6.9/10
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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.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Dec 2025
at 07:13
5/10
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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.
Tried
from Can
from
High Point - Beer Wine Spirits
on 27 Nov 2025
at 00:13
6.8/10
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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.
Tried
from Draft
on 31 Aug 2025
at 19:42
2.1/10
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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.
Tried
from Can
from
The Gull Liquor Store
on 18 Jun 2025
at 02:34
6.8/10
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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
Tried
from Can
on 16 Feb 2025
at 23:53
5.9/10
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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
Tried
from Can
on 15 Jan 2025
at 01:32
6.1/10
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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
Tried
on 25 Nov 2024
at 00:40
7/10
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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
Tried
on 29 Sep 2024
at 23:40
5.8/10
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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.
Tried
on 15 Sep 2024
at 04:24
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Flight pour at brewery. Pours clear gold with white head. Aroma has bright, oily pine and a touch of tropical fruit. Flavour has bitter pine, some tropical fruit. Nice amount of bitterness. Great Mosaic character. Very nice.
Tried
on 15 Sep 2024
at 04:13