fiulijn (28382) reviewed Gold Belgian Ale from Strathcona Beer Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Draught at the brewery
Cloudy golden color with compact head. A bit smelly, manure, American micro. Good body strength, supported by moderate sweetness; mild malt flavor, check, some character from the yeast, check; I sense that American Belgian yeast, quite estery, but not cloying; correct bitterness. Balanced.
Quite clean, pleasant, robust. A decent first beer, nothing complicated but correctly brewed.
fiulijn (28382) reviewed ISA from Strathcona Beer Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Draught at the brewery
Cloudy blond color, compact head. Once again, it’s a bit smelly, more wet paper than manure, but also with some tiny tropical fruitiness. The mouthfeel is not too dry, quite smooth; the flavor presents some cereals, wet paper, husks (in other words, not the best malt profile, but it’s not catastrophic), followed by strong bitterness , some hop resins, some citrus zest, but unfortunate lack of fruit.
Nice ISA, with such a level of bitterness it’s surely thirst quenching.
fiulijn (28382) reviewed British IPA from Strathcona Beer Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Draught at the brewery
Hazy amber color with small head. One more beer from Strathcona with weird aroma, a bit smelly, some Band Aid, but very light. Good body strength, nice malty flavor, with light residual sweetness, robust bitterness, not even as much as 60 IBU would make you fear, so the result is malty, quite balanced, and surely pleasant.
Better than a British IPA.
fiulijn (28382) reviewed Lemon Radler from Strathcona Beer Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Draught at the brewery
Cloudy blond color. Some lime flavor, tastes a bit like a margarita mix, without the sweetness, which is expected in a Radler.
Drinkable non-beer, nothing bad with it, not interesting. It is what it is.