Renfrew Red Ale

Sooke Oceanside Brewery in Sooke, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦

Amber / Red Ale Regular

Score

6.33

ABV: 5.1%

IBU: -

Ticks: 5

Port Renfrew has many names. Some for love, as only the sea could be loved. Some for the ships she has taken, wrecked over rock and wave, where dangerous waters run red. This Red Ale is the namesake of that love and danger. I prefer to call her Renfrew.

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7.8

BlackHaddock (17179) reviewed Renfrew Red Ale from Sooke Oceanside Brewery 4 months ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

On my first flight on the patio of the brewpub on 13th August 2025. We had left Renfrew and it's rain 45 minutes earlier, so this seemed a good choice for a beer. Red hue to the clean dark amber body. Caramel/toffee aroma and taste front, calms down nicely with a dark fruit trace and slight hop bitterness. I had a large can of this later at a friends house in Victoria, tasted the same. Liked it.

Tried from Draft at Sooke Oceanside Brewing on 13 Aug 2025 at 13:00

6.1

crit200 (5311) reviewed Renfrew Red Ale from Sooke Oceanside Brewery 4 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Light copper, beige head. Light sweet malt nose & palate. Bready notes. Very light late bitterness. I like it !!

Tried on 11 Jul 2021 at 22:46

Oakes (33097) reviewed Renfrew Red Ale from Sooke Oceanside Brewery 6 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

On tap at Axe & Barrel. Bright reddish-amber. Thin head. Lots of biscuity, toasty malts on the nose, but on the palate it’s thin and sour. Meh.

Tried from Draft on 10 Jun 2019 at 23:40

6.1

Deanf (9789) reviewed Renfrew Red Ale from Sooke Oceanside Brewery 6 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bomber Bottle bought from the brewery way out there on Sooke Road. Pours a vaguely medium to light orange body with good carbonation and reasonably strong white foam on top. The aroma is lager-ish, lots of medium cardboard and also sharp malty grains with vague hop notes. The flavour is a lot of reasonably well crafted amber, grainy lager notes and smoothness, with some malt backing it up. Again reasonably efficient and certainly drinkable, but there's nothing spectacular nor memorable here - it's all simply okay. Worthwhile while in the area, but I wouldn't book my helicopter ticket just yet only to try this out.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Mar 2019 at 06:49

5.6

Ferris (26037) reviewed Renfrew Red Ale from Sooke Oceanside Brewery 7 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Draft - Apple and light toffee. Clear gold with a small head. Touch of apple and woody notes.

Tried from Draft on 30 Sep 2018 at 20:14