Oakes (33493) reviewed Chili Chocolate Stout from Canuck Empire Brewing 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Dull looking light brown, with no head. Soft, mellow chocolate, light chili. Low bitterness. Doable.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Dill Pickle Gose from Canuck Empire Brewing 2 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Bright. But dullish pale and no head. Smells like pickle and it fucking tastes like nothing else. Just pickle brine. Wow, okay, so if you like pickles then fill your boots but otherwise nope. Not to my taste.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Irish Red from Canuck Empire Brewing 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Dull red-brown colour, not much head. Toasty and caramelly, touch of acidity in the finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Smells somewhere between potpourri and linoleum floor cleaner. Okay looks, soft foam. Flavour is heavy spice, cinnamon and chamomile, like whole tea bags were dumped into the thing. Harsh and sharp finish. Too heavy to drink, sweet, maybe the tea drinkers would like it.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 4.5
Black, tan head.Quite metallic nose and palate which pretty much spoils the beer… nuff said !!
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Has a quite strong alcohol flavour for only 6%. However it is quite full bodied for a wheat. Lots of complex flavour, the chamomile comes through medium-high. All around pretty good beer, but not what you'd expect from a wheat that is to style. Bottle from Bc. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle from Value On Liquor Store, Vancouver
Cloudy dark blond color. The aroma is spicy, a lot, coriander, hint of clove and banana. Highly carbonated mouthfeel; aggressively spicy (coriander), pungent, a bit too yeasty, quite bitter, although it has some vegetables.
Aggressive, but ok.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
650ml bottle at Matt’s. Pours a cloudy pale golden with a white head. Aroma and taste bring lots of green banana, flowers, some sweetness and spices. Flowery hoppy bitterness aftertaste. I would say it is hoppy hefeweizen.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
650mL bottle, pours a cloudy golden yellow with a small white head. Aroma brings out notes of banana esters, some yeast, and citrus. Flavour brings out lots of banana upfront, along with other fruity esters, Belgian yeast and a touch of citrus. What is the banana doing in this? It's inoffensive, but comes across more like a hef or weizen bock. Meh.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Hazy and light tan. Thin head. Has some light phenols, mostly cleaners. This carries through a little on the palate, which is very fizzy. The fermentation seems to have gotten away from them in the bottle. Some good hoppy dryness but otherwise too much of the yeast and phenol character.