581 Botanical Ale with Juniper
Faculty Brewing in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey - Herbal Regular|
Score
6.33
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
On tap at Faculty, pours a hazy golden with a small white head. Aroma is loaded with juniper, smelling just like a gin. Flavour follows as expected, with vert spicy and floral juniper notes dominating. Inoffensive but I just don't like these notes.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Hazy and a bit dull. Lots of gin bursting on the aroma. On the palate the cardamom, juniper and other herbal notes are prominent. They lend quite a bit of bitterness, too, which helps since at 20IBU this isn't particularly well hopped. Nice brew - I can totally dig this.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Draft - Lavender and juniper with some rosemary. Cloudy yellow gold with a decent white head. Bitter and herbal as expected, but a bit messy.