8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Poured from 473mL can. Dark brown with minimal beige head. Chocolate forward with soft coconut, touch of cayenne and vanilla with feint cinnamon backing. Come together quite nicely.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Jul 2025
at 05:13
7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
16oz @ Ryan's shared with Farees and Alex (thx for the beer, man!).
Aroma: very juicy, somewhat oniony but surprisingly in a pleasant way.
Taste: along the same lines, quite yeasty.
Overall: ok.
Aroma: very juicy, somewhat oniony but surprisingly in a pleasant way.
Taste: along the same lines, quite yeasty.
Overall: ok.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Jul 2025
at 04:26
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Poured from 473mL can. Opaque yellow with small white head. Dank and juicy with mild yeast character. Dankness is more prevalent on the aroma. Hint of hop burn. Enjoyable.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Jul 2025
at 04:10
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Canned, shared with Hrvoje. Dark brown with medium beige head. Toasted malts, bit nutty, caramel, somewhat watery.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Jul 2025
at 22:00
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 5.5
Texture 6
Overall 5
473 ml can. Pours a reddish brown with moderate head. Aromas of sweat, corn, and thin toasted malts. Flavors of grain and corn with medicinal/floral notes. What makes this Mexican? Odd.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Jul 2025
at 23:40
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Pale and slightly dullish yellow, opaque. Looks more Backcountry than Badlands, in that respect. The aroma pops bright and orangey, with some of those more honeyish NZ accents. On the palate, there's some hop burn and the expression is neither as bright nor as defined. There's a pretty strong alcohol taste as well, somewhat unexpected in a regular IPA.
That's too bad - a bit more restraint would have allowed the same hop as in the aroma show through on the palate. The Backcountry base malt is there, but yeah, sometimes the note you don't play is more important than the one you do.
That's too bad - a bit more restraint would have allowed the same hop as in the aroma show through on the palate. The Backcountry base malt is there, but yeah, sometimes the note you don't play is more important than the one you do.
Tried
from Can
from
Jak's Beer-Wine-Spirits - Richmond
on 05 Jul 2025
at 00:07
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Poured from 473mL can. Chill hazed blonde gold with small white head. Aroma has melon hops and light biscuit malt. Taste definitely has some light diacetyl, fairly crisp, mild melon and pine hops. The NZ vs WC hops clash a bit and the diacetyl brings it down another notch. Meh.
Tried
from Can
from
Jak's Beer-Wine-Spirits - New Westminster
on 03 Jul 2025
at 01:39
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
473mL can, pours a cloudy pale golden blonde with a small white head. Aroma has gentle hop tang from the NZ hops, along with subtle tropical fruitiness, and some citrus – doesn’t smell particularly WC-like or that NZ hop prominent. There's also some very feint diacetyl hiding in the back that I thought I might be hallucinating. Flavour is lightly bitter, with citrusy hops, a touch of tanginess (OK, from the NZ hops, especially since I’m confirmation biased to detect them), and a crisp biscuity malt finish. Then there's the diacetyl again. Not as vibrantly NZ-like as I hoped for, nor as assertively WC-like. The faint diacetyl also brings this down a notch. It could be good, but isn't quite.
Tried
from Can
from
Jak's Beer-Wine-Spirits - South Granville
on 24 Jun 2025
at 03:21
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Poured from the tap @ Darby's. Clear copper brown with small off white head. Mild caramel and toasted malt with a feint hint of medicinal notes in the background. Average.
Tried
from Draft
at
Darby's Public House
on 23 Jun 2025
at 23:27
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Poured from the tap @ Darby's. Murky pale yellow with small white head. Lots of juicy tropical hops, just a feint hint of hop burn. Quite nice.
Tried
from Draft
at
Darby's Public House
on 23 Jun 2025
at 23:25