Black Kettle Brewing
Microbrewery
in
North Vancouver,
British Columbia,
Canada 🇨🇦
Associated Venue: Black Kettle Brewing
Contact
720 Copping St, North Vancouver, V7M 3N2, Canada
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
473mL can. Pours very dark brown with a beige head. Lots of soapy pine and a soft, bready roast on the nose. Flavour has a decently bitter roast character and a slightly stale and soapy pine hop expression. It's pretty decent, but the hops and malts are both a bit timid.
Tried
from Can
from
The Gull Liquor Store
on 01 Feb 2026
at 23:53
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
473mL can, pours black with a medium beige head with long retention. Nose has a nice, medium roasted malt character, with a nice piney, earthy hop bite to balance -- well, that smells legit. Flavour is well-balanced between the roasted malt and earthy, somewhat piney hops. Nice malt backbone to support the moderately bitter finish. Certainly not the best black IPA out there, but it's well-made and strikes the right notes. Good stuff.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Nov 2024
at 03:59
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Dark brown, with a thick head. Toasty, almost meaty aroma. On the palate it’s medium bodied with more of a thin, roasty, crackery character. Moderate bitterness, and minimal hop aromatics. Finishes with a bit of husky harshness.
Tried
on 29 Sep 2024
at 03:00
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
12 oz can from Vancouver, BC. Thanks, Marco! Pours a hazy yellow-gold color with a large bright white head and excellent retention. Decent lacing. Light pilsner malt aroma. Lemony hops flavor with a smooth, crisp, slightly dry finish. I disagree with the can: This is more bitter than most Czech pilsners, but it’s a mellow bitterness. Medium body and medium carbonation. Soft bitterness.
Tried
from Can
on 02 May 2024
at 22:51
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Can, courtesy of Riley
Dull golden colour, slight haze. Very mild aroma. Good mouthfeel; there's some biscuity malt flavour, but it's not sticky; the hopping, initially, is modest, with some piney resin; unfortunately it develops some pith later, increasingly. Apart from the pithy bitterness, it's ok.
Dull golden colour, slight haze. Very mild aroma. Good mouthfeel; there's some biscuity malt flavour, but it's not sticky; the hopping, initially, is modest, with some piney resin; unfortunately it develops some pith later, increasingly. Apart from the pithy bitterness, it's ok.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Jun 2023
at 01:26
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Grapefruit and some sour malt. Golden pour with ok head. Sour mash kind of cloying finish. Very imbalanced. Can.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Mar 2023
at 04:33
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can, courtesy of Riley
Pale blond colour, hazy, medium sized head, at least is more persistent than in the average Hazy. Mild aroma, pleasant, citrus fruit and tropical fruits. Dry mouthfeel, it's rather weak, but with timid crispness, some softness from the oats without being creamy or chalky, and decent hopping.
It's clean and fresh; add some hop brightness and sweetness, and you'll get something here. Good.
Pale blond colour, hazy, medium sized head, at least is more persistent than in the average Hazy. Mild aroma, pleasant, citrus fruit and tropical fruits. Dry mouthfeel, it's rather weak, but with timid crispness, some softness from the oats without being creamy or chalky, and decent hopping.
It's clean and fresh; add some hop brightness and sweetness, and you'll get something here. Good.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Sep 2022
at 08:36
5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Ok, so this is some sort of peach sour with mezcal in it. The kicker - they put Taj�n on the rim of the glass. Taj�n? Oh fuck no. Not saying it’s out of line for mezcal but it should be! Tastes like peach, smoke, taj�n…a mess. The mezcal clashes hard with the sweet and lightly tart base and yeah, get that stuff of the rim, please.
Tried
on 13 Mar 2022
at 18:55
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Gold and bright. Thick head. Passionfruit and sour. Lots of sour. Good passionfruit, would love a bit more mango sweetness…good though.
Tried
on 13 Mar 2022
at 18:53
5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Dull hazy, no head. Soft, light fruitiness. Disappears quickly. Well named, but of course I like bitterness and bolder hop expression. I mean it is super soft, but for what purpose?
Tried
on 13 Mar 2022
at 18:42