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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7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Jan 23, 2025 (7/3/7/3/14=3.4): Poured from 473mL can. Opaque murky blonde with small white head. Chalky hop burn. Needs time to rest. May try to open another can in a couple weeks. On tap was better.

Jan 23, 2025 (8/3/8/4/16=3.9): Poured from the tap @ Slow Hand. Opaque murky blonde gold with small white head. Tropical hops, some pineapple, mild dankness, some hop burn.

Tried from Can at Slow Hand Beer Co. on 24 Jan 2025 at 04:25


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

175mL pour at the brewery taproom. Pours black with a tan head. Tons of cocoa, lactose, and vanilla on the nose. Flavour has slightly bitter cocoa powder, wafers, vanilla, and lactose. Full-bodied, though erring on the side of being sticky. Quite tasty, though not particularly complex or subtle.

Tried from Draft at Slow Hand Beer Co. on 11 Jan 2025 at 00:30


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

473mL can, pours a cloudy golden yellow with a large white head. Aroma is timid, with gentle tangy hops, a bit of chalk, some light onion. Flavour has tangy hops, onion, and some pithy stone fruits. Not chalky, but still a bit muffled in hop expression; I wish the Nelson came out more. Better than Demo #1, but I'm still not hugely sold.

Tried from Can on 31 Dec 2024 at 04:59


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

473mL can, pours a cloudy golden yellow (not quite opaque) with a small white head. Nose has plenty of pithy stone fruits, a touch of dankness, and light chalk. Flavour is juicy but a bit rough, with juicy stone fruits, a touch of hepburn, some citrus, and some onion. Reasonably juicy and decent hop expression for a hazy, despite the onion and light chalk. Not bad.

Tried from Can on 31 Dec 2024 at 04:48


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Can from Slow Hand, Vancouver
Blond colour, maybe pale, certainly clean; medium sized head. Some piney hops in the aroma, but also some yeast products: gas, bread; mild dank/onion too. Dry mouthfeel, good body structure, some crisp element, some white bread favour, some Maillard results here; balanced bitterness, with gentle piney and dank notes.
Flawless, modern, clean; excellent.

Tried from Can on 02 Dec 2024 at 09:01


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

16oz @ Ryan's (thx for the beer, man!) shared with Brian. Appearance: hazy golden with a white head. Aroma: daaank, on the car exhausts, juicy, tropical fruits. Taste: along the same lines, juicy, smooth. Overall: pretty good.

Tried on 27 Nov 2024 at 02:14


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Poured from 473mL can (side by side with Demo #2). Hazy golden yellow with small white head. Citrus, feint onion, mild stone fruit. Fairly clean for a hazy. Like a hazy version of GPZ.

Tried from Can on 27 Nov 2024 at 02:06


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Poured from 473mL can (side by side with Demo #1). Hazy (slightly more than #1) golden yellow with small white head. Dank and tropical hops, some tang, fairly clean hazy. Quite nice.

Tried from Can on 27 Nov 2024 at 02:06


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

16oz @ Ryan's (thx for the beer, dude!) shared with Brian. Appearance: somewhat hazy golden with a white head. Aroma: citrusy, berries, and some baking spices. Taste: along the same lines, smooth. Finishes a bit dry. Overall: pleasant.

Tried on 27 Nov 2024 at 02:05


7.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Can from Slow Hand, Vancouver
Cloudy pale blond colour. The aroma is wonderful, plenty of tropical fruit, with mild dankness. The mouthfeel is off-dry, but this time it seems to work; rare think among Hazies, this one seems to have a crispy malt accent, not hidden by wheat or oats muddiness; the hopping is, as expected, excellent, with barely the acceptable bitterness, but with plenty of tropical fruits, a touch of pine, and of weed. A bolder, sweeter version of this would be a banger.

Tried from Can on 20 Nov 2024 at 22:25