Phillips Brewing and Malting Co.
Microbrewery
in
Victoria,
British Columbia,
Canada 🇨🇦
Associated Venue: Phillips Brewing Co.
Established in 2001
Contact
Subsidiaries
Description
It all began with a 27 year old brewer, a windowless apartment, and a mountain of credit card debt. Phillips’ first brews were about as unconventional as his financing structure. In the conservative beer climate of 2001 the brewery launched with an Espresso Stout, a Raspberry Wheat Ale, and a boldy-hopped IPA; a suitable foreshadow for the creativity to come.
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.
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.
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cloudy pale gold with a rich white head. Pineapple and wheat. Pineapple and coconut with a creamy finish. Like the cocktails.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Jun 2022
at 00:46
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap. Pours a clear amber with moderate head. Aromas of bready malts, pine and mashed tropical fruit. Flavor follow same but more muted and grainy.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Jun 2022
at 20:51
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Poured from 355mL can into clear plastic cup at a Rickshaw wrestling show (pkg Dec 15, 2022). Hazy dull gold with small white head. Mild stone fruit and citrus hops, despite being old, I don’t feel like it’s lost too much of the hop character. Decent.
Tried
from Can
on 30 May 2022
at 04:01
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
473ml can. Pours a clear yellow-gold with a small, frothy, long lasting, white head that laces. Mild aroma of bready pale malt, corn, faint tangerine and floral hops. Sweet flavour of bready pale malt, corn, tangerine, peach, pine needles and spicy hops in a dry, mild bitter finish. Light to medium body with an oily texture and average carbonation. Clean and easy to drink. ABV is well hidden.
Tried
from Can
on 18 May 2022
at 05:07
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
473ml can. Pours a murky amber-brown with a medium, fizzy, short lived, beige head that leaves spotty lacing. Semi-sweet aroma of bready malt, caramel, raspberry, fig and light nuts. Sweet flavour of caramel malt, raspberry, lemon and fig in a dry, tart lacto finish. Light to medium body with a watery texture and average carbonation. Tasty and enjoyable.
Tried
from Can
on 13 May 2022
at 05:19
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from The Gull, North Vancouver
Hazy golden colour. Nice aroma, some fruit, esters, bread. Lean, full bodied, nice malt base with hints of crispy malts and crackers and bread; bold hopping, resinous, bitter, long in the finish.
Clean and bold.
Hazy golden colour. Nice aroma, some fruit, esters, bread. Lean, full bodied, nice malt base with hints of crispy malts and crackers and bread; bold hopping, resinous, bitter, long in the finish.
Clean and bold.
Tried
from Can
on 01 May 2022
at 06:40
5.6/10
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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...
Tried
from Can
on 30 Apr 2022
at 07:48
5/10
Basic. Nothing at all special
Tried
on 28 Apr 2022
at 00:42
6.9/10
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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.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Apr 2022
at 07:25
6.8/10
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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.
Tried
on 05 Apr 2022
at 04:52