After a few mouthfuls we were pleasantly surprised. We like it better than the Hopbot IPA, but it is a little bit bland. It is smooth and really rolls over the tongue. It was more subtle, and not in a great way. On its own it might have been a good beer, but following the Hopbot it was underwhelming and not very flavourful. We give it three out of five, and are not sure if we’d have it again.
Last up is the Lawn Chair. A classic wheat beer, it is also nothing to write home about. Its rides the line between being so bland that there’s nothing to taste, and having enough flavour for us not to like it. It’s a very similar beer to the Big Mouth, just with a less pale taste. We once again give out a three out of five, and are not wholly satisfied with the Hopcity brewery. It seems that its beers are either too hoppy, or too flavourless.
Leave a Reply