Nicely done. Another great beer from four winds. Huge citrus and pine. Amber pour with good head and lacing. Well balanced. Citrus tang finish. Bottle from Spinnakers.

Bottle. Crystal clear golden yellow color, white head. Nice aroma of mixed tropical fruit, papaya, pineapple. Taste is bittersweet grapefruit, nicely balanced. Delicious.

2021-12-12, can from The Gull, North Vancouver, 8-4-8-4-17=41
Cloudy blond colour. The aroma is quite dank. The mouthfeel is lean, not much residual sweetness, but still quite bold; crispy malts with some wheat/oats pollution; bold hopping, piney, resinous, a bit dank, and robust bitterness.
It may have taken a slight NEIPA turn, but it's still a very solid IIPA.

2018-01-09, bottle from Firefly, Vancouver, 8-5-9-4-17=43
Cloudy blond color with orange hue, generous head. Strong aroma, piney hops, candied orange, cedar peel and lemon zest. The body is well structured, the mouthfeel is lean, the residual sweetness is very limited; very good malt base, delicate, some white bread crust; bold hopping, plenty of piney resins and candied orange peel, possibly light chicory in the final.
Wonderful.

2017-04-05, draught at Darby's Kitsilano, Vancouver, 9-5-9-5-18=46
Dangerously drinkable.

2017-03-05, bottle from Viti on Nanaimo, Vancouver, 8-4-8-5-17=42
Found this bottle that should be ~5 months old; when one has had the fresher Vexillium, he would notice that this one is less bright, but still, it's not old at all, it's sweet and fruity and resiny, a wonderful IIPA.

2016-10-26, bottle from High Point Liquor, Vancouver, 8-4-9-5-17=43
Golden-orange color; it seems that this year they have gone in the East Coast Silliness direction, as it's murky. The aroma is powerful and fruity, passion fruit, apricots. The crispy malt is a delicate foundation for the powerful hopping, very resiny and citrusy; the eyes trick the mind, and I feel some flour on the tongue.
Muddled, but still it has some of the most expressive hoppings around.

2016-01-08, draught at Four Winds, 2 sleeves (12oz?), 7-4-8-5-16=40
Nice and fresh aroma, not as strong as required; moderately sweet, the hop is much better in the flavor, could be fruitier, juicier though.
Excellent IIPA, I liked it more last year though.

2016-01-02, draught at Alibi Room, Vancouver, 10 oz, 7-4-7-4-13=35
Dark blond color with a dull greenish hue, hazy to cloudy, with small head. Fairly sweet but not cloying, the malt profile is on the light colored side, the hopping is very orangey, and the alcohol bis surely evident in the final; but it pays on the other side for some lack of carbonation, it makes it become a bit heavy.
Like the look suggested, it's a bit muddier than last year, definitively heavier to drink, less fresh, less exciting.

2015-03-20, bottle from Brewery Creek, Vancouver, 8-5-9-5-17=44
The color of a warm sun, golden, hazy, with creamy head. Strong aroma of fruity hops, with an earthy bit of manure. Smooth mouthfeel; sweet but with a lean body; the pale malts provide an excellent backbone, lightly biscuity, and the hops take the stage with a huge amount of piney resins and citrus fruits, but also some mango and pineapple tropicality; in the final it shows a tiny spicy character that adds complexity and interest; extremely drinkable.
Wonderful.

First release: 650mL bottle, pours a bright golden orange with a small white head. Nose brings out lots of piney hops, along with grapefruit and melon. Flavour is bright and fresh, with loads of piney and resinous hops, followed by bitter grapefruit and then the melon. But then the sweetness kicks in and after a while, gets rather cloying. Too sweet for a IIPA and not my type. Okay.

Oct. 2016 release: New batch is so much better. Loads of resinous and piney hop oils dominate, without the cloying sweetness in previous batches. A supremely well-balanced and constructed IIPA. Fantastic.