Callister Brewing

Microbrewery in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦
Associated Venue: Callister Brewing - Out of business

Closed in 2024

Contact
1338 Franklin St, Vancouver, V5L 1N9, Canada
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4.9/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Draught at Callister
Cloudy amber color, almost no head. The yeast leaves some smell of stale water. Soft mouthfeel, some rye, a touch of liquorice, and too much banana esters, a bit spicy. Metallic finish. Overall, the feeling of a dirty brew, not a very pleasant one.
Very clumsy.
Tried on 15 Jun 2016 at 20:31

6/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Draught at Callister, Vancouver
Hazy light amber color with barely any head. Soft mouthfeel, but also thin; it has some malt quality, lightly biscuity; it has the mild character of some French beer from the Nord region, a bit woody, and sweeter in the final.
Simple but nice.
Tried on 08 Jun 2016 at 21:01

5.9/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Draught at Callister, Vancouver
Cloudy dark blond color, compact head. Not a bad pale ale, bit the aroma has some vegetables, the mouthfeel is a bit too soft, the malt is rather non descriptive, and the hops,bitter and a bit resiny, don’t have the highest quality. It’s a bit zesty though.
Not bad.
Tried on 06 Jun 2016 at 01:53

5.6/10 β€” Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
On tap at VCBW Festival 2016, pours an opaque filth dark orange brown with a medium beige head. Aroma brings out lots of spiciness, rye and toasted bready malt. Flavour brings out lots of spiciness from the rye, along with prominent banana and bready malt. Loads of banana on the finish. Reasonably done, but nothing special - too much banana.
Tried from Draft on 04 Jun 2016 at 21:08

6/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
On tap at VCBW Festival 2016, pours a cloudy filthy orange with a small white head. Aroma brings out biscuity malt and light citrus hops. Flavour is along the same lines, with a good mix of citrus hops and biscuity malt. Good balance with a fairly citrusy finish. Decent stuff.
Tried from Draft on 04 Jun 2016 at 21:07

5.8/10 β€” Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Draft - Bready and some banana notes. Dirty brown with a rich beige head. Light German yeasts, banana and a long finish. Update - New yeast has cleaned up some of the flavours, less dirty and better.
Tried from Draft on 04 Jun 2016 at 15:32

6.3/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Draft - Loght pale malts and tea leaf like hops. Cloudy gold with a decent white head. Pale malts and some light hoppy bitterness. Easy drinking and nice.
Tried from Draft on 04 Jun 2016 at 15:26

5.9/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
On tap at St. Augustine's, pours a cloudy golden yellow with a small white head. Aroma brings out banana and clove upfront, with a biscuity malt undercurrent. Flavour is quite dry and less fruity than most hefs, with lots of biscuity malt, light banana and light clove. The lower fruitiness makes this more palatable for me. Still, not the most exciting style.
Tried from Draft on 01 Jun 2016 at 16:28

6.1/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
On tap at Callister, pours a clear copper golden with a small white head. Aroma brings out French farmhouse yeast with that litre oaky quality and dry biscuity malt. Flavour isn't really authentic, with biscuity malt and some sort of French farmhouse yeast. Not especially complex, but it's clean and reasonably constructed. Decent.
Tried from Draft on 24 May 2016 at 21:13

4.6/10 β€” Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Draught at Callister, Vancouver
Cloudy blond color. Dirty Hefe, middy, sweetish, light banana esters, and remarkable absence of bitterness. Too poor.
Tried on 11 May 2016 at 19:11