7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 8
Part of my first flight at the brewpub on 13th August 2025, sat on the deck in the afternoon sunshine and light sea breeze overlooking the ocean. Great location and a very pleasant old style West Coast IPA. Piney rather than too citrussy, solid malt base, bitter but tasty.
Tried
from Draft
at
Sooke Oceanside Brewing
on 13 Aug 2025
at 13:00
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On my first flight on the patio of the brewpub on 13th August 2025. We had left Renfrew and it's rain 45 minutes earlier, so this seemed a good choice for a beer. Red hue to the clean dark amber body. Caramel/toffee aroma and taste front, calms down nicely with a dark fruit trace and slight hop bitterness. I had a large can of this later at a friends house in Victoria, tasted the same. Liked it.
Tried
from Draft
at
Sooke Oceanside Brewing
on 13 Aug 2025
at 13:00
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
473 ml can. Pours a dark brown with moderate head. Aromas of sweet dark fruit, chocolate, lactose, and roasted malts. Flavors of sweet juicy raisins, creamy chocolate, a bit of nuts and roasted malts. Nice.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Oct 2024
at 23:49
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Dark amber colour, with a fairly thick head. The aroma has some mellow crystal malt chewies, and woody hop notes. It's fairly bitter, as one might expect, with a good dose of chewy malt, and a somewhat orangey hop character. The alcohol does show through decently. Average complexity and character for the style, so not bad, but not standing out either.
Tried
on 25 Dec 2023
at 23:32
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
473 ml can. Pours a dark brown with moderate head. Aromas of plastic, chocolate, and barley. Flavor of sweetened chocolate, a little nuts, and roasted malts. Simple. OK.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Aug 2023
at 00:00
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
473 ml can. Pours a very dark brown with large fizzy head that settles quickly. Aromas of roasted malts. Flavors of watery roasted malts and a bit of nutty chocolate
Tried
from Can
on 08 Apr 2023
at 23:12
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Gold, fast fading white head. Corny grainy nose. Thin and unblended, poor effort
Tried
on 22 Dec 2022
at 01:52
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Okay foam on a clear coppery brown body. Smells of chewy malt, brown sugar, dark caramel. Taste is bitter molasses and bit of biscuit. Ends smooth, a little cloying, but the alcohol is invisible. Nice nonetheless, but it does lay it on rather thick.
Tried
on 27 May 2022
at 21:20
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Has okay foam on a medium gold body. Smells of pretty good cracker and honey, could be more bright. Taste is really nice cracker, slight bitter weedy hops, very well balanced. Ends smooth with lingering honey but sticks a little on the tongue. Nicely done, a very enjoyable lager.
Tried
on 27 May 2022
at 21:15
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
650 ml bottle. Pours a mahogany colour with huge head. Aromas of dark fruit, burnt sugar, and metallic bready malts. Softer flavors follow same. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jan 2022
at 01:08