Deanf (9781) reviewed East Side Bitter from R & B Brewing Company 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
More of an IPA-style bitter, more carbonation than I expected. Okay copper body with little head, smooth finish, but it’s missing the proper bitter-ness of a proper English brew. Still all right.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle from Liberty Wine on Commercial Dr, Vancouver
Dark brown color, almost black. Very nice aroma of roasted malt, smoke, campfire, wood. The mouthfeel is lean and dry; roasted malt flavor, a bit ashy, with reasonable smoke; no connections to bacon; ordinary bitterness.
It goes from a wonderful aroma to a common flavor; it would be better with more body, less dry, less ashy.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Milk Stout from R & B Brewing Company 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
On tap at Bitter Tasting Room, pours black with a medium beige / tan head. Aroma is quite lactic with notes of oatmeal, espresso and a bit of cocoa. Flavour is very similar with lactic and espresso notes upfront, with medium sweetness and a fairly dry finish. Light-to-medium bodied with no harsh edges. Definitely better than the regular R & B stout, but nothing overly ambitious. Solid.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5
Mahogany,creamy lasting beige head, small bead.Nose of brown sugar and alcohol.Big woody alcoholic profile, medium strength lasting hop finish. Would be better with age Not an Imperial IPA, more of a Strong Ale
A hazed dark amber brown ale with a thin lacing light mocha head. In aroma, sweet fruity caramel malt with light sulfur. In mouth, sweet caramel, light butterscotch, light oxidation, light off notes. Bottle from 2012.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
650mL bottle, pours a mostly clear copper / amber with a small off-white head. Aroma of light bourbon and vanilla upfront with some mild fruity notes underneath. Flavour is very light considering what this is supposed (?) to be - light vanilla and bourbon notes dominate, with I guess some fruity and floral hop notes underneath. Booze is no where to be detected, with only some extremely subtle bourbon and vanilla notes to linger. Tastes like a standard 5% pale ale with barely a detection of the barrel aging. Boring but drinkable and not offensive.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Draught at the Tin Whistle brewery taproom
Black color; generous creamy head. A rich chocolate beer, with some good hopping appearing on surface, well bitter too. Good.
fiulijn (28382) reviewed Auld Nick Winter Ale from R & B Brewing Company 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Draught at Alibi Room, Vancouver
Black color; beige creamy head. Aroma of... nothing. Some caramel flavor, light residual sweetness, some dark malts, and light spices; correct bitterness. It reminds me of English Ales, but nothing exciting.
I didn’t notice I had missed this one for a few years.
Oakes (33493) reviewed East Side Bitter from R & B Brewing Company 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Hazy amber. Thin head. The aroma is earthy goldings and sticky caramel malts. Medium-bodied. Sticky, and it tastes a bit like Fuller’s yeast. More earthy hops in the finish. Good brew - crisp and balanced.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Medium brown. Woody hop character and light dark malts. Thin and a bit husky with harsh hops and some toasty hop character. Not coming together all that well.