6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Black, lasting tan head. Vanilla nose, hints of fruit. Slightly boozy, vanilla, wood and light roast. Not bad but too woody as it warms.
Tried
on 24 Mar 2023
at 00:51
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Lata. Dark brown. Thin head. Toasty aroma, light vanilla, and some fruitiness. Mellow dark sugars. Thin for style...well for the style as it's understood in 2023. Burnt sugars, light fruitiness. Put it together it doesn't really get me anywhere I need to be. There's potential but if you want English-style burnt sugars, I recommend lower abv and more residuals...like 5% rye, get all chewy, and Fuller's yeast or fruitier. And minerals in the water. Take me back to Cornwall. This beer can get to fuck yeah territory, but details matter.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Mar 2023
at 06:13
7.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
16oz (thx, Alex!) @ 🏡 Appearance: very dark brown with a beige head. Aroma: roasted malt, some grassy notes, a bit of chocolate, a bit smoky, no sweetness. Taste: along the same lines, some woody notes, char, finishes very bitter. Overall: meh.
Tried
on 25 Feb 2023
at 08:24
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can from The Gull, North Vancouver
Black colour, large frothy head. The aroma starts with roasted malts, then roasted nuts, spirit, light vanilla (wood?). Lean body, with light residual sweetness; roasted malt flavour and burnt sugar, caramel, a pinch of ashes, wood, and evident, warming alcohol; roasty finish.
Maybe the pecans and vanilla are not front and center, but this is a bold, very enjoyable Imperial Stout.
Black colour, large frothy head. The aroma starts with roasted malts, then roasted nuts, spirit, light vanilla (wood?). Lean body, with light residual sweetness; roasted malt flavour and burnt sugar, caramel, a pinch of ashes, wood, and evident, warming alcohol; roasty finish.
Maybe the pecans and vanilla are not front and center, but this is a bold, very enjoyable Imperial Stout.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Feb 2023
at 10:02
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
473 ml can. Pours a very dark brown with moderate tan head. Aromas of oak, pecans/peanuts, vanilla, and subtle chocolate. Flavors of follow same with emphasis on oak and nuts over malts. OK
Tried
from Can
on 29 Jan 2023
at 02:18
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
473mL can, pours black with a medium beige head. Aroma brings out light toasted oak and medium roasted malt, but not really any notice of the vanilla or pecan. Flavour is sweeter than expected, with lots of vanilla beans, medium roast, and dark sugars. Moderately complex but not the most cohesive. Finishes sweet and roasty. Good.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Jan 2023
at 03:46
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Poured from the tap @ VCBW. Cloudy yellow gold with small white head. Kviek forward with light pineapple, hint if Passionfruit, and feint generic hopping. Average.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Jul 2022
at 01:40
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
473mL can, pours a clear golden with a medium white head. Nose brings out juicy stone fruits, tropical fruits, resinous hops, and sticky candi sugar. Flavour is sweet and hoppy, with resinous hops, mango, stone fruits, orange rinds, and sweet biscuity malt. Nicely hopped, but a little too sweet on the fruitiness. Good stuff.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Jun 2022
at 03:59
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can from The Gull, North Vancouver
Dark blond colour, slight haze. The aroma is nice and clean, with mild tropical fruits, light alcohol. Good body strength, moderately sweet (on the low side indeed); but the combination of alcohol and oily mouthfeel is not too exciting; decent hop presence, with ripe fruits, sweet orange peel; mild feeling of rotten fruit in the finish.
For the style, not a bad result, because it's complicated to nail; some imperfections, it's "too much", but it's more than decent, and it gets better as I keep drinking it.
Dark blond colour, slight haze. The aroma is nice and clean, with mild tropical fruits, light alcohol. Good body strength, moderately sweet (on the low side indeed); but the combination of alcohol and oily mouthfeel is not too exciting; decent hop presence, with ripe fruits, sweet orange peel; mild feeling of rotten fruit in the finish.
For the style, not a bad result, because it's complicated to nail; some imperfections, it's "too much", but it's more than decent, and it gets better as I keep drinking it.
Tried
from Can
on 01 May 2022
at 06:40
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Can from The Gull, North Vancouver
Blond colour, hazy to cloudy. Mild aroma of tropical fruit. The mouthfeel is dry and weak (it was expected), there are hints of tropical fruits, but there is absolutely no bitterness, and the finish is really too weak, empty; it also has some flavour of dough.
Refreshing, but it's a too simple offer in the low ABV space.
Blond colour, hazy to cloudy. Mild aroma of tropical fruit. The mouthfeel is dry and weak (it was expected), there are hints of tropical fruits, but there is absolutely no bitterness, and the finish is really too weak, empty; it also has some flavour of dough.
Refreshing, but it's a too simple offer in the low ABV space.
Tried
from Can
on 01 May 2022
at 06:40