7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
On tap at Strange Fellows, pours a clear golden with a small white head. Aroma is quite fruity for a westie, with tropical stone fruits, resinous hops, a touch of pine, and caramel malt. Flavour is fruity and moderately bitter, with resinous hops, piney bitterness, and tropical stone fruits. Nice vibrance to this, finishing with a pronounced biting bitterness. Very good.
Tried
from Draft
at
Strange Fellows Brewing
on 06 Feb 2025
at 01:14
5/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 5
Overall 5
On tap at the brewery. Pours opaque yellow with a white head. Allium and hop burn on the nose. Flavour has pine, allium, pulpy tropical fruit, and chalk. Very poor.
Marketed as a west coast IPA, despite not having the characteristics of one.
Marketed as a west coast IPA, despite not having the characteristics of one.
Tried
from Draft
at
Strange Fellows Brewing
on 29 Jan 2025
at 20:52
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
473 ml can. Pours a dull amber with light head. Aromas of melons, pine, citrus and bready malts. Flavours of resin, bitter citrus, passionfruit and sharp toasted malts.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Jan 2025
at 00:03
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Poured from 473mL can. Hazy yellow gold with small white head. Rustic grain malt, mild pine and grapefruit hops, a bit dull, but okay.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Jan 2025
at 06:28
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
750 ml bottle. Pours black with short tan head. Aromas of oaky bourbon, fruity coffee and slick roasted malts. Flavors of boozy bourbon and dry roasty malts. Thin and boozy. Maybe not aging well; though not oxidized.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jan 2025
at 03:41
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can from The Gull, North Vancouver
Pale yellow and hazy (almost cloudy), this is counterintuitive; small head. Mild aroma of pine, and plastic. Dry and crisp mouthfeel and crusty bread, the malt base is pleasant and interesting; well balanced bitterness, with grassy elements upfront, and piney resins later, almost minty.
It's a modern IPA, it's good, but not particularly bright.
Pale yellow and hazy (almost cloudy), this is counterintuitive; small head. Mild aroma of pine, and plastic. Dry and crisp mouthfeel and crusty bread, the malt base is pleasant and interesting; well balanced bitterness, with grassy elements upfront, and piney resins later, almost minty.
It's a modern IPA, it's good, but not particularly bright.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Dec 2024
at 10:50
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
750 ml bottle. Pours a very dark brown with short tan head. Aromas of oaky bourbon and roasted malts. Flavors of oak, strong sharp bourbon, coconut and roasted malts. Overdose on the barrel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Dec 2024
at 02:33
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bottle from The Gull, North Vancouver
Black colour; the small, tan head disappears quickly. Aroma of oak, cookies, toasted almonds; it's mild. Good body strength, and soft mouthfeel; medium sweetness, certainly not the sugary and syrupy bomb that is so common nowadays among imperial stouts; good roasted malt character, burnt bread, toasted nuts, and lots of rough bourbon.
A bit biased because I'm thirsty tonight, but I'm really enjoying this one; it has some complexity and elegance.
Black colour; the small, tan head disappears quickly. Aroma of oak, cookies, toasted almonds; it's mild. Good body strength, and soft mouthfeel; medium sweetness, certainly not the sugary and syrupy bomb that is so common nowadays among imperial stouts; good roasted malt character, burnt bread, toasted nuts, and lots of rough bourbon.
A bit biased because I'm thirsty tonight, but I'm really enjoying this one; it has some complexity and elegance.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Dec 2024
at 09:01
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Poured from leftover bottle from beerplace and fiulijn share. Near black with small light beige head. Loads of oak, gentle roast, feint bourbon sweetness with a bitter finish. Enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Nov 2024
at 03:36
7.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
750ml shared with Alex on distance (because he was not powerful enough to share it at my home). Appearance: brown with a beige head. Aroma: oak barrel, some grass, vanilla, berries, and roasty character. Taste: good body, charred oak, berries, tons of roasted character. Overall: this is a roasted bomb. The rest will go into a brownie.
Tried
on 23 Nov 2024
at 12:10