BeerPlace (10899) reviewed Swirl from Strathcona Beer Company 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Tall can from Denman LRS shared with Ilya in Tofino. Appearance: cloury golden with a white head. Aroma: dry hops on front that finishes with lots of passionfruit. Taste: same. Overall: refreshing, pretty good.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Dark & Stormy from Strathcona Beer Company 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
On tap at Strathcona, pours a hazy chestnut brown with a small off-white head. Aroma is quite unusual, with lots of spices showing themselves - juniper berries upfront, followed by ginger and lime. Flavour is a mess, with lots of ginger, rum, juniper and celery. Very vegetal and chaotic. This is just not pleasant.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Swirl from Strathcona Beer Company 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
On tap at Strathcona, pours a cloudy yellow with a small white head. Aroma brings out ascorbic citrus notes upfront, followed by gentle passionfruit and lacto. Flavour is very citric upfront, with plenty of passionfruit showing underneath the acidity, with gentle lacto underneath. Citric passionfruit pretty much describes this. Fun beer, but could use less acidity.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
On tap at Strathcona, pours an opaque bright yellow with a small white head. Aroma brings out plenty of dank hops, with moderate yeast, and lots of pithy stone fruits. Flavour is along the same lines, with pithy stone fruits upfront, followed by dank hops, and yeast. The yeastiness is a bit much, as is common for the style. Not a big fan.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
On tap at Strathcona, pours an opaque peachy pink with a small white head. Aroma is loaded with grapefruit and tart strawberries upfront, with a touch of lacto. Flavour is refreshingly fruity, with bright strawberries upfront, followed by citrusy grapefruit and just enough lacto. Not much sweetness, just pleasant citric fruitiness. Not a complex beer, but it's very pleasant.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Oleo Saccharum from Strathcona Beer Company 6 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
On tap at Darby's, pours a clear pale yellow with a small white head. Aroma is quite gentle, with crisp biscuity malt and some very laid-back piney hops. Flavour is full of citrus, especially lime, which imparts a rather herbal character. Earthy, muted hops on the finish. This isn't too special.
fiulijn (28382) reviewed Oleo Saccharum from Strathcona Beer Company 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Draught at the brewery
Cloudy blond colour. Crisp blond ale with a touch of lime and a bit of cream, maybe wheat or oats. Enough bitterness, with dry finish.
Pleasant.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
2019-06-20, can from High Point LRS, Vancouver, 7-3-7-3-15=35
Murky blond colour. Nice aroma, strong; it's moderately dank and with orange peel (7+). Lean body, moderate chalkiness, nice alcohol touch; the hopping provides strong bitter citrus peel character, but also some vegetable bitterness.
Rougher than when I had it on tap.
2019-06-16, draught at the brewery, 7-3-8-4-16=38
Murky blond colour. The aroma is mildly dank, light citrus peel. The malt base grows in this, at some point it seems crispy; and the hopping is very well done, with plenty of sweet orange, cedar, touch of tropical fruit and touch of dank hops.
Excellent.
fiulijn (28382) reviewed Swirl from Strathcona Beer Company 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Draught at the brewery
Swirl, passion fruit sour, with galaxy, 5.5 Cloudy Cloudyto murky yellow colour. Evident passion fruit aroma. Solid acidity, with enough body structure for the style, some passion fruit flavour too. Nice hop touch.
Refreshing, aggressive, enjoyable.
