crit200 (5324) reviewed Smash Bombs from Strathcona Beer Company 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Opaque amber, beige head. Juicy nose, salty notes. Fruity fore, grapefruit mid, good lasting fruity bitterness. Good lacing
Ferris (26026) reviewed Smash Bombs from Strathcona Beer Company 4 years ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Pale hazy gold with a rich white head. Citrus, pith and some dank notes. Bitter and pithy with some citrus peel in the finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
473mL can, pours a clear bright golden with a medium white head. Aroma brings out resinous hops, some pine, and some caramel bready malt. Flavour matches, with lots of resinous and piney hops, and plenty of malty sweetness. Gently oily palate with good west coast hopping, but the malt backbone imparts a bit too much sweetness for my tastes. Well-made but too malty and sweet for me.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Pale amber. Kind of hazy and dull, with a medium head. Nice weedy aroma, and some lemony notes as well. On the palate, the hops aren't as bright. Apparent bitterness is moderate. The malts are fairly thin, but because the hops aren't all that bright on the palate, that doesn't help bring anything out.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Can from The Gull, North Vancouver
Golden colour, hazy, with medium head. Light aroma: sugar, malt, barn, smelly, tomato, light pine. The mouthfeel is lean, with light residual sweetness, flavour of pale malts, a bit crispy, with light toffee; it has bold bitterness, with some pine resins, some orange peel, light pith.
It's a modern interpretation of a WC IIPA (which I appreciate), but it comes through a bit disjointed. Quite good overall.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Good dark brown body and okay nitro foam, though it dissipates too fast. Smells of sweet oatmeal, chocolate syrup, no raisin sorry. Taste is okay sweet molasses and cocoa but it ends too thin with modest carbonation. Not bad, though kind of boring.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Murky deep orangey pink body and okay foam. Aroma is nice tart blood orange, fermented cane sugar, soft sour grain. Taste is nice floral tart orange, some herbal hints. There's good lingering sweetness but also a bit of dog hair. Okay, but a little flawed.
Deanf (9781) reviewed Smash Bombs from Strathcona Beer Company 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Nice milky yellow body and some thick creamy foam. Smells of good dank hops, honeydew melon, breadfruit. Taste is nice sweet vegetal, lemon zest, melon. Candied melon lingers, dry yet refreshing. Really nice, well balanced.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Okay deep dark brown body and minimal beige foam. Smells of green bean coffee, sot cocoa, slight styrofoam. Taste is okay sweet coffee and soft hops, nice carbonation but otherwise a little thin. Not bad, serviceable, but that's it.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Clear gold with a rich off white head. Citrus and some resinous notes. Much like the nose, some pine and resin with a decent bitterness. Solid old school.