Seawise Giant
Container Brewing in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular|
Score
6.80
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Take your time with this luxury ale. It is large and takes a while to slow down. You might be unsinkable but if you are not careful you might find yourself decommissioned. Roasted matls and cacao nibs bring a complexity which you might not remember if you have too many of these attempting to raise its mysteries from the depths.
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5.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Very faint licorice aroma, has soft blackish brown body with medium minimal foam. Flavour is heavy licorice and booze, not necessarily rough but certainly heavy. The alcohol is still pretty well hidden though. Mouthfeel is nice in that way, there's no cloying character but it is thick and heavy. It's okay for a big beer but missing some elements to elevate it.
Tried
on 24 Nov 2019
at 16:00
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
2024-03-24, vertical tasting, can vintage 2020 (3.5 years old, 7-4-8-4-15=38) and can vintage 2022 (1.5 years old, 7-4-8-4-16=39, )
The 2022 has accents of burnt sugar and petrol; the 2020 has some liquorice and signs of decline; both are fairly roasty and warm, but not excessively.
2021-11-10, can from The Gull, North Vancouver, canned 28-Oct-2021, 7-4-8-4-17=40
Roasted malt aroma, and very light bread and yeast. Full bodied, bold roasted malt flavour, burnt sugar, dark caramel, with moderate residual sweetness, a trace of liquorice, and an evident alcohol punch.
Very good also this year.
2020-10-10, can from the brewery,
2020-09-17, on nitro tap at the brewery, 7-4-8-4-17=40
Black colour with compact, large brownish nitro head. I usually hate nitro, but since this is so bold, it still manages to give back; the body is full, the mouthfeel is smooth, big roast, but balanced by some sweetness, toasted hazelnuts, and although this is not BA, it has whiskey notes and strong alcohol.
I would gladly sip on a pint of this.
2020-09-17, draught at the brewery, 7-4-8-4-16=39
Black colour with compact brownish head. Big roast character, some residual sweetness to balance it, the alcohol can be perceived, but it's a solid one.
Very good.
2019-11-22, draught at the brewery, 7-4-8-3-15=37
Black colour. The aroma is on the mild side, light bread and some roasted malts. Good body, although we are getting used to thicker beers; it has a good roasted malt flavour, dark chocolate, moderate sweetness, and a quite strong alcohol presence. Good, I think I'll get some cans…
Tried
from Can
on 23 Nov 2019
at 18:01