Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
16oz @ Ryan's shared with Farees and Phill.
Aroma: juicy, citrusy, creamy.
Taste: along the same lines, noticeably bitter, a lot of fruits, though. Some hop burn. Finishes with some rough tropical fruit bitterness.
Overall: a bit too bitter, but it's enjoyable.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Poured from 473mL can. Hazy yellow gold with small white head. Pithy citrus peel, pine, some hop burn, haven't been impressed with any of the recent versions of Head Banger. Not terrible, but uninteresting.
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4.5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 4.5
473mL can. Pours an opaque, dirty yellow with a white head. Loads of citrus peels and syrup on the nose. Flavour has intense bitter citrus peels, sharp pine, and loads of hopburn leaving an unpleasant, lingering bitterness. This is a disappointing entry for this series.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Watermelon Gose from Strathcona Beer Company 5 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Watermelon, salty, tart, balanced example. Relatively clean fermentation. Nothing wrong with it, maybe a bit stronger than makes sense for a summer refresher.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 1.5 | Texture - 1 | Overall - 1.5
473mL can, pours a clear bright golden with a medium white head. Nose is revolting, with tons of diacetyl destroying this; there’s some resinous hops and sweet caramel malt, but the butter dominates. Flavour is sadly no better, with diacetyl completely destroying this. Very sad, as this is usual a fantastic series, but this is completely messed up. Awful. C’mon Strathcona.
crit200 (5324) reviewed The Darkness from Strathcona Beer Company 11 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Dark brown, small tan head. Pleasant lightly roasted nose and palate, earthy tones and light bitterness in finish. On the thin side
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 4.5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 6
Amber gold, beige head. Musty citrus nose. Big body, and bitterness from harsh alcohol heat and hops. Scorched malt. Unpleasant, something is wrong here
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5
Hazy amber gold, small white head. Fruity light bitter nose. Big bodied fruity palate, light malt mid, decent bitterness. Too boozy tho
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bright gold, lasting white head.T iny intense bead. Piney bitter nose. Light malt, piney bitterness with fruity notes. Medium alcohol heat
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Flight pour at brewery. Pours cloudy yellow with white head. Aroma has mandarin citrus and some lactose. Flavour has mandarin, mango, grassy hops, yogurt. Decent kettle sour, a bit too much yogurt though.