Off the Rail Brewing (BC)

Microbrewery in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
Associated Venue: Off the Rail Brewing

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1351 Adanac St, Vancouver, V5L 2C4, Canada

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5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5.5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
On tap at Off the Rail. Pours clear blonde with a white head. Grainy malts and minerals on the nose. Flavour has a very grainy malt profile, mineralic, some dry straw. Inoffensive, pleasant enough to drink.
Tried from Draft at Off the Rail Brewing on 20 Nov 2025 at 00:15

3.5/10 Appearance 5 Aroma 3 Flavor 3 Texture 5 Overall 3
On tap at the brewery. Pours clear blonde with a white head. Dry grass and stale, skunky malts on the nose. Flavour has stale crackers, dead grass, and a thick fermented wheat thing that's not good. Pretty poor, skunky lager.
Tried from Draft at Off the Rail Brewing on 27 Jul 2025 at 23:58

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
On tap at the brewery. Pours deep dark brown with a beige head. Lots of chocolate and cherries on the nose. Flavour has chocolate, dark cherries, gentle roast. Not a whole lot of depth, but does what it says on the box and is pretty drinkable.
Tried from Draft at Off the Rail Brewing on 27 Jul 2025 at 23:46

5.4/10 Appearance 5 Aroma 5 Flavor 5.5 Texture 5 Overall 6
On tap at the brewery. Pours opaque yellow with a white head. Very light nose. Flavour has juicy peach, pulpy citrus. A bit gritty, very little bitterness. Meh.
Tried from Draft at Off the Rail Brewing on 08 Apr 2025 at 23:00

6.6/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
4oz pour at the brewery. Pours black with a beige head. Dark chocolate and wafer on the nose. Flavour has roasted malts, dark chocolate, and straw. Pretty decent. Tastes somewhere between a schwarzbier and a proper stout.
Tried from Draft at Off the Rail Brewing on 30 Jan 2025 at 00:13

5.8/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6 Flavor 5.5 Texture 6 Overall 5
4oz pour at the brewery. Pours black with a beige head. Fuck-ton of cloves on the nose. Flavour also a ridiculous amount of cloves. I could probably hallucinate other flavours here, but really this is a clove beer. I know "winter ale" is a bit of a gimmicky style, but is really pushing it.
Tried from Draft at Off the Rail Brewing on 30 Jan 2025 at 00:06

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5.5 Flavor 5.5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
4oz pour at the brewery. Pours clear pale gold with a small white head. Pale malts and a sweet citric hop character. Flavour has cracker malts and a slightly citric candied orange peel. I don't hate it, but not what I expected. More like a pale ale than a bitter, but what the hell do I know.
Tried from Draft at Off the Rail Brewing on 29 Jan 2025 at 23:58

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 7 Overall 6
4oz pour at the brewery. Pours clear pale blonde with a white head. Tortilla on the nose. Flavour has thin tortilla-like malts and dead grass. Nice carbonation. Fairly uninteresting.
Tried from Draft at Off the Rail Brewing on 29 Jan 2025 at 23:50

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
4oz pour at brewery. Pours dark brown with small beige head. Aroma has smoky, roasted malts. Flavour has roasted malts and a ton of smoky wood. The smoke character is great, but there's almost no carbonation and the toasted malt is fairly weak. They got the first half of smoked porter, but dropped the ball on the latter half. Still more enjoyable than most of their other beers.
Tried on 15 Oct 2024 at 01:35

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
4oz pour at brewery. Pours black with beige head. Aroma has chocolate and roasted malts. Flavour has gentle roasted malts, dark chocolate, and almost imperceptible pine. Not terrible, but far from a good dark IPA; where are the hops?
Tried on 15 Oct 2024 at 01:21