Pacific Western Brewing Company

Commercial Brewery in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦

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641 N Nechako Rd, Prince George, V2K 4M4, Canada
Description
At Pacific Western Brewing, quality is not just a word; it is a value that drives everything we do. In everything we do, we strive to bring you and our customers around the world the very best beer we can make. In fact, the achievements of our brewing craftsmen were recently recognized with a Gold Medal at the Brewing Industry International Awards – known in the industry as the Oscars of the Brewing Industry. Over the 119 year history of this award, our brewers are the only Canadians to have been awarded a Gold Medal for brewing excellence. The focus on quality has been recognized by the achievement of the quality certification standard ISO 9001, the highest level of excellence from the brewing industry set forth by the most respected quality assurance program in the world. In 1994, Pacific Western became the first North American brewery to achieve ISO certification. Every step of our brewing and packaging is certified the standard ISO 9001 certified.

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4.9/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
Bottle - Boozy, a bit of ripe fruit and some roasted dark malt. Clear mahogany with no head. Malty with some wisps of chocolate and dark fruit. Very light, almost an amber. Thin and light on the palate. I have no Idea how they can call this a Chocolate Imperial Stout.
Tried from Bottle on 14 May 2013 at 17:47

2.4/10 Appearance 2 Aroma 3 Flavor 2 Texture 4 Overall 1.5
Rough drinking. Lots of tin can and sour, flat piss aroma here. Pours pale piss,too. Good old cheap pw. As an interesting adendum, my dad opens a can of this and puts it in his greenhouse in Victoria to kill slugs. Apparently it’s tasty enough for slugs but too bad for the wasps who pollinate the flowers. Perfect.
Tried from Can on 11 May 2013 at 23:05

1.8/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 1 Flavor 2 Texture 2 Overall 1
Found this in my fridge from one of my friends (clearly with zero taste) and decided to try it for kicks with my other beer snob friend. Poured from 355mL can. Clear pale yellow with foamy white head and huge carbonation. Corny skunk aroma. Grainy corn taste. No body. Not as terrible as I thought it would be, but pretty much what I expected.
Tried from Can on 23 Apr 2013 at 00:51

3.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 2
750 ml swing top bottle. Pours a clear mahogany with light head of big bubbles. Aromas of burnt sugar. Flavors of burnt sugar, rubber, resin, and toasted malts. Quite carbonated. WTF is right. Not sure what this is, but an extra point for the bottle which I can reuse.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Apr 2013 at 20:01

4.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 2 Overall 5
Brown,tan head.Lightly vinous,chocoalte & alcohol nose.Light sweet profile,hint of roast. Somewhat metallic & thin. Light bitter end Agreed, this is a poor brown ale, not an Impy Stout
Tried on 01 Apr 2013 at 21:52

2.8/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 3 Flavor 3 Texture 2 Overall 2
750mL bottle, pours a clear dark reddish amber with a small beige head - WTF? This is an impie stout? Aroma of light cocoa, perfume and some light fruitiness - smells like a 5% amber ale. Flavour tastes like one too. How the hell can you market this as an imperial chocolate stout? It's not “imperial” by any judge of flavour; it doesn't have chocolate in it; and you'd have to be an idiot to call it a stout. There's some light fruitiness, maybe some slight hint of cocoa-like quality, but it's extremely weak. I wish this was a joke, but apparently the brewery are serious. Pretty fucking embarrassing, both in their marketing efforts and in the product. Crap.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Mar 2013 at 18:39

4/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4
Can, as Pacific Western Pilsner
Yellow color. No aroma; light flavor, corn and paper, low bitterness. Quite bad.
Tried from Can on 14 Mar 2012 at 08:24

5.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Very dark brown. Smells rough like caramel syrup, watered down. Burnt molasses on the palate but it is pretty thin. Good for the brewery, but not really top notch bock.
Tried on 20 Jan 2012 at 22:38

3.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 3
Bottle at tasting, pours black with a small tan head. Aroma of toasted bread, licorice and asshole (yes, that's right). Flavour of asshole, stale bread, stale molasses and a syrupy note. Quite offensive as expected.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Jan 2012 at 11:38

3.6/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 2 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
If you want a lager to get drunk on, this is your best bet in BC. Nearly half the price of a sixer of the macro lagers and about half the chemical taste (though still enough, mind you). Best to enjoy on the beach in the summer - if the cops confiscate it then you only lose a few bucks
Tried on 08 May 2011 at 02:42