Review: Kilter x Bellwoods Jutsii Fruit Mango Peach IPA

This is for my bro n bud Chris in Leslieville (as well as Tom, he'd love this). 

I was in Toronto in June 2024 and I went to Bellwoods Brewing with one of my best friends Chris, the server saw my Kilter Vintage Lager hat and mentioned that Bellwoods was doing a collaboration with Kilter and the beer was actually going to be released the very next day, a Mango Peach IPA called Jutsii Fruit. Unfortunately for me, I dealt with severe sleep issues at that time so I couldn't go to the event because I was having a hard time staying awake. Anywho, a while back I told the Kilter staff that I was in Toronto and missed out on the Jutsii Fruit collab, they said that it's due time for Bellwoods to come to Winnipeg to bring the beer to Manitoba.. Right around Christmas time the beer made a surprise to my local Liquor Mart, so of course I bought up as many cans as I could - it wasn't going to be around for long.

From the label: Jutsii Fruit Mango Peach IPA - Super Fruity / Super Hoppy - Double dry hopped with Galaxy, Mosaic, Citra, El Dorado and heavily loaded with mango and peach purée. 7% ABV

Appearance: Deep opaque orange juicy body with a nice amount of snow white head. The head leaves behind a very nice layered lacing on the glass as it gradually gets savoured.

Aroma: Juicy, tropical, leafy hops. I don't get peach at first - I get a bit of a spearmint-like leafy hop presence initially, followed by a hint of orange, a bit of a grapefruit spiciness to it, and then finally - peach. The peach isn't overly peach but it's a nice aroma to it, but I'm finding I'm mostly getting the leafiness of the hops. 

Taste: Surprisingly spiced at first with a bit of a black pepper kind of spice to it. It's decently sweet, a bit of grapefruit, a bit of orange but definitely a decent amount of peach to it. It has a good amount of leafy/bitter hops to it. Very smooth and creamy once you get past the "pepper" kind of taste to it, it's got a good amount of sweetness.

Overall Thoughts: I've had multiple cans of this, I'd like more peach but it's a nice, creamy, sweet IPA. Good amount of black pepper spice that you wouldn't expect for the style - some will like it, some won't. 

Jutsii Fruit, it's gonna move ya..