Ace Brewing Company
Microbrewery
in
Courtenay,
British Columbia,
Canada 🇨🇦
Associated Venue: Ace Brewing
Contact
Description
Signature lagers to unique craft varieties by our award winning brewer in Courtenay, BC. Showcasing Canadian Air Force history.
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Dark brown. Off-dry, good body. Was pleasantly surprised to discover this is smoked. The smoked malt lends complexity to the toasty, coffee notes. Quite good.
Tried
from Can
from
Cascadia Liquor Stores (Nanoose Bay)
on 11 Jul 2026
at 16:52
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Mangoish colour, no head, tart. Fruity, hoppy, oh this works. Kettle sour with apricot, mango and dry hops? Doesn’t say dry hopped on the can…but this is like a DH mango nectarous.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Jul 2026
at 16:47
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5.5
Texture 5
Overall 5.5
473mL can, pours a cloudy dark orange amber with a small beige head. Aroma has plenty of syrupy caramel malts, some bready malt, and subdued resinous hops. Flavour is clumsily balanced, with lots of strange fungal hops, bready caramel malt, sticky resinous hops, and some syrupy malts. Too sweet and malty, with an odd herbal hop expression. Not egregious, but very clumsy with a poor hop expression. Not great.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Apr 2026
at 02:50
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5.5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
473mL can. Pours a clear gold with a white head. Dry old pine and resins on the nose. Flavour has a thick, bordering syrupy malt expression, some dry old pine, resins, an odd grassy character. Pretty ham-fisted.
Tried
from Can
from
Swans Liquor Store
on 28 Apr 2026
at 22:51
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
473 ml can. Pours a dark brown with full head. Aromas of roasted malts and creamy coffee. Flavors follow same with almost a lactose sweetness which may be the oats. Possibly a faint smokiness. Nice enough.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Jan 2026
at 01:21
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Amber, bright, medium head, well balanced, light orange, pear, leafy, good biscuit malt.
Tried
on 27 Dec 2025
at 20:51
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 5
Texture 5
Overall 5.5
473 ml can. Pours a bright amber with moderate head. Aromas of spicy dank hops, a bit of pineapple and toasty malts. Flavors of bready malts, cardboard and only little of the hops that were presented on the nose.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Oct 2025
at 23:13
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Hazy amber, it goes big on the sweet and syrupy vibes, not attenuating quite enough. Yet remaining boozy and unhoppy. This feels like it just wasn’t put together well, which is disappointing considering Jet Fuel (it’s little brother) is pretty solid.
Tried
from Can
from
Cascadia Liquor Stores (Nanoose Bay)
on 20 May 2025
at 02:29
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap
Pours amber with moderate head.
Aromas of fruity grapefruit, pine, and doughy malts. Flavors follow same with a bit of resin and milder biscuity malts. A nice West Coast IPA
Pours amber with moderate head.
Aromas of fruity grapefruit, pine, and doughy malts. Flavors follow same with a bit of resin and milder biscuity malts. A nice West Coast IPA
Tried
from Draft
at
Churchill Draughthouse
on 27 Mar 2025
at 00:09
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
473 ml can. Pours a very dark brown with moderate tan head. Aromas of earthy coffee grounds, mocha, dark chocolate and roasted malts. Flavors of dark salty caramel, rich bitter coffee, dark chocolate and roasted malts. A tasty and nicely balanced combination. Very good.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Dec 2024
at 23:59