7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
750mL bottle. Pours a mostly cleae blonde with a white head. Brett, lemon peels, peppery saison yeast on the nose. Flavour has a nice Brett character, peppery yeast, lemon peels, some light malts. Maybe a bit on the rough side, but overall quite a good farmhouse ale.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Powell Brewery
on 12 Aug 2026
at 01:45
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4.5
Flavor 4
Texture 5
Overall 4
On tap at Powell. Pours clear gold with an off-white head. Bitter pine, some sticky resins, and a tart berry-like character on the nose. Flavour is dominated by that bitter dry berry character, some crunchy pine needles and resin. Lingering chemical bitterness on the palate. I'm pretty sure this is fucked with diacetyl, but maybe it's just a bad hop expression. God dammit.
Tried
from Draft
at
Powell Brewery
on 11 Aug 2026
at 22:42
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at Powell. Pours clear blonde with a white head. Biscuits and dry grass on the nose. Flavour has a biscuit malt base and some dry, slightly peppery hop character. Not the sharpest Czech pils out there, but pretty solid and refreshing.
Tried
from Draft
at
Powell Brewery
on 11 Aug 2026
at 22:15
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Draft at brewery. Dark brown pour. Small tan head. Chocolate malt aroma. Flavor is sweet chocolate, caramel and cardamom. Light in body. Some stickiness on palate. Dryish, bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
at
Powell Brewery
on 08 Aug 2026
at 01:15
6.9/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Hazy and pale amber. Lots of bitterness. A bit hazy, yeasty. Fruity hops and lots of terpenes.
Tried
on 27 Dec 2025
at 21:46
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Good non-alcoholic IPA. Lots of hops, bright citrus, clean malts. The way Powell makes these, they feel like they have good balance, the right amount of residual sugar.
Tried
on 31 Aug 2025
at 19:47
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Part of a flight at The Drake Eatery in Victoria, Vancouver Island on 14th August 2025. Dark brown with a beige wisp and collar on top. Malty front with a subtle sweetness before some hop action kicks in. Not rich or slick, it's body depth more akin to a Dunkel or Alt. Pleasant enough though.
Tried
from Draft
at
The Drake Eatery
on 14 Aug 2025
at 15:30
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bright, gold, with a medium head. Nice spicy hop note. A slight chewiness to the malt, with a touch of anise. Balanced.
Tried
on 02 Jul 2025
at 03:41
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Gold, with just a slight haze. Medium head. Medium bitterness, with a touch of grapefruity, lots of sweet pale malt. Decent golden IPA.
Tried
on 02 Jul 2025
at 03:40
3.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Poured from 473mL can (pkg 2025.05.18; Oakes says this is a private company label over the regular Powell Lager). Hazed yellow with small white head. Bland, watery, corn malt, bleh.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Jun 2025
at 07:56