8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from The Gull, North Vancouver
Blond colour, barely hazy. Strong aroma, piney hops, armpit, vegetable matter, alcohol. Good body strength, with moderate residual sweetness; nice malt base, bread, touch of biscuits and toffee; then, powerful hopping, mostly bitter, with piney resins, bitter orange peel, maybe some pith, and warming alcohol in the finish.
It could be great if hops were brighter; but even as is, it's a solid, aggressive, modern West Coast IPA.
Blond colour, barely hazy. Strong aroma, piney hops, armpit, vegetable matter, alcohol. Good body strength, with moderate residual sweetness; nice malt base, bread, touch of biscuits and toffee; then, powerful hopping, mostly bitter, with piney resins, bitter orange peel, maybe some pith, and warming alcohol in the finish.
It could be great if hops were brighter; but even as is, it's a solid, aggressive, modern West Coast IPA.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Jun 2023
at 06:38
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
On tap at the Alibi Room, pours a hazy golden with a medium white head. Aroma brings out some white grape must, bright tangy hops and a strange herbal note. Flavour reveals a weird herbal note — yeah, they didn't get the fermentation right here — along with banana, generic hoppy bitterness (that's some wasted Nelson), and a touch of white grape must. Man, such potential — they've got the right elements and ingredients, but they just clearly don't know what they're doing. Finishes on estery, banana-like notes, with moderate bitterness. Needs a hell of a lot of work.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Jun 2023
at 04:33
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Poured from 473mL can. Very dark brown with small beige head. Coffee, cocoa powder, feint vanilla. Okay.
Tried
from Can
on 24 May 2023
at 05:56
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at Strathcona, pours a cloudy ros� with a small white head. Aroma brings out lots of bitter grapefruit and yuzu, with lacto and fermented out sugars. Flavour is citric, with lots of grapefruit and yuzu, followed by residual sweetness and lacto. Boozy, sweet and somewhat artificial. It's alright.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Apr 2023
at 04:45
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
On tap at Strathcona, pours a clear bright red with a small white head. Aroma is sweet and artificial, with cranberry, sweet sugars and lacto. Way too sweet and sugary. Artificial cranberries on the finish. Ugh.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Apr 2023
at 04:44
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at Strathcona, pours a clear blonde with a small white head. Aroma brings out biscuity malt and gentle straw. Flavour is clean, with corn, straw and biscuity malt. Clean and drinkable, with a gentle corn character. Fine.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Apr 2023
at 04:43
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
On tap at Strathcona, pours a cloudy dark amber with a small white head. Aroma brings out Belgian yeast, bready malt, and a touch of candi sugar. Flavour is sugary and estery, with candi sugar, bready malt and Belgian yeast. Not good.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Apr 2023
at 04:42
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Grapefruit and tangerine. Golden pour with good head and lacing. Bitter finish. Some peel. Decent IPA. Can.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Mar 2023
at 01:01
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Opaque, lively pale amber sort of colour. Thin head. Bright spicy hop, yuzu, notes of cilantro, too. Citrusy bitter finish with a hit of alcohol in the finish, as is the Headbanger way. This is certainly one of my favourite Headbangers.
Tried
on 26 Mar 2023
at 05:58
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pinkish and hazy, quite tart, lots of grapefruit zest bitterness, sort of clashes with the berry and alcohol. Still not bad, these are usually okay, but maybe not the optimal balance.
Tried
on 26 Mar 2023
at 05:56