Empty Keg Brew House

Microbrewery in Merritt, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
Associated Venue: Empty Keg Brew House

Established in 2019

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2190 Voght St, Merritt, V1K 1C1, Canada

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5.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Poured from 473mL can. Clear blonde gold with small white head. Sweet floral grain. Meh.
Tried from Can on 06 Feb 2026 at 02:34

4/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4
473mL can, pours a clear pale yellow with a small white head. Aroma has plenty of skunky and grassy, with plenty of grassiness, herbaceouness, and straw. Flavour is pretty skunky—there’s not much more to say here than that. Crappy adjunct skunky stuff.
Tried from Draft on 06 Feb 2026 at 02:33

6.6/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
16oz @ SF shared with almost full gang (missing two biggest guys only).
Aroma: flowery, a bit grainy, some caramel candies.
Taste: along the same lines.
Overall: ok.
Tried from Can on 06 Feb 2026 at 02:24

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5.5 Flavor 5 Texture 5 Overall 5.5
Bright, gold. Some head. There's a bit of pale malt on the nose, with some grainy accents. On the palate, low bitterness. Some grainy stuff again. It's not bad, but they're aiming for macrobrew and getting a little bit too close for my taste.
Tried on 06 Feb 2026 at 02:20

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5.5 Flavor 5.5 Texture 6 Overall 5
473mL can. Pours clear blonde with a small white head. Lots of grain alcohol and floral notes on the nose. Flavour has a macro-esque grain alcohol flavour, some floral accents. Not particularly good.
Tried from Can on 05 Feb 2026 at 22:36

6.4/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Dark amber. Thin head. On the nose, it has a crackery sort of thin amber malt thing going on. Good body, some caramel sweetness, just enough underlying bitterness. it's an okay amber, I mean it's fine.
Tried on 31 Jan 2026 at 08:23

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
473mL can, pours a deep dark amber / mahogany with a small beige head. Nose has bready malt, English butterscotch, and toffee. Flavour has English toffee, dry bready malt, and a touch of sugars. Dry, bready, toffee-like malt finish. Pleasant.
Tried from Can on 31 Jan 2026 at 08:22

6.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Dark brown. Bubbly head. This has a solid chocolate, slight sweetness. Not horrible. I don't really get the rum ball thing...I guess the power of suggestion? Not actually bad.
Tried from Can on 31 Jan 2026 at 06:55

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 5 Overall 5
16 oz. can, pours a deep dark brown with a small beige head. Aroma has soft cocoa, a touch of rum, and toasted bready malt. Flavour is rather washed out, with soft cocoa and earthy bready malt. Earthy, muffled, but it’s OK. Meh.
Tried from Can on 31 Jan 2026 at 06:55

6.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6.5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
473mL can. Pours hazy brown with a white head. Bready malts and brown sugar on the nose; gentle bready spice. Flavour has dry brown sugar and bready malts. Nice.
Tried from Can on 31 Jan 2026 at 04:30