Gerbeer (8214) reviewed Windswept from Salt Spring Island Ales 7 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
473 ml can. Pours a bright amber with moderate head. Aromas of grass, pine, grapefruit, a bit of dirt and toasty malts. Flavors of pine and grapefruit with dry toasty malts. Bitter finish. OK.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Windswept from Salt Spring Island Ales 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Dullish pale, thick head. Herbaceous hop with slight pine and grapefruit. Medium pale malt. A bit buttery up front, fairly bitter, decent malt. But I thought Saltspring got past their butter problem. Apparently not.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Windswept from Salt Spring Island Ales 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
473mL can, pours a lightly hazy golden with a medium white head. Aroma has a herbaceous hop character, grassiness, and a light pine. Flavour is fairly bright, with herbal hops, light spicy hops, a touch of pine, and plenty of grassiness on the finish. Light malt backbone, with a spicy, grass, herbal finish. Too grassy and herbaceous, almost vegetal, but the brightness and crispness are nice. Decent.
RennyDoig (4553) reviewed Heather Ale from Salt Spring Island Ales 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
473mL can. Pours deep amber with minimal white head. Aroma is pretty simple; some caramel-ish malts and some floral notes. Flavour is also light sweet malts and some light floral tones, presumably from the heather. Fairly simple, but not bad.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
473mL can. Pours black with thick tan head. Aroma is very vanilla forward with notes of milk chocolate, toasty malts. Flavour is generally pretty burnt. The burnt sugar from the brulee comes through, but so does a burnt vanilla flavour. Overall the flavour is nice, but feels a bit ham-fisted. The mouthfeel is pretty thick, but the carbonation is good so it doesn't feel super heavy. Nice, but not outstanding.
RennyDoig (4553) reviewed Dry Porter from Salt Spring Island Ales 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Pint at Moby's Pub. Pours dark brown with a thick beige head. Aroma is faint roasted malt. Flavour is predominantly dry roasted malts with a bit of chocolate. Decent porter.
RennyDoig (4553) reviewed Belgian Dubbel from Salt Spring Island Ales 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
On tap at brewery. Pours clear dark brown. Aroma is very malt forward; herbal and sweet. Flavour has herbal and burnt toffee notes. Perhaps a bit heavy on the sweetness. Good carbonation.
RennyDoig (4553) reviewed Earl Grey IPA from Salt Spring Island Ales 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
On tap at brewery. Pours clear ruddy brown. Aroma is quite faint; some black tea notes. The flavour profile is a bit odd; mainly resin and floral earl grey. Interesting flavour profile, but falls a bit flat.
RennyDoig (4553) reviewed Windswept from Salt Spring Island Ales 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
On tap at brewery. Pours clear golden. Aroma has spruce and grassy hops. Flavour is pine and resin; a bit grassy. Decent, but could stand to be more aggressive.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
On tap at brewery. Not sure if this is the same beer as they made a decade ago. Pours clear reddish amber. Aroma has crisp malts along with grassy and herbal hops. Flavour is herbal with notes of lightly toasted malts and dry caramel. Quite nice.