Oakes (33493) reviewed Emily from Granville Island Brewing 24 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5
Light. Lack of flavour. An insult to both Dusseldorf and the Emily Carr School of Art for which this brew is commemorated.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Oceans Blue from Granville Island Brewing 24 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
Caramellish offering billed as a Munich Pilsner (?), but more like a Vienna. Med-low bitterness and little else to keep it going.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Killarney Stout from Granville Island Brewing 24 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Dark brown colour. A lightish interpretation, with chocolate notes and a hint of coffee. Sweetish palate, but the malts are rounded. Moderate body fits the beer well. I’ll take it over the Irish macro stouts any time. A real improvement over the first incarnations of this beer.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Cream Ale from Granville Island Brewing 24 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Even people who understand what the term 'cream ale' means in British Columbia will be confused by this thick, richly caramelly, strong beer. I'd call it an Old Ale if anything.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Prototap Marzen from Granville Island Brewing 25 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
If you can find it, it is easily their best beer............................
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Works better than you'd think it would. ...................................
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Let's see - this used to be called Bock, now its Black Lager and its described as 'american dark', a style which doens't actually exist? This beer doesn't know what it wants to be, and it shows in the taste.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Island Lager from Granville Island Brewing 25 years ago
Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 1 | Flavor - 1 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 1
This beer gets worse by the minute. I gave it a 1.7 in 2006, and today in 2014 it is a 0.6. Hazy yellow. Union made aroma full of creamed corn, totally skunkadelic. Sour, grainy, mouldy. Thin. Like they brewed it with spent grains. Fucking awful stuff, GI Lager is barely even beer at this point.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Gastown Amber Ale from Granville Island Brewing 25 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
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Oakes (33493) reviewed Cypress Honey Lager from Granville Island Brewing 25 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 2.5
I couldn’t be less enthusiastic. Bland macrobrew lager but with an artificial residual sweetness. Because that is what I want in a beer