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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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.
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
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.
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…
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.