Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Cask at the 8 x 8 Langley cask festival. The aroma is soft vanilla and coffee and maybe tiramisu if I'm thinking about it, but then again I can't really say I've been told that a beer should taste like tiramisu before. Has a dark black-brown body and soft foam on top. Flavour is syrupy molasses with strong spices through and through, nothing working very well. Mouthfeel is cloying syrup and everything is way too sugary. Somehow it turns out okay but there's no finesse, a blunt instrument against the taste buds.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Full bodied, good malt backbone with great Citra and Cascade hop profile. Medium lasting hop bitterness in finish. The bright hop character is great, but it overshadows the light roast common to the style. With a bit of tweaking and adding a bit more roast, this could be even better.
Gerbeer (8336) reviewed Knotty Blonde from Old Yale Brewing 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3
473 ml can. Pours a clear gold with light head. Pretty much a light malty beverage without much hopping. No offensive, just not much there.
Deanf (9781) reviewed Sergeants IPA from Old Yale Brewing 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Middling brown body, soft head on top. Very vague malt aroma with nothing else coming through. Flavour is a coppery malt, soft sharp hops, sweet mud. An old style craft beer approach, okay carbonation. Works well as a malty brew but also pretty standard.
mcberko (47797) reviewed Rum Punch IPA from Old Yale Brewing 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
On cask at Old Yale, pours an opaque murky orange with a small white head. Aroma is loaded with lemon upfront, followed by rum, kiwi and citrus. Flavour is a mess of crap that somehow works well, with lots of lemon zest, oranges, and citrus hops. Not getting much rum. A jumble of stuff that works alright.
mcberko (47797) reviewed Belgian IPA from Old Yale Brewing 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
On tap at Old Yale, pours a hazy golden orange with a small white head. Aroma brings out Belgian yeast upfront, melding with the floral hops nicely, backed with biscuity malt. Flavour is a decent hybrid, with piney, citrus hops and loads of estery Belgian yeast upfront, followed by sweet bready malt. Nice hybrid here - the yeast collaborates well with the hops. Good stuff.
mcberko (47797) reviewed River Valley Amber from Old Yale Brewing 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
On tap at Old Yale, pours a clear amber with a small white head. Aroma brings out bready malt, toasted caramel and a hint of resinous hops. Flavour is quite malty, with bready malt, followed by toffee, and resinous hops. Very malty, with ample hops. Good for what it is.
mcberko (47797) reviewed Knotty Blonde from Old Yale Brewing 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
On tap at Old Yale, pours a clear pale golden with a small white had. Nose brings out straw and cereal malts - pretty simple. Flavour is clean and simple, with straw, cereal malt, and a hint of residual sweetness. Easy and clean, but boring.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Decent beer but definitely not an Imperial IPA, moreso an English Pale except for the ABV %
Deanf (9781) reviewed Belgian IPA from Old Yale Brewing 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Smells of muddy hops, has good foam on a cloudy gold body. Flavour is soft grains with some sweetness, vague hops in there too. Mouthfeel is full enough. It's decent though simple.