Storm Brewing (Canada, BC)

Microbrewery in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
Associated Venue: Storm Brewing

Established in 1994

Contact
310 Commercial Dr, Vancouver, V5L 3V6, Canada
Description
Storm Brewing is proud to be Vancouver's longest running craft brewery and is hailed as a must visit destination by craft beer fans worldwide! Enter through the loading door and find yourself "behind the scenes" of an active working brewery. Boasting a diverse, unique, and ever changing menu of beers, this gritty little brewery is worth a stop. Bring your thirst and a sense of adventure!


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

Pours pitch black with good lacing and head. Initial aroma of booze and whiskey-like malt. Comes off a little sweet in finish. Creamy texture. Light roast malt in aroma with some coffee. On tap at St. Augustine’s.

Tried from Draft on 13 May 2013 at 22:45


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

Not bad at all. A little unbalanced towards the sweet end if the spectrum, the palate is syrupy for my liking. Pours translucent maroon with good lacing and initial head. Has lots of sour plum and crab apple. Some barrel astringency in finish, but comes off well. This grows on me after a few sips. Tap at Alibi Room. 2015 update. Not sweet anymore. Tangy and great. Apricot and sour plum. Tangy finish. Much better.

Tried from Draft on 09 May 2013 at 18:21


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

On tap. Pours a slightly hazy gold with light head. Aromas of malt and peaches. Flavours of stoned fruit, pine, toffee, and citrus. Light bitter finish. Nice.

Tried from Draft on 06 Apr 2013 at 13:37


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

Draft - Citrus orange and grapefruit with a bit of resin. Clear pale gold with a thin white head. Very dry, resinous but some nice sweet citrus flavors. A decent IPA, I was lucky to get some right from the fermenter once that was sublime. I think if I had a fresher batch it would be much better.

Tried from Draft on 21 Mar 2013 at 21:19


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

On cask at the Alibi Room, pours a cloudy yellow with a small white head. Nose is very powerful, full of juniper berries which totally dominate - not much else to be detected. Flavour is similar, with loads of juniper berries, dirt, earthy and citrus hops still pounding through quite prominently. I had low expectations for this, which were far exceeded. Great earthy, fruity IPA.

Tried from Cask on 22 Feb 2013 at 17:18


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Black with creamy tan head. Neutral nose. Palate of alcohol,brown sugar and sweet malt. Not the best effort

Tried on 28 Jan 2013 at 10:44


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

Cask at Central City Winter Cask Fest '13, pours a hazy golden orangey amber with small bubbles of head. Aroma of sour fruits sort of a vinous presence and vinegar. Flavour of tart / soured figs, a bit of vinegar and a little acidity. Not the most well-crafted for something like this, with lots of vinegar and acidity, the former of which especially I don't want in my sours. OK, but flawed.

Tried from Cask on 26 Jan 2013 at 22:50


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask at Central City Winter Cask Fest '13, pours a murky reddish brown with a small tan head. Aroma of subtle cherries, a bit of chocolate and cocoa powder. Flavour of chocolate covered cherries - very well-balanced without much body. Quite a light body, but full-flavoured. Good stuff.

Tried from Cask on 26 Jan 2013 at 22:49


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Draught at St. Augustine’s, Vancouver
Muddy light amber color, with a strange red twig on the top of the small foam. Very nice aroma, delicate fruity and sour, a touch of lemon, heather and sweat. Lean and smooth mouthfeel; some malt and wheat flavor, with a woody character, moderate astringency, strong bitterness and pleasant mild raspberry touch, just a hint of sourness.
Nothing of a Berliner Weisse, but it’s a very nice brew; in the summer it would be a blast.

Tried on 25 Jan 2013 at 02:13


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at St. Augustine’s, Vancouver
The color is dark brown, almost black, the head is frothy and small of course; a bit colder than a British cask, the temperature seems right. It has a mild aroma of caramel, darker sugars, and very light herbs. Good mouthfeel, soft and round; the caramel flavor is very good, there are traces of darker caramel too, and a pleasant herbal presence (rhubarb candies, Italian Amaro digestives), well compounded by a light sweetness; correct bitterness. The final is quite long, blend of caramel and bittering herbs, balanced.
Very well brewed.

Tried from Cask on 02 Jan 2013 at 17:06