Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
473ml can. Pours a clear red-brown with a small, creamy, short lived, beige head that laces. Sweet, spicy aroma of toasted bready malt, cinnamon, ginger, clove and allspice. Sweet, spicy flavour of toasted caramel malt, brown sugar, cinnamon, clove, pumpkin, nutmeg, allspice and faint nuts in a dry, mild bitter finish. Light to medium body with a watery texture and soft carbonation. Pretty standard pumpkin beer.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
473ml can. Pours a clear dark brown, almost black with red hue and a small, creamy, long lasting, tan head that leaves curtains of lace. Sweet aroma of roasted malt, cocoa, orange peel, licorice, coffee, peat and oak. Sweet flavour of roasted malt, dark chocolate, orange peel, cocoa, licorice, prune, cherry and oak in a dry, mild bitter, day old coffee finish. Medium to full body with a soft, creamy, smooth, oily texture and soft carbonation. ABV is well hidden. A solid Porter or possibly Imperial Porter. (I hate when they call it a Winter Ale!)
Oakes (33493) reviewed Finish Line from Fernie Brewing Company 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Hazy and sort of a dullish pale. Medium head. Light body. Moderate bitterness and some fruit. Has an ISA vibe.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can. Gentle malts, light caramel sweetness. Good balance. Light bitterness. Decent, not the most lagery lager, but still good beer.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Can. Hazy, pale, with a big head. Bright aroma is minty, with a calamansi/tangerine citrus note. Base malts are a touch sticky, alcohol a bit too strong, but there's still some decent hops on the palate. Not as bright or awesome as the nose, but not bad.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Best Bitter from Fernie Brewing Company 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can. Dark amber. Bright. Just a thin head. Caramelly malts, but crackery and with that little bit of juicy malt. The yeast doesn't bring a ton to the table and the water is rather soft (stupid glaciers), hops aren't much more than bittering. But the malt bill is certainly doing things I like...I'm thinking this malt bill with more attention to the other details would make for a damn fine bitter. Discovery Series No 1? Well, there's potential here. Gimme number 1.2.