During a recent visit to Toronto's Blood Brothers Brewing, I left the
source with a 500mL bottle of The Inner Eye Pale Ale, a 5.5% job with a
beautiful label. The beer inside proved to be a handsome and hazy auburn
colour. It poured with a fluffy and thick off-white head and featured
aroma that was at times grainy and at others tart and bitter. Inner Eye
had a pretty robust flavour; one with some faintly sour fruit notes, but
also a smattering of yeasty, Belgian-inspired bitterness.
I
took to The Inner Eye right away, though it didn't wow me quite as much
as BB's flagship IPA. It finished with a swell bitterness that left my
arm aching for another sip, which I take as a pretty positive sign.
Blood Brothers, with its focus on hoppy apes, is quickly becoming of my
favourite Toronto beer-makers, and The Inner Eye did nothing to dampen
that opinion.
Rating: 8.5 out of 10.
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