Nita craft beer is one of Ottawa's newest breweries, and it held the title of the newest in town for about a month in Feb 2015 before Waller Street opened their doors. Thanks to the good folks at brewdonkey.ca (the best donkey ever!) I managed to get myself a growler of their OPA Pale Ale. Contrary to what I thought, OPA does not actually stand for a new beer style, it actually refers to the Greek work OPA! Which according to their website is a word to celebrate life itself.
OPA is an interesting ale. It's not really an IPA, but is too hoppy to be traditional pale ale, so what is it? Well, I am not sure they really know, but it is very tasty. The hop flavour is front loaded, so the palate is quite hoppy and a bit floral, once that is out of the way it progresses into a nice malty middle that trails off into a smooth finish. You smell the hops immediately but the front-loadedness of the hops actually makes it a better beer as you aren't getting any surprise hop kicks to the face. It actually is less intense than a lot of other 70 IBU beers. The maltiness sets it apart from most IPA's because it adds a sweet and smooth character that a lot of other beers seem to miss out on, I really like what they have done here, and I look forward to trying more Nita Beers
It's available at their brewery on Colonnade road as well as for delivery via brewdonkey.ca. I highly recommend this beer, and I wish the folks at Nita all the success in the world because one of their first beers is a winner
Alc 6% IBU 70
Rating 4 Stein
What you need to know
Brewery
190 Colonnade Rd, Unit 17
Ottawa, ON
K2E 7J5
Website
nitabeer.com
facebook
https://www.facebook.com/NitaBeerCompany
Twitter
@nitabeerco
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