Courtesy of Degarth. Pours black with thin mocha head. The aroma is mild with roastiness rolling into burnt malts pushing into an ashy region. The taste is smooth and blended and begins almost mildly as it heads toward midway for bolder brasher notes. It starts mildly roasty and becoming rich chocolate and then bold burnt malts. The flavor grows brighter into the finish. This beer has a light sensation for the style but very very tasty.

Bomber, Brewery Creek
I wanted to knock an appearance point off for the bogus cyrillic on the label which is both childish and predictable (and a pet peeve of mine). However, this just looks great. It pours thick, with a nice rich head and near black body. And this was in a plastic cup at the hotel room. Granted, the sun was shining through the window, and yes it is strange to bring BC beer to Seattle, but I needed ’shine to try this. Point is, if it looked that good in a shitty plastic cup imagine how good it would look in a nice, deep chalice.

Deep chocolate notes in the aroma. The body starts thick, but gets thin in the finish. Flavours are basic but good - chocolate, roast, and hints of nuts.

All in all, the high notes were nothing special except in how well they came across - clean, bright and flavoursome. The thinness in the finish was disappointing, but not unexpected from Phillips. A thicker, more robust finish would have really elevated this beer. Incidentally, this goes really, really well with brownies.

Black, with thick lasting brown head. Nose is dry roast,brown sugar and alcohol. Thick and rich, dry mocha and cocoa, lasting bitter finish. Alcohol fairly well masked Nice effort