Forbidden Brewing Company (BC)

Microbrewery in Courtenay, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
Associated Venue: Forbidden Brewing Company (BC) - Out of business

Established in 2015

Closed in 2019

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1590 Cliffe Ave, Courtenay, V9N 2K4, Canada

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3.9
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5

On tap at Forbidden, pours a dark amber brown with a small beige head. Aroma smells oxidized, with lots of cardboard. Flavour confirms this, with plenty of oxidation, bready malt, and underattenuated, sweet malt. No hop presence, no roast presence. Just an oxidized, lifeless, sad beer. Poor.

Tried from Draft on 12 May 2019 at 22:59


3.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

On tap at Forbidden, pours a hazy golden with a small white head. Aroma is loaded with cooked vegetables, some slight herbal hops and biscuity malt. Flavour is loaded with cooked and raw vegetables, with herbal hops somewhere in there. Incompetently brewed and simply unpleasant. Bad.

Tried from Draft on 12 May 2019 at 22:57


4.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Vegetal and grains. Clear gold with a decent white head. Bitter and vegetal notes.

Tried on 12 May 2019 at 22:57


3.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 4

On tap at Forbidden, pours a hazy blonde with a small white head. Aroma is infected with diacetyl and rotting fruits, maybe some butyric - oh man. Flavour is unpleasant, with butyric and diacetyl, with little in the way of what should be here. This shouldn't be sold.

Tried from Draft on 12 May 2019 at 22:55


4.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Light grains and some raw pumpkin notes, clear pale gold with a decent white head. Raw pumpkin as well with a light bitter dry finish

Tried on 12 May 2019 at 22:55


5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

On tap at Forbidden, pours a deep dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma brings out soured fruits, with medium toasted malt. Flavour is a little better, with medium roast, lightly soured fruits, and piney hops. Gentle and a bit off, but it's drinkable.

Tried from Draft on 12 May 2019 at 22:53


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Dark chocolate and cocoa. Jet brown with a small beige head. Bitter pine and chocolate.

Tried on 12 May 2019 at 22:52


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

On tap at Forbidden, pours a hazy golden with a small white head. Aroma brings out vegetal notes, herbal hops, and biscuity mate. Flavour is big on the herbal hops, in slightly vegetal territory, and a biscuity malt backbone. Herbal finish. Odd - not quite right.

Tried from Draft on 12 May 2019 at 22:51


4.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4

Green apple notes. Hazy gold with. Decent white head. Vegetal and earthy with nothing resembling a hazy ipa other than the look.

Tried on 12 May 2019 at 22:49


5.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

On tap at Forbidden, pours a hazy amber with a small beige head. Aroma brings out bready malt and subdued earthy hops. Flavour is similar, with earthy hops, toasted biscuity malt and a hint of pine. Hops don't seem totally dialed in, but it's not too bad. Needs some work.

Tried from Draft on 12 May 2019 at 22:49