7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 8
On tap at The Magnet, pours a deep dark brown with a small beige head. Aroma has toasted nuts, crusty rye bread, and light earthy, roasted malt. Flavour is quite deep, with a nice toasted malt base, dry toasted caramel, some toasted nuts, and hints of red stone fruit. Sugars are attenuated fairly dry. Very competently done—great doppelbock.
Tried
from Draft
at
The Magnet
on 09 May 2026
at 06:26
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
On tap at The Magnet. Pours mahagony with a beige head. Dark caramel malts on the nose. Flavour has dark sugars, some burnt caramel; boozy on the finish. It's okay, but pretty haphazard.
Tried
from Draft
at
The Magnet
on 07 May 2026
at 21:57
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap. Pours a hazy amber with moderate head. Aromas of wheat, coriander, banana and candied citrus. Flavors follow same with more earthy wheat and some esters. A nice hefe.
Tried
from Draft
at
Twin City Brewing
on 30 Apr 2026
at 19:45
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at The Magnet, pours a hazy dark amber reddish brown with a medium beige head. Aroma has plenty of English bready malt, low hop content, and soft floral notes. Flavour is nicely malt-forward, yet dry and well-attenuated, with butterscotch, toffee, bready notes, and just enough hoppy bitterness to back. Reasonably constructed but just not particularly interesting.
Tried
from Draft
at
The Magnet
on 27 Oct 2025
at 23:30
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
473 ml can. Pours a copper color with light head. Aromas of bready malts, candied pineapple, spice and pine. Flavors of pine, resin, bitter pineapple and toasty malts. Old style. Ok.
Tried
from Can
from
Cascadia Liquor Stores (Parksville)
on 07 Oct 2025
at 23:52
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Purplish colour and hazy. Tart palate. Soft, but odd fruit character. I guess that's the black currant? The barrel doesn't do much for me - the base and the treatment are both less than amazing here.
Tried
on 30 Aug 2025
at 17:28
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
On my second flight at the Drake Eatery on 14th August 2025. Light haze to the golden body, white crust on top. Citrus lead in the nose and taste, wheat esters and flavours too. Mild piney traces towards the finish.
Tried
from Draft
at
The Drake Eatery
on 14 Aug 2025
at 16:00
5/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 5
Overall 5
Bottle pour at Farmhouse Fest 2025, pours a muddy, opaque, muddled mahogany with a small white head. Aroma has lots of acetic notes, currant, and bugs — pretty jumbled. Flavour is odd, with faded currants, moderate acidity, and some earthiness. Muddled and incoherent. No good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Aug 2025
at 03:51
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
473 ml can. Pours a very dull amber with light head. Aromas of pithy citrus, a bit of resin and doughy malts. Flavours of same with a bit of spice. Not very inspiring. Seems to be more of a Hazy…
Tried
from Can
on 24 May 2025
at 00:15
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bright amber, thin head. Nice spicy centennial aroma with a touch of crystal malt that balances it out well. On the palate, balanced with that light crystal malt, earthy slightly piney centennial and moderate bitterness.
Tried
on 20 May 2025
at 02:27