Blue Buck
Phillips Brewing and Malting Co. in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
Pale Ale - Classic English Regular|
Score
5.85
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The Blue Buck is a legendary beast, featuring a robust, malt-forward body underpinned with crisp northwest hops. Well balanced and highly drinkable.
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3.4/10
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Appearance 3
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 3
Overall 16
Way better than commercial ales, but definitely playing the margins between commercial beer and craft beer standards. Caramel malt and pumpkin on the nose. The refreshing session taste profile includes rich malts, pumpkin, and grassy hops. Soft carbonation and a hint of berries round out this easy drinker.
Tried
on 23 Sep 2025
at 20:03
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
355ml can from one of the brewers at Phillips, drank in his dads garden on 13th August 2025. Used to be their biggest seller, but the new (ish) Lager 'Tilt' has now taken over. This poured a nice amber colour with an off white head. I thought it crossed over a few styles; English Pale Ale, an Alt Bier and an American Amber (All of which I like). Malty front and semi sweet throughout, went very well with the BBQ food I had with it.
Tried
from Can
at
Phillips Brewing Co.
on 13 Aug 2025
at 18:30
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can at brunch at JAM cafe. Amber pour. Nose is herbal and some citrus. Tatses herbal, old bread, pine, little citrus. Thinner bodied.
Tried
on 06 Jul 2025
at 16:30
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Light brown pour small beige head. Light and bready aroma, light cereals, and some subtle UK hops. Lightly pungent, and very soft. Some good aromas abd flavours, but everything seems quite soft. A nice quaff, easily drinkable, low bitterness, with a solid nutty, UK hop finish.
Tried
on 28 Feb 2025
at 05:41
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can from Beer Republic. Malty aroma with caramel, stewed fruits, and toffee. Flavour is moderate to medium sweet and light bitter. Body is medium. Inoffensive and unremarkable malty ale, not bad.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Feb 2025
at 12:00
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
(Can) Pours clear amber brown with small white head. Aroma of caramel with citrus notes. Medium body with bright carbonation. Taste is caramel with citrus notes and herbal notes towards finish. Entirely drinkable if rather uninteresting.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Nov 2024
at 01:26
6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Clear medium amber colour, tall frothy off-white head, dissipating slowly, good lacing. Aroma toasted malts, grain, light caramel, pine. Taste medium sweet and light bitter, malty, grainy, caramel, pine resin. Malty sweet and light bitter finish, wood notes, light to medium body, watery to oily texture, average carbonation, solid pale ale.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Mar 2020
at 12:00
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draft @ Dukes Refresher Bar, Toronto. Pours a pale amber color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma with weak hoppy hints. Fruity malty caramel grainy weak hoppy flavor. Has a fruity malty grainy caramel finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Sep 2018
at 16:32
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Can from Beer Republic. Hazy amber with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and fruity. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Sweet and light bitter finish. 190818
Tried
from Can
on 19 Aug 2018
at 16:15
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Lata, @El Lúpulo Feroz, Oviedo 18/05/2018
Color ambarino, corona de espuma blanca aromas a caramelo, toffe, sabor maltosa, caramelo, cuerpo medio.
Color ambarino, corona de espuma blanca aromas a caramelo, toffe, sabor maltosa, caramelo, cuerpo medio.
Tried
on 20 May 2018
at 13:00