Lions Winter Ale
Granville Island Brewing in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
Amber / Red Ale Winter|
Score
6.32
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Combines premium malt with aromatic specialty hops. Brewed with our special yeast, this beer has a vanilla like finish. A robust ale. Pair it with holiday meals.
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5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
On tap at the moose in north bay. Clear dark brown pour, with a tiny white head. Sweet, fake, artificial cocoa aroma, light spice, and sweet butterscotch malts. This isnt totally unpleasant, but whoa is it sweet. I washoping the finish wouldnt reflect the aroma, but its just as sugary and sweet. Not awful but not my bag either.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Feb 2025
at 05:21
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
12oz pour at Biercraft. Pours clear dark amber with white head. Aroma has a ton of vanilla and sweet malts; like cookie dough. Flavour is also dominated by vanilla with sweet bread malts underneath. Objectively, this is an unbalanced vanilla gimmick beer, but for technical qualities aside, this is also a comfort beer.
Tried
on 27 Oct 2024
at 01:03
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
(Tap) Clear mid brown with small tan head. Chocolate aroma. Medium body, well carbonated. Pleasant and interest taste with a lot going on. There’s chocolate, vanilla and toffee together with some tartness and a hint of smokiness in the finish. Very pleasant.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Oct 2024
at 22:39
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Can sample at a tasting at troubles' place. Thanks Max. Clear amber, beige head. Malt, caramel, spiciness, vanilla, sweet, a bit candy-ish.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Mar 2020
at 18:49
7/10
Tried
on 04 Apr 2019
at 02:56
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
341ml bottle. Pours a clear red-amber with a medium, creamy, long lasting, beige head that laces. Sweet aroma of caramel malt, vanilla and light spice. Sweet flavour of caramel malt, vanilla and light spice with a mildly dry, bitter finish. Light body with a creamy, smooth, syrupy texture and soft carbonation. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Mar 2016
at 21:51
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
This beer is very full bodied and has a strong caramel sweetness. It's a very clear amber with medium carbonation. Quite sweet, not a lot if spice, but all around good xmas beer
Tried
on 06 Mar 2016
at 14:27
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Slightly sweet malty lots of toffee and oranges. Not super well balanced, but enjoyable.
Tried
on 09 Jan 2015
at 22:21
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Le produit ne sent pratiquement rien. Au goût, c’est plutôt bon (surprenante vanille, chocolat blanc) mais ça s’arrête là... J’ai vraiment eu l’impression de croquer dans 3-4 Maltesers ;-)
Tried
on 20 Nov 2014
at 17:31
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Draught. Clear dark caramel with a minimal head. Big chocolate vanilla nose. Flavor is powdered chocolate, vanilla, a little spice. Not bad
Tried
on 27 Feb 2014
at 20:16