Phillips Brewing and Malting Co.
Microbrewery
in Victoria,
British Columbia,
Canada 🇨🇦
Associated Venue: Phillips Brewing Co.
Established in 2001
Since then Phillips has moved out of the apartment and into a more brewing-appropriate facility (with windows) closer to town. We have launched a soda company, a distillery, and most recently a malting facility–the only one of its kind in Canada.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Poured from 473mL can (date stamp June 26, 2022). Clear-ish gold with white head. Citrus, veg, and cardboard. Definitely too old (should have paid more attention to the stamp when I bought it...
Basic. Nothing at all special
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Poured from 473mL can (back out of retirement). Hazy golden orange with minimal white head. Older style a bit, chewy malt, orange, hint of pine, sweet-ish. alcohol, It's okay. Would prefer something with more pine, but a good older style DIPA.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
They brought this out of retirement so I could get the tick. Orangey-amber colour and bright. Medium head. The aroma is definitely on the old school side of things with orange, pine, sticky malts and some alcohol. On the palate, same thing, really. It's big and sticky, alcohol cutting it a bit, and there's a marmalade sort of hop character with light pine. Pretty well made, if not my thing.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Pineapple and orange juice. Golden pour with decent head. Malty, some caramel. Bitter finish. With some tanginess, a touch of sweetness. Traders Cove is a better IPA. Tap at brewery.
Earlier Rating: 12/18/2016 Total Score: 3.6
Light citrus and some coriander hint like curry for white people. Hazy blonde pour with decent head and lacing. Tangy bitter finish. Tap at Beercade.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Superpower from Phillips Brewing and Malting Co. 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
473mL can, pours a hazy bright amber orange with a large white head with long retention. Aroma bursts with tropical fruits, especially mango and guava, along with bright citrus hops, and oats. Flavour is bright and juicy, with lots of juicy tropical notes -- again, lots of guava and mango -- with a powerful citrus hop character, not too much chalk, and a caramel malt base that holds things together. Amply hopped, very juicy, and minimal chalk. A very well-done hazy, all the more surprising that Phillips did this.
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 5
semi malty nose with some citrus fruit but directionless nose. Malty mouth with some fake citrus notes. Pretty bad.
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
lemon lacto disaster. Sour and over the top. Shit.
fiulijn (28382) reviewed Superpower from Phillips Brewing and Malting Co. 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Can from The Gull, North Vancouver
Murky blond colour. Aroma of tropical hops, light vanilla, light oats. Good ody structure; it has some creamy oats, quite good hopping, with some tropical accent, bitter citrus peel, and balanced bitterness, mostly coming in the finish.
Well done.