Boombox Brewing Company

Client Brewer in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦

Established in 2016

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1950 Triumph St, Vancouver, V5L 1K5, Canada
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Description
Contract brewery that initially brewed at Callister Brewing (pre-2017), then Dogwood Brewing (2017-2018), Parallel 49 Brewing (2018-2024), Slow Hand Brewing original location (2024), and Slow Hand's new location (Threefold) (2025-).

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6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6.5
On tap at Callister, pours a murky dark orange with a small white head. Aroma brings out lots of woody barrel notes upfront, with some stone fruits and funk. Flavour is bold, with a strong acidic puckering quality from the stone fruits that I assume were added to this, with moderate vinegariness and wood. Acidic and acetic on the finish, making this beer a bit difficult to drink (I need a Tums). Interesting beer but rather rough.
Tried from Draft on 15 Dec 2016 at 19:24

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Draft - Soured malts. Cloudy copper gold with no head. Sour and some acidic notes. Pretty nondescript and I would have trouble picking out what they added, but a solid sour. Plum does come out in the finish.
Tried from Draft on 14 Dec 2016 at 16:37

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
On tap at Callister, pours black with a small light brown head. Aroma brings out a nice mix of lactose, espresso and cocoa, with light roast. Flavour is equal mixes of the aforementioned notes, along with a heap of coconut which ends up characterizing this. Finishes somewhat sweet, with a hint of coffee but mostly coconut. Very good.
Tried from Draft on 09 Dec 2016 at 16:56

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Draft - Rich dark semi-sweet Chcolate. Jet murky brown with no head. Big roasty dark toasted choclate notes, some coconut and a nice bitterness to balance.
Tried from Draft on 07 Dec 2016 at 16:46

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Draught at Callister, Vancouver
Dark brown color, near black, poured with almost no head. Aroma of chocolate bar, and light tobacco. Good body strength; it has a good depth of flavors, the malt is there, the lactose seems to enhance the chocolate character, and there is a pleasant feeling of roasted coconut. Quite strong bitterness with prominent hop resins.
Good.
Tried on 07 Dec 2016 at 12:17

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Draught at Callister, Vancouver
Cloudy blond color, with orange hue, almost no head. The aroma is loaded with fruit hop quality, hints of toasted coconut. Good crispy malts, piney and citrus hops don’t miss it here, and it has a very strong coconut presence, but well integrated, and using the lactose they helped the integration. More piney and citrusy hops in the final, helping to avoid cloyness.
Weird, original, very good.
Tried on 01 Dec 2016 at 04:37

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
On tap at Callister. Pours a clody golden with a white head. Aroma is juicy piney hops and tropical fruits. Taste is pretty the same with tropical fruits notes and low to medium sweetness. Herbal and tropical notes aftertaste. Nice.
Tried from Draft on 24 Nov 2016 at 20:35

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
On tap at Callister. Pours a hazy blond with a weak white head. Aroma is stone fruits, coconut, piney hops, some sweetness. Taste is sweet, coconut, some stone fruits and piney bitterness. Good stuff, but a little bit less of coconut and sweetness would be better IMHO.
Tried from Draft on 24 Nov 2016 at 20:31

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
On tap at Callister, pours a cloudy golden yellow with a small white head. Aroma is aggressively dank, with tons of dank, citrus and piney hops upfront, maybe a touch of tropical fruits, though I don't get the coconut or lactose. Flavour quite a bit different, bringing out the coconut and dank hops upfront in full frontal assault, followed by the lactose and finishing with bitter piney hops and a shit load of coconut. Very unusual, and although not very elegant, it's quite tasty in its gimmickry.
Tried from Draft on 22 Nov 2016 at 19:30

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Draft - Peach and tons of stone fruit. Cloudy gold with a small white head. Stone fruit, light bitterness and a crap load of coconut. As it warms it become much more citrusy, but still a boat load of coconut.
Tried from Draft on 21 Nov 2016 at 20:34