Ace Brewing Company

Microbrewery in Courtenay, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦

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150 Mansfield Dr, Courtenay, V9N 6C5, Canada
Description
Signature lagers to unique craft varieties by our award winning brewer in Courtenay, BC. Showcasing Canadian Air Force history.

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5.6/10 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 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 Wine and Beer Shoppe on 28 Apr 2026 at 22:51

7.1/10 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 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 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 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 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
Tried from Draft at The Churchill (Victoria) on 27 Mar 2025 at 00:09

7.9/10 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

6.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
473 ml can. Pours a dark brown with short tan head. Big spearmint aromas covering roasted malts and black coffee. Flavors of same. Spearmint overdose.
Tried from Can on 14 Aug 2024 at 22:22

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Quite pale, thin head. Tart, lots of piña, lactose but all in good balance. Good execution.
Tried on 14 Jul 2024 at 16:53