mcberko (47456) reviewed Gear Grinder from East Van Brewing Company 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Growler, pours a hazy copper golden with a small white head. Aroma brings out lots of resinous hops, orange rinds, citrus notes, and chewy caramel malt. Flavour is sweet and chewy, with lots of caramel malt, resinous hops, bitter orange rinds, and citrus. Nearly syrupy sweet but also quite bitter on the finish. Rather harsh, quite jagged and lacking balance. I like some of the individual characteristics, but it's just not integrated well.
Gerbeer (8214) reviewed Lagom Saison from East Van Brewing Company 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
On tap. Pours a dull amber with moderate head. Aromas of bready malts. Flavors are pretty much the same with maybe a hint of citrus. I guess a Saison can be anything but I can’t really get anything from this but a malty tap beer.
Deanf (9781) reviewed Mo Matcha from East Van Brewing Company 4 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Clearish medium gold body and modest foam. Slight floral tea hints on the nose, maybe hops, all rather subtle. Taste is soft tea, slight lager hops, ending smooth. Okay i guess, but nothing really exciting here.
Deanf (9781) reviewed Gear Grinder from East Van Brewing Company 4 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Soft cloudy light gold body and modest foam. Okay sweet hop aroma, a little candied, mostly indistinctive. Taste is chewy malt, mellow hops, ending chunky and dry. No sign of the alcohol anyway, not bad, rather straightforward.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Can from The Gull, North Vancouver
Hazy golden colour. Delicate fruity aroma, tangerine, peach, pineapple. It's fairly dry, but with good body structure; pleasant malt base, almost biscuity, more West Coast than East Coast; the hoppy character is more resinous and herbaceous than fruity and juicy, and the low sweetness doesn't play in favour, hence also here more WC than EC; some pith; also some acidity.
One of the most wrong NEIPAs (aspect, malt, hop), but it's a pleasant, if maybe rough, beer.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Poured from the tap. Clear gold with small white head. Straw and a touch of cracker malt, mild herbal note.
pictoman (9684) reviewed Lagom Saison from East Van Brewing Company 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Poured from the tap. Clear-ish gold with small white head. Mild citrusy saison yeast with some spices and light floral hopping.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Poured from the tap. Amber brown with small off white head. Sweet-ish toasted malt with some nuttiness and touch of bitterness. A solid C+.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Poured from the tap. Buckwheat with a hint of lemon and feint weird funk. Effort marks, but not quality.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Poured from the tap. Hazy blonde with small white head. Light citrus with floral hops and some mild astringency.