7.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

355ml can at a friends house in Victoria, Vancouver Island on 13th August 2025. Red hue to the dark body, beige crown. Malt base with a dark fruit interior, not sweet, not sour or dry, just a nice balanced dark ale.

6.6

Okay beer. Kinda thin and kinda boring. Below average, weak. Not worth it. Can sk beer

6.2

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Tap. Pours clear black, small off-white head, decent lacing. Aroma is full of roast, deep deep roast, leather notes, ash. Aroma is light sweet, light plus bitter. Pretty dry and a bit ashy. Medium body. Ls, lpb, dry Medium body 4,7,7,4,14

6.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Glass, 10-ounce, draught, drunk at Tap & Barrel - Coal Harbour, trip to the Joint Statistical Meeting with Louise, savoured on July 30 2018; eye: black, opaque, ring of tan head, no effervescence, slight lacing; nose: coffee, roasting, acidity, light chocolate; mouth: coffee, roasting, acidity, light chocolate, finale in coffee with good presence of roasting, medium-full body, average carbonation, lightly sweet, slick texture; overall: fine

FRANÇAIS
Verre, 10 onces, en fût, bue au Tap & Barrel - Coal Harbour, voyage au Joint Statistical Meeting avec Louise, savourée le 30 juillet 2018; œil : noire, opaque, anneau de mousse fauve, pas d'effervescence, très légère dentelle; nez : café, torréfaction, acidité, léger chocolat; bouche : café, torréfaction, acidité, léger chocolat, finale en café avec bonne présence de torréfaction, corps moyen-corsé, carbonatation moyenne, légèrement sucrée, texture coulante; en résumé : bien

7.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

On draft at Keefer Lake Lodge. Pours a clear mahogany with a creamy tan head. Aromas of leather and toasted biscuit. Flavors are moderately bitter roast.

6.4

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

650ml bottle. Pours a slightly hazy red-brown with a medium, creamy, long lasting, beige head that leaves curtains of lace. Mild, sweet aroma of roasted malt, caramel, nuts, chocolate and ash. Sweet flavour of roasted bready malt, caramel, toffee, dark chocolate, nuts and vanilla in a dry, mild bitter coffee finish. Light to medium body with a thin, watery texture and soft carbonation. Tasty, but more of a brown ale than a porter.

6.2

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

Poured from the tap. Dark brown with beige head. Light roast malt and nuts, mild cocoa powder. A little thin.

4.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Reddish dark brown. Smells thin, nutty, bland. Body is a bit better than the nose indicated, but it’s still this thin, nutty thing. Not really getting it done.

3.5

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 3

Nice to see more and more Victoria brewers coming into the fold. This one has a sub-par appearance for a porter with quickly dissipating thin head and a bubby dark brown body, coca-cola like almost. Aroma of dog hair, grass, rotten barley, tin. Flavour is a thin mix of barley and metal with a weak dry finish. I tried another Hoyne that was quite nice, but this one is a total miss.

6.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Has a little coffee. Pours dark mahogany with good head and lacing. Smell has some burnt toast. If this is supposed to be a porter, then it’s really not performing. Seems more like a dunkel or something. On tap at brewery.