Deanf (9781) reviewed Gold Belgian Ale from Strathcona Beer Company 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Cloudy medium gold body and okay foam. Okay soft banana on the nose. Taste is sweet banana, yeasty, ending slightly bitter. Dry finish but still refreshing. Okay.
Deanf (9781) reviewed Strath - Lager from Strathcona Beer Company 4 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Light clear gold body and okay foam. Soft lager sweetness with slight cracker aroma. Taste is honey and sweet cracker, ending with a dry finish and lingering sweetness. Quite a nice lager.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
473mL can, pours a hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma indeed smells like a peach cobbler, with stewed peaches, some lactose, and graham crackers. Flavour is boozy, with bourbon vanilla extract, alcohol, stewed peaches, graham crackers, and a little lactose. Boozy peach cobbler galore pretty much describes this. Fun.
crit200 (5324) reviewed Fresh from Strathcona Beer Company 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cloudy blonde , white head. Light tropical nose. Light tart palate, fruity and somewhat dry. Ok
fiulijn (28382) reviewed Smash Bombs from Strathcona Beer Company 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Can from The Gull, North Vancouver
Murky blond colour. Fruity aroma, pungent, citrus, some tropical, light weed. There's some good malt element, but also a bit more chalk that I care for; the hopping is definitively bold, there is plenty of hop quality (resinous, piney, citrusy, zesty, white grapes…), but also too strong pith in the finish; without the pithy bitterness, this would be wonderful.
It's rough, but enjoyable and interesting.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Smash Bombs from Strathcona Beer Company 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
473mL can, pours a cloudy golden yellow with a medium white head. Aroma brings out lots of the Nelson Sauvin hops, with lots of white wine tanginess, some citrus hops, and crisp biscuity malt. Flavour is full of tangy hops, citrus notes, and crisp biscuity malt. Tangy, white wine grape-like, and not too chalky despite the haziness. Really love the Nelson. Very good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Poured from 473mL can. Hazy blonde-ish gold with white head. Mild citrus and tropical hops with a touch of peel. Light juiciness, a bit boozy, slightly creamy. Pretty good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
473mL can, pours a hazy golden with a medium white head. Nose bursts of piney hops, some white wine tang, and a touch of tropical fruitiness. Flavour is wonderfully juicy, with boatloads of tropical stone fruits, lots of piney hops, a little white wine tang (from the Motueka maybe), and crisp biscuity malt to balance. There's a moderate sweetness on the underside but it doesn't last long and is overwhelmed by the juiciness and hoppiness, along with a fair bit of alcohol. Vibrant, juicy and more on the west coast side of things. One of the better Head Bangers in a while. Excellent.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
2021-10-16, black can from The Gull, North Vancouver, 8-4-8-4-16
Stronger and fresher hop character, a bit dank.
Pink can from The Gull, North Vancouver, 7-4-7-4-16=38
Hazy to cloudy blond colour. Mild cireus and tropical aroma. Lean body, mild sweetness, more alcohol than previous iterations, delicate base but without vibes, powerful hopping, citrus peel, touch of tropical fruits, enough bitterness. Almost close to a modern West Coast IIPA.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
473ml can. Pours a cloudy salmon colour with a medium, bubbly, short lived, pale pink head that leaves spotty lacing. Mild, sweet fruity aroma of pale malt, raspberry, faint mango and floral hops. Sweet fruity flavour of pale malt, raspberry, lactose, faint mango and floral hops in a dry, tart, acidic finish. Light body with an oily texture and average carbonation. The raspberry overpowers the mango, but it is still pretty juicy. Fun stuff.