Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottled. Brownish amber, dense head. Lychee aroma. Sweet and malty. The hop flavour seems to accelerate when you sip the beer, and so does the maltiness. The mouthfeel is soft, and the finish packed with hop bitterness. An over-the-top beer that manages to be in control.
Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5
The flat pour and dun colour had me thinking of only one thing - Soviet style lager. Aroma of dust and sweat - this is a common yeast in BC (Shaftebury - sure smells like it) that they are using and it’s one I hate in that it lends no particular character other than this bland yet unpleasant aroma. The nose also has a bit of slightly honeyish graham cracker malt. Light and unobtrusive flavours or crackers and caramel are the main feature. Hops are restrained, sneaking through woody notes once in a while. The yeast contributes a subtle red currant note and a more dominant sweat one. Decent body for style. Overall, a bland "intro-micro", but the awful appearance and derivative yeast selection swing my opinion to the negative.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Golden-amber colour, with some odd floaties. Big hop aroma - woody, grapefruity with some chewy, nutty malt. Palate is more of the same, with the balance perhaps leaning even more to the hop. I like that they didn’t overcompensate with crystal or other dark malts - just let the light pale malt work with the big hops. Very nice.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Black colour. Nutty, very fudgey aroma. Nicely integrated fudgey flavour. Body starts out quite full - feeling of chocolate syrup, but then it fades to an unfortunately thin finish. Flavours of sweet chocolate syrup and porter come together fairly well.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Deep brown,tan head.Rich,dry chocolate malt nose.Nice chocolate flavor that fades as it warms, dry malt finish
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 6
Cloudy gold, thin white head. Rather neutral nose.Lightly malty taste with decent body
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Maple accented with a mildly bitter finish. Like some of the other brews, less than exciting IMO
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Amber color. Sour apples and oranges dominate the nose. The palate is sour with apples and cinnamon playing a background role, however the body is a little watered down. The finish is malty and sour.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Fairly interesting, with floral and hints of orange in the nose and a bold bitter finish, to end things off.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
A deep mahagony color, a full nose of hazelnuts, dark rum, apples, raisins. The medium body, has brown sugar, raisins, dark rum and slightly syrupy while ending moderately bitter and rich. Very succulent and hides the 10.5% alcohol very well.