Phillips Brewing and Malting Co.

Microbrewery in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
Associated Venue: Phillips Brewing Co.

Established in 2001

Contact
2010 Government Street, Victoria, V8T 4P1, Canada
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.

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6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Strong and nice peach tea on the nose, medium carbonated yellow body and modest foam. Flavour is more grain than peach, which hovers in the back. Medium finish. A little artificial but probably okay for the mass market crowd.

Tried on 18 Oct 2019 at 20:55


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Can from Legacy LRS, Vancouver
Cloudy to murky blond colour. Pleasant aroma, white bread, gentle South Pacific hops, delicate tropical fruit. Medium body, with some residual sweetness, but still lean; nice malt base, white bread, gentle tropical hop; I'm less enthusiastic about the moderate pithy bitterness.
Good.

Tried from Can on 18 Oct 2019 at 18:41


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Dark berry and some sour skins. Cloudy reddish with a decent white head. Red and black berries with a light wheat note.

Tried on 12 Oct 2019 at 19:30


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Light perfume and sweet. Cloudy gold with a decent white head. Light sweet citrus with a touch of peel. Actually quite pleasant.

Tried on 10 Oct 2019 at 02:57


6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Light citrus and some stone fruit. Cloudy gold with a decent white head. Soft black tea notes and some soft citrus.

Tried on 10 Oct 2019 at 01:49


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

473mL can, pours a clear golden blonde with a tiny white head. Nose is loaded with lime, with plenty of lacto. Flavour is intensely citrusy and tart, with lots of lacto, intense lime, and bright citric acid. Simple but pleasant. Alright.

Tried from Can on 07 Oct 2019 at 00:17


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

473mL can, pours a cloudy bright golden orange with a medium white head. Nose is full of bitter piney hops, grapefruit rind, an a hint of caramely biscuity malt. Flavour follows through on the bitter piney hops and grapefruit rind. There is just enough sweet malt to back. Quite a nice bitter west coast citrus bomb. Very good.

Tried from Can on 02 Oct 2019 at 03:40


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

473mL can, pours a clear pale holden with a medium white head. Aroma is pretty light, with restrained floral and somewhat soapy hops, and soft cereal notes. Flavour is light, but very clean, with soft floral hops characterizing this. There is basically no residual sweetness. Soapy, floral, cerealy finish. Clean and drinkable, but not particularly interesting.

Tried from Can on 02 Oct 2019 at 02:37


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Candied orange and caramel. Cloudy gold with a decent white head. Bitter and perfumy pine with some grapefruit. Long bitter finish.

Tried from Can on 01 Oct 2019 at 21:33


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Hazy, blonde, with a thin head. Looks nice, actually. I'm thinking sauvin, maybe guava and lychee on the nose...pretty appetizing. Kind of a low bitterness, but finishes off-dry, a bit towards a brut IPA, again lots of pale fruit notes. A bit light for my taste, but solid overall.

Tried on 20 Sep 2019 at 00:21