solidfunk (21946) reviewed Hudson Bay ISA from Smithers Brewing Co 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Light orange peel. Some mild mild grapefruit. Hazy blonde pour with ok head. Cloying hop tang finish. Can.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Papaya Hazy Pale from Smithers Brewing Co 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Can. Has a light haze, and a medium head. Fruity hops and then some papaya on the nose. On the palate, seems a bit disjointed. There's a moderate bitterness but the hop character doesn't seem to do well with the papaya. It's not that far off, but just a bit clashy. The malts are sticky, so that might be part of it. Anyway, not bad, but not as good as it could be.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Champagner des Nordens from Smithers Brewing Co 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
2025. I set aside a second bottle to see how this would age. Dull and slightly hazy. The aroma has a bit of grape, acid. On the palate, this has a nice bretty complexity, a lactic note, and the white wine barrel is really coming through here. 6 - 6 - 8 - 7- 7.5 = 6.9
Original rating in 2021 (7.8) Has a pale amber colour, and just a slight haze. Not much head, but obviously that's about right for a strong Berliner. I don't imagine the strength or white wine barrels deviate all that much from tradition, honestly. The aroma definitely brings a lot of chardonnay to the table - and it's not at all my favourite white - but also a touch of brett and a hint of maltiness. I don't drink very much chardonnay but as it so happens I had a high end local bottle just the other day so that flavour is well imprinted in my mind. On the palate, there's lactic acid up front, a subtle touch of leathery brett, and then again a big fat chardonnay character. It's not 100% my favourite, mostly because of the buttery chard character, but a) it's still a very well-balanced beer that exemplifies a high level of craftsmanship and doesn't deviate much from authenticity at all and b) if you like the buttery chardonnay thing you'll probably love this beer. Smithers Brewing continues to impress me.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Pie Hard from Smithers Brewing Co 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can. Little bit of pinky red sort of colour. Medium head. The aroma is generic yeasty boring, with a touch of rhubarb. On the palate it's got a big strawberry rhubarb character, although the base beer is a waste of time, and that undermines the potential that I see in the flavours that are layered over top.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Purple Grain from Smithers Brewing Co 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Purply-brown colour and no head. Deep berries and wood, a bit of balsamic. A little too vinegary, a touch of berry, sharp acid in the finish, so overall it’s okay, a bit aggressive.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Scatterbrain IPA from Smithers Brewing Co 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Can. Very pale yellow, and opaque. On the nose the hops recall pommelo, peach, and orange. The palate has moderate bitterness and more orangey character, decent malt base for a hazy. The bitterness and juiciness in the finish makes this appetizing.
Oakes (33493) reviewed New Normal from Smithers Brewing Co 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Has that dark apricot juice colour and no head. The aroma is juicy mixed fruit and that's the same on the palate. Nice tartness, lots of grapefruit, orange, and other tasty fruity things. Very breakfast. I like it.
Oakes (33493) reviewed TropicAle Thunder from Smithers Brewing Co 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Can. Has that rich orangey mango juice colour. No head. Massive mango aroma, a bit of passionfruit in there as well (but I can only identify it because it says so on the label). The DIPA shows through in both the alcohol and hop bitterness, and maybe some gooseberry sort of hop notes. But this is really fruit forward, blasting through the base beer. Guessing all pale malts on the base. Some lactose creaminess. I'm not going to lie - this is one of the best of it's type I've ever had from a BC brewery.
Deanf (9781) reviewed Lichtenhainer from Smithers Brewing Co 5 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
On tap in Kamloops. Smells of funky smoky sour something, very nice in fact, and has a murky yellow body with soft foam. Flavour is tart smoky sourness, simple but working well. Mouthfeel is full and nice and there's a good smoky aftertaste. This is an enjoyable rendition of a style that could easily go horribly wrong.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Twin Falls Pale from Smithers Brewing Co 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Can, from Cask & Barrel in West Kelowna. Dark amber, just a slight haze. Very thin head. I mean it looks okay, but it's a dated look for the style. The aroma is all kinds of caramel chewiness, bit of diacetyl. Oh boy. On the palate, that same chewy, buttery character. Lots of bitterness and the malts are sort of a crackery, toasty type. So the butter is less prominent on the palate than it is on the aroma, but this isn't a beer you want to let warm up on you.