Stiff Jab Pale Ale
Sooke Oceanside Brewery in Sooke, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular|
Score
6.45
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I have seen a boxer with a broken power hand fight an honest fight with nothing but a stiff jab, and his hand was raised in victory after three rounds. That man is a true fighter and this beer is in his honour. Like a jab, there is nothing flashy about a pale ale, but when done right, It’ll teach you how things should be done.
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7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 8
Part of my first flight on the deck of the brewpub on 13th August 2025, sat in the afternoon sunshine overlooking the ocean with friends; life doesn't get much better. Bright golden body, white crown on top. Nice, easy going blend of pale malts and slightly bittering hops.
Tried
from Draft
at
Sooke Oceanside Brewing
on 13 Aug 2025
at 13:00
6/10
A golden blonde ale with a thin lacing white head. In aroma, nice biscuit malt with faint British hops, light mineral notes, OK. In mouth, a nice biscuit malt with resinous piney hops, light mineral notes, light cereals, pleasant. On tap at brewery.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Jan 2022
at 12:15
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Poured from 650mL bottle. Slightly hazy orange gold with white head. Bready, biscuity malt with touch of pine hops. Below average.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jul 2020
at 07:28
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at Sooke Oceanside, pours a clear pale yellowish blonde with a small white head. Nose brings out crisp piney hops and dry biscuity malt in decent balance; bit of a herbal character. Flavour is similar, with piney hops, some caramel, biscuity malt and a light vegetal character. Decently constructed and clean. Not bad.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 May 2019
at 06:55
6.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Aroma of nice sweet hops. Has a soft gold body with no head. Flavour is nice sweet lager grains and sweet hops like pale ales of old. Mouthfeel is nice and full. It's a gppd pale ale, well crafted, salt of the earth style and there's nothing wrong with that.
Tried
on 30 Jan 2019
at 04:53
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft - Lots of caramel malts. Clear gold with a small white head. Caramle, some grapefruit and bitterness. Old school.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Sep 2018
at 20:16
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
650 ml bottle. Pours amber with moderate head. Aromas of sweet malts and a bit of dull fruit. Flavors of toasted malts.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Sep 2018
at 23:50
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draught at St. Augustine's, Vancouver
Hazy golden colour. Some bready malts, but it's subtle, tiny residual sweetness, lingering fruity esters, not much hop character.
Balanced, good.
Hazy golden colour. Some bready malts, but it's subtle, tiny residual sweetness, lingering fruity esters, not much hop character.
Balanced, good.
Tried
on 02 Jun 2018
at 17:30
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Slight haze, amber, no head earthy piney hop, crackery malt, decent yeast complexity...not bad pale.
Tried
on 02 Jun 2018
at 03:23
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Taster at St. Augustine with Alex, Josh, and Sunshine. Pours an almost clear golden with a weak white head. Aroma is a bit fruity and malty. Taste is similar with more malty notes. Meh.
Tried
on 01 Jun 2018
at 03:30