Boxcar Bitter
Phillips Brewing and Malting Co. in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.20
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Made exclusively for the Railway Club with fresh hops from the brewery's own hop yard.
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6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pretty good for style. Lift citrus and good barley backbone. Some mash malt. Pours amber with ok head. Light bitter finish. Bottle from mixer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jan 2016
at 00:31
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 7
Hazy amber,small beige head.Malt base with diacetyl notes and nutty tones. Medium hop bitterness
Tried
on 02 Sep 2014
at 22:19
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
On tap at St. Augustine's, pours a hazy copper with a medium beige head. Aroma is very restrained, with some English malt in the background. Flavour is monolithic and a little harsh, with English malt, and a metallic astringency that finishes. The flavour is true to style, thought there are some jagged edges. Okay.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Aug 2014
at 16:35
5.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Cask at The Railway Club, Vancouver
Muddy light brown color, with some head. The aroma is very dusty and yeasty; light presence of fruity esters. Good serving temperature, with soft carbonation; some malt flavor, but mainly the yeast dominates, with a dust feeling, astringency and vegetable bitterness.
Not good. Difficult to evaluate; probably they shook vigorously the cask just before tapping it…
Muddy light brown color, with some head. The aroma is very dusty and yeasty; light presence of fruity esters. Good serving temperature, with soft carbonation; some malt flavor, but mainly the yeast dominates, with a dust feeling, astringency and vegetable bitterness.
Not good. Difficult to evaluate; probably they shook vigorously the cask just before tapping it…
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Jul 2014
at 12:56
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle - Earthy pine and resinous hops. Clear dark amber with a light beige head. Hop bitterness up front and a lingering bitterness into the finish. Although the malts are present, the bitterness overwhelms without much flavor.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Nov 2013
at 22:57