Duggan's #9 IPA - Cool Beer Brewing Co.

dgilks

Australia

4.13/5  rDev +9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Clear dark copper colour with a creamy, light tan head. Good head retention.

Moderate caramel aroma with a light grapefruit and mango aroma.

Bright, citrus, mango and pine aroma with an earthy floral note as found in some English hops. Very crisp malt despite the colour. Nicely hoppy and deliciously complex.

Medium light body with very crisp moderately-high carbonation. Really good.

A great, moderately hoppy IPA. Slightly restrained and a, dare I say it, "Canadian" IPA. Really nice on a hot day.

Serving type: on-tap

08-08-2011 10:55:22 | More by dgilks

spinrsx

Ontario (Canada)

3.58/5  rDev -5.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

275ml Bottle

Appearance - Clear dark copper colour with an average size frothy beige coloured head. There is low amount of carbonation and there is some decent lacing. The head lasted for 4-5 minutes before it was gone.

Smell - Malts, caramel/toffee, hops, grapefruit

Taste & Mouth - There is an average amount of carbonation and most of the taste is made up of caramel, hops, and malts. There is also a bit of a grapefruit flavour, but this beer seems more like an english IPA than an american one. It ends with a caramel sweet and bitter hoppy aftertaste.

Overall - I wonder why the bottles have to be so small. It's an okay beer, but for the price there are better/larger options available.

Serving type: bottle

12-31-2011 01:19:48 | More by spinrsx

tbeckett

Ontario (Canada)

3.7/5  rDev -2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

A - Pours dark copper with a one finger creamy white head. Mild carbonation. Bright. Nice stringy lacing with a good half finger of retention.

S - Earthy, citrusy hops with some caramel

T - More caramel and earthy notes with citrus being pushed back alot. Bready also. Hops are still present and nice though. Very balanced.

M - Nice mild bitterness with a little sweetness. Appropriate carbonation with a medium-full body.

O/D - A simple, yet very drinkable IPA. Well balanced. Tame, yet good enough.

Serving type: bottle

11-17-2011 01:51:03 | More by tbeckett

hopsolutely

Ontario (Canada)

3.43/5  rDev -9.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

A beer that used to be one of my favourites before the current crop of American-style IPA's were released in Ontario. Had almost forgotten about this malt-forward brew after the Duggan's brewery closed, but pleased to grab a sample from the local LCBO. Amazing how the world has changed.

Pours a beautiful amber with decent cappuccino coloured head and lacing. This bottle has caramelized malts in the aroma along with an oxidation and metallic smell that I do not remember from earlier draught pours. Although the bottle was only purchased this afternoon, no idea how long it has been on the shelves or how it was stored.

Sweet flavour of caramelized malts followed by a decent hop bitterness, but few of the citrus or tropical fruit elements that I hope for in an APA. Finish lingers for an impressively long time.

Serving type: bottle

08-19-2012 02:54:34 | More by hopsolutely

SebD

Ontario (Canada)

3.68/5  rDev -2.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Appearance: It has a golden/amber color to it. It has a nice off-white head that dies down moderately and leaves nice lacing.

Smell: The aromas definitly give out hints of piney hops, some citrus and roasted caramelly malts.

Taste: Like the aromas, it has caramelly malt character but stronger than I expected, piney, earthy and citrusy hops follow.

Mouthfeel: It has a medium/high carbonation with a nice overall balance and feel.

Drinkability: It's a smooth drinkable beer accompanied with good flavors and aromas.

Serving type: on-tap

04-24-2012 12:40:28 | More by SebD

Long813

Nova Scotia (Canada)

3.65/5  rDev -3.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

A: Dark copper body with one finger of white head. Some retention and lacing.

S: Notes of caramel, some citrus fruit and hops. Interesting mix of aromas.

T: Good front of citrus fruits mixed with loads of bitter hops. The hops is almost to overpowering.

M: Medium bodied with high carbonation. The texture is crisp and water like with a strong bitter hop aftertaste.

O: Good IPA, very pleasing to drink. The hops I feel are a little overpowered and the fruit and malt could some through more.

Serving type: bottle

03-13-2012 19:51:42 | More by Long813

bryehn

Ontario (Canada)

3.78/5  rDev -0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Found a 6 pack of 275 mL bottles in Toronto on July 16, 2011. It appears Mr. Duggan is now a part of Cool Brewing Inc.. Also listed on BA as "Mike Duggan #09 IPA"

Pours a nice rusty amber colour with a small, tan-coloured head that gets retained as a collar, but leaves very little in the way of lace.

Nice citrus hop tang to the aroma along with a sweet, roasted malt backing. Bit of a lake water smell I could do without.

Tangy at the front of the tongue before a solid chocolaty malt backing kicks in. Citrus appears at almost the same time as the malts, creating a neat chocolate-orange flavour.

Very easy-going with little to no trace of its ABV until you actually feel it. Goes a bit thin on the back-end before a nice bitter after-taste takes over.

Hoping to see this outside of Toronto now that it's being made by a company with wide distribution. I'm not sure that I care for the under-sized bottles, but it's what's inside that counts, right?

Serving type: bottle

07-18-2011 17:37:15 | More by bryehn

Stocean1

Ontario (Canada)

3.83/5  rDev +1.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Finally bit the bullet and grabbed a sixer of this stuff from the LCBO (hate buying six when unsure of a brew). Poured a one finger bubbly off white head upon a semi-clear amber body with crimson highlights. Not a lot of retention or lacing, reducing to a thin collar. Appears to be well carbonated.

Scent is grapefruit and resinous pine, plenty of sweet malt.

Taste is leafy, earthy pine, grapefuit and papaya, caramel malt, a little sweet. Well balanced.

This is a medium bodied brew with plenty of carbonation, semisweet and dry it has a well balanced bitterness on the back end.

A good brew and definitely worth another go.

Serving type: bottle

12-02-2011 20:26:38 | More by Stocean1

shamus

Ontario (Canada)

4.3/5  rDev +13.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Having this after an a long hot drive down the 401. A new brewery to me. A lovely copper colour but the head didn't last long. Smells of malt and hops, Very smooth and b itter as an IPA should be. A very good product that I would gladly drink again.

Serving type: bottle

08-19-2011 20:41:53 | More by shamus

jimithebeerguy

Ontario (Canada)

4.22/5  rDev +11.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Duggan's # 9 has been a bit of a new experience for me. I discovered this fine beer at about the same time that the brewery was shutting down....bad timing

But now the Beer is back and thank goodness in the same shape by which it left the planet! This beer is no longer brewed out of the downtown pub location but the recipe is attention to detail is still intact !

This strong beer carries a very micro-brew hoppiness and taste that seperates it from many other beers on the shelf. Although it has a very strong Alc. content the taste does not....Many strong beers have a boozie taste, but not this one...very full of life and a nice deep character.

Serving type: bottle

10-30-2011 12:25:19 | More by jimithebeerguy