Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
473ml can. Pours a clear amber brown with a thin, fizzy, short lived, beige head that fully dissipates. Sweet aroma of caramel malt, plum, prune, booze and a hint of spice. Sweet flavour of caramel malt, toffee, plum and a hint of spice in a dry, mild bitter, warming booze finish. Full body with a sticky, oily texture and soft carbonation. Malt forward, big and boozy. Almost too boozy.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
(Can) Pours clear amber brown with small white head. Aroma of caramel with citrus notes. Medium body with bright carbonation. Taste is caramel with citrus notes and herbal notes towards finish. Entirely drinkable if rather uninteresting.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
On tap at The Barley Merchant, pours a red-tinged deep dark brown with a small beige head. Aroma is dry, with toasted malt and a touch of dark cocoa. Flavour is fruity, with toasted malt, some nice fruitiness, and bready notes. Smooth, fruity and malty. Competent porter.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Roast and a little caramel. Black pour without much head. Light bitter end. Not much to this.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Orange juice mostly and some grapefruit. But orange. Because they added orange juice. Ok if you are into fruit IPAs. I'm not. Mostly sweet finish with some booze. Some bitterness. Super tall can.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
568mL can, pours a hazy golden orange with a small white head. Aroma has a ton of stone fruits, candied orange, some gummy bears, and light citrus hops. Flavour has lots of juicy stone fruits, some candied orange peel, citrus hops, and some light resins. Actually pretty nicely juicy, like how hazies should be. What this lacks in hops it has in juiciness. It's pretty solid really, especially for Phillips, even though it's not really what I want in an IPA.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Can from The Gull, North Vancouver; tag 24apr2025
Hazy to cloudy blond colour. Instant orange smell as the can is open; indeed, orange aroma. Good body, lean, moderately sweet; some sweet wheat bread, but thankfully no starch; bit of orange juice, a hint of papaya, low bitterness, but the alcohol punch seems to make up for the lack of bitterness. It's a fair offering from Phillips, a decent boozer.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4
355 ml can. Pours gold with moderate head. Aromas of sulphur, metal, and cereal. Flavors of dry corn syrup and cereal.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
473ml can. As Crooked Tooth Nitro Pumpkin Ale. (7.0% abv). Pours a clear amber copper with a large, creamy, cascading, beige head that leaves soapy curtains of lace. Sweet, spicy aroma of bready pale malt, pumpkin, cinnamon, nutmeg and clove. Sweet, spicy flavour of caramel malt, pumpkin, nutmeg, cinnamon and grassy hops in a dry, mild bitter finish. Medium body with a smooth, oily texture and soft carbonation. A tasty pumpkin ale.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Can from The Gull, North Vancouver
Cloudy pale blond colour; the head disappears quickly. Fruity aroma, stone fruit, mild but nice. Bit of sweetness, but not surprisingly the malt department doesn't go anywhere; the hopping is juicy and fruity, but other beers also have a zing, which instead is missing here; moderate alcohol perception. Ok.