Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Draught at the brewery
Cloudy blond color with frothy head. The aroma shows delicate notes of grapefruit. Medium-dry, good base beer, but here the typical grapefruit bitterness plays an excellent role, even more than it’s fruity or acidic touch.
Very nice and refreshing.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Sampled on tap at Storm, pours black with a huge tan head. Nose brings out shitloads of vanilla, followed by whiskey-soaked wood chips. Flavour brings out lots of vanilla, cocoa and whiskey-soaked wood chips. Surprisingly nice. The whiskey isn't too overbearing, but the vanilla adds a nice compliment. Very smooth and drinkable. Solid stuff.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Sampled on tap at Storm, pours black with a small tan head. Nose brings out licorice, tart cherries and roast. Flavour reveals some nicely situated tart cherries - basically the Black Plague with tart cherries. Really excellent stuff. Dangerously drinkable.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Rosemary IPA from Storm Brewing (Canada, BC) 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Sampled on tap at Storm, pours a hazy golden orange with a medium white head. Aroma brings out a fresh bouquet of rosemary. Flavour is very pleasant, bringing out a mix of rosemary and citrus hops. Excellent balance, and the spices really work well here. Great one.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Sampled on tap at Storm, pours a clear pale golden with a small white head. Nose is fairly light, with notes of grass and crackery malt. Flavour brings out grassiness and some crispness. Thirst-quenching pils that is well-balanced. Very nice.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5
On cask at the Alibi Room, pours black with a small beige head. Nose sure smells like a root beer, with a little spice. Flavour tastes just like a root beer, with lots of spice and sweetness. It tastes good on the first couple of sips, but declines after that - too sweet, spicy and soda-like. Not a good experiment.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Draught at the brewery (brewed with Lager yeast, although sold as Ale)
Hazy brown color with almost no head. Mild aroma, very light sourness. Lean mouthfeel, not too dry; caramel flavor, with a mild fruity touch and very light sourness; correct bitterness.
Simple.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Cask at St. Augustine’s, Vancouver
Cloudy orange-yellow color, with no head. Rather pungent aroma of ginger, some orange juice. Soft and undercarbonated mouthfeel, and maybe too warm for this kind of beer; ginger juice, not too piquant, with peel of bitter orange; unfortunately the bitterness takes a vegetable turn, and in the final there is also a soapy note.
No beer character.
fiulijn (28382) reviewed Florida Monsoon from Storm Brewing (Canada, BC) 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Draught at the brewery
Cloudy blond color. It starts with the lime, in the aroma and then the flavor; the mouthfeel is quite smooth; in the end there is some more from the orange peel.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Draught at the brewery
Cloudy amber color with compact head. Moderate vanilla aroma , although a bit artificial even if they used real vanilla. Smooth but dry mouthfeel, some malt flavor, cake-like, with light vanilla and cinnamon; regular bitterness. Some late sweetness in the end.
Enjoyable as all Brainstorm experiments, but less impressive than others.